If you follow me on Twitter, you may have noticed that I don’t post much on the weekend. Weekends are for curling up on the coach with a good book or my husband and a movie.
But as #snowmageddon dumped way too much white stuff on us Saturday, I found myself spending time on Twitter. Why is it that curling up on the coach is only attractive when you can get out to do something else?
I learned more about the community aspect of Twitter this weekend than I had in the past several months.
1. I checked in on a friend who was without power for 37 hours.
2. I learned about and saw video from the snowball fight on Dupont Circle (wish I could have gone).
3. I saw tons of pictures of snow-covered neighborhoods, roads and cars. (Why does everyone else’s neighborhood look prettier than mine? Oh yeah, ’cause someone else has to shovel it.)
4. I found out what restaurants were open and rediscovered a place we used to like. I even made Valentine’s Day reservations there.
5. I offered up an entertainment suggestion for a snow-bound and bored Twitter follower (watching zombie apocalypse movies on Netflix Watch Instantly).
I had a lot of fun and felt a part of a community. Surprisingly, I had no cabin fever, and that’s a first for a snowy weekend. All the people who say that on-line communities aren’t for “real” interactions are missing the point. Yes, we need to interact face to face. But on-line interactions can also be satisfying. Especially when we can’t get face to face.
Anyone else have any good snow-bound stories to share?