I work during the day and miss out on some Twitter drama. It seems there is a bit of a rift caused by Witstream slamming Favstar for less than obvious reasons. I don’t want to take sides and think both can remain viable without beating up on the other.
Favstar is open to everyone. Witstream is exclusive. Favstar allows anyone to participate and try being funny. It’s a good place for someone who’s new to Twitter to be seen and hone their shtick. With Witstream two people decide if a person is funny, even though they tend to ignore the fact that most of them they cherry pick became known because of Favstar. Once someone is anointed by Witstream, they seem to change the link in their profile from Favstar to Witstream, even though they continue to use Favstar as a vehicle to stardom. I have no objection if they list both, but to ignore the existence of Favstar, which gave them a start, seems just a tad disloyal to me.
From my observation Witstream is a bulletin board for one comedian to make his career choices known to Twitter via the use of jokesters to populate it and bring a stream of viewers to the site. The commercial interests are evident. That’s fine. There’s no charge for the service and those chosen to participate are given a sense of being a notch above the rest, for which they can feel proud.
Comedy is in the mind of the person telling the joke and those who read it and feel it’s funny. Not everything is gold. Jokes bomb and some comedians make a healthy living, while others eat a lot of toast and pasta. Comedy is subjective.
I’m thrilled to see some of the folks who have gone on to Witstream. Many of them have followed me at one time, and many still do. I won’t name individuals, but I feel like an older brother to several of them and am awfully glad they have succeeded. Still, there are a lot of jokers who remain loyal to Favstar I think are grand and quite a bit funnier than the chosen people.
It’s sad to see Tweeters forget their roots and ignore their pals. It’s like kids leaving the neighborhood and acting as though childhood friends all died.
