Why I made a Twitter bot to share everyone’s passions
“I am passionate about...”
Have you noticed how many people populate their various profiles with this phrase?
It’s everywhere – from Twitter to LinkedIn to official mini-biographies for entire brands. Is it actually true though? Are you, Steve from Hartlepool, really passionate about your job as a project manager at a loft insulation firm? Are you, Stephanie in Reading, truly passionate about customer experience?
Does it make you feel intense, impassioned, ardent, fervent, zealous, vehement, fiery, heated, feverish, emotional, heartfelt, eager, excited, animated, spirited, vigorous, strong, energetic, messianic, fanatical, frenzied, wild, fierce, consuming, violent, tumultuous, flaming, raging, burning, uncontrollable or ungovernable?
We overuse this phrase until it becomes meaningless.
In fact, listening in on a stream of what we say we are passionate about is mildly amusing. I know because I created this Twitter bot. It retweets your passions and adds #passionateabout
Some of my favourites so far include:
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Now we have a nice little record of what we humans are utterly fervent about, from donuts to politics to how to pronounce "h" and the smell of the woods. It made me lol – something I’m passionate about.
And here are the very latest things the world is feeling passionate about. You're welcome.
By the way, if you want to make a simple Twitter bot just follow these instructions.
