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Introversion and extroversion are often referred to as "preferences" or "attitudes," but such terms misleadingly suggest that either characteristic is merely a matter of choice. In fact, being an introvert is much like being left-handed: even though you may have another fully functional hand that you could use, you didn't choose for your left hand to be dominant and therefore the one you can use more naturally, comfortably, and effectively. Although the influence of nature versus nurture in the development of introversion or extroversion has been much debated, research strongly suggests that introversion is in some sense "hard-wired" in the brain. Once a person has developed one tendency or the other, it's as difficult to conceive of changing it as changing one's dominant hand.
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I realize, of course, that Twitter's 140 character limit strikes most people as being so brief that it requires essentially no thought or effort at all to post a tweet. How can that be an interruption? For me, it's not the number of characters that's the problem, it's the need to mentally shift gears and add another task to my list - "Decide what to say." You'll recall that introverts like to choose their words carefully and deliberately, and so for me, even a one- or two-sentence tweet requires thought and consideration. That ends up being another task on my already full schedule, so it happens infrequently.
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Enter Twitter, which makes it very easy to supply your friends with exactly those sorts of brief "what I'm up to" updates.
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Andrew WarrenOpinionated, a little long, I found myself agreeing with some of the perspectives on IM and twitter (or at least what I think about twitter even though I haven't used it).
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08 Apr 08
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William "Bud" DeihlJoe Kissell shares some of the same observatinos about the characteristics of media which I have been contemplating. His perspective as an introvert parallels some of my thinking a while back, however I now see opposite sidesof the coin and the benefit of
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David JenningsInteresting (though very long; I haven't read it all) piece on the consequences of introversion, in the Jungian sense, for instant messaging [via David Wilcox -- on twitter, natch]
introvert introversion twitter instant messaging IM Digital culture
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Another typical introvert trait is wanting to compose one's thoughts carefully before sharing them (either verbally or in writing). Once again, while this doesn't prevent me from carrying on verbal conversations at a normal speed, it makes rapid-fire online textual conversations rather unnerving. For me, interacting with other people in real time online is just as draining as interacting with other people in person. So my feelings about participating in, say, a lively multi-person chat are about the same whether we're talking about iChat or a party. I can hold my own in the conversation and it's generally fine, but because it takes a lot of energy I prefer not to do it very often.
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christian mTidBITS is a free email and Web publication covering the Macintosh Internet community.
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07 Apr 08
modernhypatiaAn interesting article about managing digital connections as an introvert
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Dio K4.4.2008. by Joe Kissell. Why introverts have trouble with IM and multitasking.
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Doug NoonI've learned that introverts have a number of other tendencies...these traits may shed some light on why I (and numerous other introverts I know) have a hard time with IM, Twitter, and the like.
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06 Apr 08
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ajexactly
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