Christian Chirp? Seriously?

I'm a generally conservative, evangelical Christian, but I'm at a loss to explain exactly why I bristle at the thought of a social media site called "Christian Chirp."  The following is an attempt to do so, and is my own personal opinion.  Please note that my opinions do not reflect the views of evangelical Christianity, the churches I serve and attend, or anybody or anything else.  You can comment if you like, but if I don't like your comment, it won't get published.  It's my blog, get over it.

So - what's wrong with "Christian Chirp?"

1) Christian Chirp.  That has got to be the lamest name ever.  However, I know people who actually think that sort of stuff is cool.  Or hip.  Or now, or...whatever - wake up!  It's lame, people.  And to anyone even considering making the irrelevant appeal "but what about the name Twitter?" - save it, it's irrelevant. I think the name is lame, so there.  You can think what you like.

2) It was formed because the founder felt he was being persecuted on Twitter because of his conservative beliefs.  And he's very vocal about it, too.  The truth is his Twitter account was suspended for a week for sending a large number of duplicate @replies - the fact that the offending message was about Rush Limbaugh is purely coincidental.  When you send the same message out too many times, that is considered spammer behavior, and they suspend your account pending investigation.  It's all very clearly spelled out in Twitter's Terms of Use, where it says: "Some of the factors that we take into account when determining what conduct is considered to be spamming are: .....If you send large numbers of duplicate @replies."  I'm still waiting for this guy to man up and admit he blew it instead of continuing to play the persecution card.

3) The founder also runs two other sites - ChristianInternetIncome.com and Christian Money.com.  This isn't a secret, both websites are listed right on his profile.  Forgive me for assuming, but it appears he's successfully created his own lead generation service, kudos for his ingenuity.  Not that there's anything wrong with making money, but using the term "Christian" as a selling point is kinda lame.  Wow, I used the word "lame" twice!  The founder of Christian Chirp isn't alone here, I have a problem with any business opportunity that markets itself as Christian, for Christians.

4) The whole idea of Christians holing up in their own little world rather defeats the purpose of the great commission, don't you think?  I mean, sure, we worship together and we have classes and other opportunities to be together as believers - why do we need our own social media outlet, too?  Seems silly to me.  Think about what happened to all those Virb users who were so excited about Virb two years ago - well, I'm guessing they all signed up, and a month later looked around and noticed nobody else was signing up. They're all on Facebook now.  And Twitter.  I wonder if they'll try Christian Chirp?  Probably.  I digress...

5) Are there seriously Christians out there who don't have non-Christian friends, who don't read non-Christian publications and have no interest in anything other than Christian this and Christian that?  Seriously?  Christian Chirp is like a club you have to belong to in order to socialize.  LAME!!!  (3 times) Somebody used the term "Christian Ghetto" - and while I didn't appreciate the derogatory sound of that, I realized the term was rather fitting in an effort to describe the segregated culture Christian Chirp potentially creates.

These are just my hastily thought out observations and opinions at the moment.  As a woman, I reserve the right to change my mind tomorrow, but that's it for today.

Check it out for yourself.  What do you think?