I'm not sure what sent me over the edge.
 
Could have been all the Congressfolk Twittering during Obama's recent non-Sate of the Union speech (yeah, like that's going to do lots of good for political discourse); or it might have been this cringe-worthy NPR piece on Twitter in which venerable journalist Daniel Schorr is schooled in the ways microblogging by peripatetic "social networking swami" Andy Carvin; or possibly just a case of fatigue over the mountains of low-quality Tweets I wade  through every day. But I'm developing a sense of worry that we're all going to be  mightily embarrassed by our obsession with Twitter a few years down the road. I don't exclude myself from this worry, nor do I hold myself up as a model Twitter user. Far from it.  Please don't get me wrong -- I'm a fan of Twitter and have been a cheerleader for some time.  But I have this growing sense we need a higher level of skepticism and thinking about what we're doing here. 
 
We need some perspective on this thing. I say we step back, if just  for a day, and think about this. So I propose a day-long Twitter blackout this Friday, March 6.

What's the goal?  To spark conversation about questions like:

Should you be listening to breathy reports about how Twitter can help you find a job?  Have we gone to far in creating cute words like "Tweeple"?  Is a "social media consultant" a fake job? Do you really need to be on Twitter, really really?  Does the 140 character limit impede deep thought OR promote sweet, sweet clarity of thought through brevity?  Will you be mortified about your oversharing?

Will you join me for a one day Twitter blackout?

UPDATES from Twitter:

@ShawnKing Wait...*you're* going through "Twitter fatigue" so you want *us* to join you in turning Twitter off for a day? Really?

@emlarson FYI, I won't be Tweeting (or FBing, for that matter) this Friday. World Tweetout Day March 6 

@kdweiland  a day of Twitter silence Friday, March 6 saying "Twitter. We need perspective." What do you think?