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Hall of shame for Twitter try-hards

ARE you sick of hearing about how awesome your pretentious friend or co-worker is on Twitter? Well then, you should stop following their updates.

But if you’re the snarky type, you could also dob them in to Tweeting Too Hard — a new site “where self-important tweets get the recognition they deserve”.

The site catalogues the haughtiest, most self-indulgent updates on Twitter (where, let’s face it, there are plenty to choose from) and lets users vote them up or down. Votes are called “Back Pats”.

You’ll recognise the posts instantly — there’s the update about having a great workout at the gym, the sly reference to an expensive car, a report on how flattering the mirror is today and, my favourite, the social media expert flexing their “authority”.

Here are just a few examples of brilliance from the first page:

@calibunidi I just winked at myself! HAHA I love myself

@mike29401 228 this morning. Rock-hard abs. Looking good. I’d f--- myself if I were flexible enough.

@brettschulte If you weren’t on Twitter in 2007 you are NOT an authority on social media. At all.

You can view the updates by date submitted, by number of votes or at random. My only gripe is that there isn’t a separate category for self-appointed Twitter police like @brettschulte.