Giving Up on Twitter

I have had the sneaking suspicion for a while now that twitter is completely, totally, utterly useless. Yes, that is probably overly redundant, but I think it gets the point across. As I review my twitter usage, I find that I mostly use it for updating my statuses on other sites: Facebook, MySpace and LinkedIn. Well, I rarely use MySpace (last time I logged in was circa 1987) and I don't want my Facebook status to be the same as my LinkedIn (supposed to be more professional, you know...)

I am following a few friends, who apparently do the same thing with their statuses, so I can just check them on Facebook. I am following some retail sites (NewEgg and Woot) but I realized that I don't want to buy anything; when I do, I can just go to their websites.

I think that as the technology evolves, twitter or something like it could become useful, but it is currently just one more distraction. So, I am pulling the plug. After I post this, I am deleting my twitter account. I don't think I will miss it.