I’m as excited about Meerkat as the next guy. And I know it’s just about getting used to the initial excitement of being able to stream your life, live, to all of the Twitter world. But y’all are meerkatting some really dumb things. I guess we said the same thing about Facebook status updates and Instagram pictures the first time around, but really, you’re just wasting real estate in my Twitter timeline.
Since gaining traction, there have been some great uses by TV shows and stars to promote their shows. But there’s just as much bad. What makes it even worse is that you can’t rewatch a stream, although that’s about to change. So now everyone knows you meerkatted your breakfast and we can’t even watch it. For shame, media types, for shame.
The Good
|LIVE NOW| Have a question for me, horsehead or Hermann ask me now. #meerkat http://t.co/E5TKNtsr6k
— jimmy fallon (@jimmyfallon) March 17, 2015
|LIVE NOW| Monologue rehearsal. 2 #meerkat http://t.co/AzMk1WsTEW — jimmy fallon (@jimmyfallon) March 17, 2015
|LIVE NOW| .@iamtovelo is here for a LIVE Q&A! Send us your ?s! #meerkat http://t.co/2WBUlhtOxX
— VH1 (@VH1) March 18, 2015
|LIVE NOW| Here we go again. You guys ready. LIVE FROM SXSW!!!!!! #meerkat http://t.co/hegBG6FDYd
— Mary J. Blige (@maryjblige) March 18, 2015
The Bad
|LIVE NOW| Getting my head shaved old style #meerkat http://t.co/tX6rcNg3G8
— Al Roker (@alroker) March 16, 2015
|LIVE NOW| More dog sleeping #meerkat http://t.co/lVzbRwdh7Z — Jacob Harris (@harrisj) March 18, 2015
|LIVE NOW| Driving to a meeting in the city #meerkat http://t.co/BA1LJZbDbW
— Gary Vaynerchuk (@garyvee) March 17, 2015
Somewhere in Between
Is @twatan meerkatting his own #sxsw panel session? pic.twitter.com/PBSHiFkuq0 — Stephen Lepitak (@StephenLepitak) March 17, 2015