What do your Twitter messages say about you? TweetPsych claims to tell you by analyzing your tweets’ linguistic composition to determine your psychological profile. It’s another interesting entry to add to my write-up today about Twitter add-ons.

But do keep in mind that it is, as the disclaimer notes, “for entertainment purposes only.” For example, my TweetPsych profile ranks sports as No. 3 among cognitive-content features for which I scored higher than the average. The only problem is that I’ve never tweeted even once about sports. I have, however, mentioned “video games” often, so I assume that TweetPsych is defining “game” as a sports term, which is kinda lame. On the other hand, my profile says that I talk a lot about jobs and my work, which is true because I pretty much use Twitter as an extension of Technobabble.

 Give TweetPysch a try and let me know how it works for you. 

I don’t have the stamina to keep up with Twitter, but I try — occasionally. Like many online services, you get out of Twitter what you put into it. And if you post nothing but mindless blather about “what are you doing now?” you’ll get the same in return. That point is driven home in College Humor’s original video “Real Life Twitter.” I found it to be hilarious — especially the reactions of innocent bystanders.

[Editing to add:]
Good friend and former Stribber Eric Hanson sends this reminder of a similar take on what Facebook would be like in the real world:

My recent write-up on Twitter (including tips) raised the hackles of many readers, one of whom — Tim Torkildson of St. Anthony — took the time to express his dislike for the oh-so-hot social-networking phenomenon in poetry form:

Like a form of littering
everyone is Twittering.
Everything without regret
is posted on the Internet.
Private moments don’t exist,
disappeared into the mist.
Spare me mundane details, please.
Don’t record your every sneeze.
I am just completely sated
by these folks, so Twitter pated.
I would tell the world: Behold!
All that Twitters is not gold.

I guess in Twitter lingo, we’d call that poetwee. Uh, thanks, Tim. If you had tweeted that ditty, it would have been 200 characters too long.

In other Twitter news, TrendCentral has come up with its own list — not in poetwee form — of the hottest trends in Twitter. They include the celebrity-tracking website Valebrity (as opposed to the one I mentioned, VIP Tweets), the directory of corporate tweeters Twitter Tracker and the lingo directory New Slang. Trendcentral also offers a reminder on how to use the hashtag in Twitter — to help track trends, of course. Give it a look.