I am sorry but this post is written in support for my male ‘brethren’ … a topic somewhat sensitive to the male ego and one not so openly discussed.

Gentlemen, let me pose a simple question to you….. if you just lost
100 or more twitter followers you just wouldn’t care? … you wouldn’t
feel somewhat dejected or saddened by this loss! You believe a man is
more than a reflection of his twitter size ? Come on… I, as a man know
it hurts to see your twitter size smaller… This is a natural reaction I
guess but nevertheless I am still amazed at some of my mates reaction
and emotion when speaking about loosing twitter followers.. like some
affront has been made on their manhood or a personal assault on their
very credibility as a Twitter user has been waged.

So I guess size does matter.. or put more accurately the bigger the
better…. the anxiety at possible shrinkage goes to prove this theory.
This status insecurity is now a huge problem with twitter uses,
particularly when it is in the open for all to see…. on the twitter
page itself or seemingly each day new tools and applications are being
made available to expose your twitter size.

Another related anxiety is what I call the ‘twitter performance
anxiety’ or ‘TPA’ the pressure to retweet..(RT) … sometimes you just
don’t feel like it but you know it has been a while and you should just
put a RT out their. I am not saying this wrong but when you know your
other male friends going at it all the time… RT’ing day and night…  you
know you should try and keep up… you may even pop a few ‘fake‘ RT’s in there… no one will know… but deep down this is something you are not proud of at it will gradually lead to ‘TPA’

This twitter thing has led to a new generation of male anxieties…

So let the silent epidemic facing us men;  “twitter size anxiety”
and ‘twitter performance anxiety’ escape the bounds of the closet…. be
open and proud! Size does not matter… RT when you want (and not before)
……… but for those not yet following me on Twitter please start now….. @sinotechian