Forgive me if you tweet but I don't really understand the appeal of Twitter.

I feel like I get enough status updates on Facebook- I don't need to go looking for more. Not to mention the fact that the majority of users don't really know when to stop letting people in on what they're up to.

It's like this:

11:30am: “2day is gunna be a good day. Cleaning then lunch then shopping with @mybestfriends!”
12:00pm: “Cleaning is done! Now to decide where to eat!!!”
12:02pm: “Can't choose between cafe rio or cheesecake factory #ihateharddecisions”
12:30pm: “Finally decided. Getting in car now.”
12:36pm: “@mybestfriends im drivin to ur house as I tweet this. be ready!!!”
12:45pm: “Almost got in huge wreck. But we made it. Waitin for our table.”

And so on, and so forth.

On any given day I am privy to way more information than I need. I know about the level of cleanliness of each room of someones home. I know the status of someone else's progressing labor, centimeter by centimeter. I know people's vacation itineraries before their plane even takes off and the meals that another person is going to be cooking every day that week. I can probably tell you where someone parked their car that morning and what someone else ordered at Starbucks- all through my news feed.

And honestly, I don't really care.

I love funny status updates. I love interesting status updates. I love occasional status updates. And by occasional I mean every day or every other day. No need for me to know what's on your mind hourly.

But this post isn't about my issues with Facebook. It's about Twitter.

Twitter, who took the very worst part of facebook and only made it accessible to the people who don't know the meaning of the word “excessive.”

Even so, while I've never had much of an interest in joining the revolution, I assume it can't be all bad.

Beside being the unofficial sponsor of The Overshare, I see Twitter as an ideal place for businesses, charities, celebrities, athletes and politicians alike.

There they can convene, share news and get their messages out quickly and effectively.

Well, some more effective than others.

Enter Sarah Palin who, by the way, is decidedly the Paris Hilton of politics. Pretty, but when it comes down to it there's no real reason for her to be where she is.

Sarah made history in the english language with her tweet: "Ground Zero Mosque supporters: doesn't it stab you in the heart, as it does ours throughout the heartland? Peaceful Muslims, pls refudiate."

Refudiate, hmmm. Not in the dictionary.

I have to give her credit for noticing her mistake. She deleted the original message, sent a new one using the word “refute” instead and explained the whole situation with: ""Refudiate," "misunderestimate," "wee-wee'd up." English is a living language. Shakespeare liked to coin new words too. Got to celebrate it!"

There were many reasons preventing me from joining Twitter in the past.

It only took one good reason for me to give in and sign up.

Thank you, Ms. Palin, for giving twitter.com/whitneybfoster a reason to exist. You can bet I'm following you. After all, when it comes to enhancing my vocabulary, I'd be foolish to refudiate a reliable source such as yourself.