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    #62
    campingcarist
    Registered Users Posts: 337 ✭✭campingcarist


    Sorry, OldGoat, I still not quite sure. Do the hashtags act like an internet address line which uses the forward slash? As in:
    www.boards.ie/vbulletin/newreply.php?do=newreply&noquote=1&p=955745


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    #63
    InTheTrees
    Registered Users Posts: 9,900 ✭✭✭InTheTrees


    I love twitter and use it every day.

    And I dont use facebook at all.

    Twitter is completely different, its an information source not a keep-in-touch-with-friends facebook type social thing.

    At least the way I use it.


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    #64
    InTheTrees
    Registered Users Posts: 9,900 ✭✭✭InTheTrees


    campingcarist wrote: »
    Sorry, OldGoat, I still not quite sure. Do the hashtags act like an internet address line which uses the forward slash? As in:

    No.

    If you want to search on "Dublin Weather" for instance you can search on "Dublin Weather" but you'll get every post that has those two words and not necessarily the weather conditions in Dublin.

    So you type #DublinWeather and you'll most likely (not guaranteed!) get a more accurate result.

    Its not essential to use the hashtags at all.


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    #65
    Jellybaby1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,108 ✭✭✭Jellybaby1


    I don't use my Facebook page for communicating or sharing photos, and it is set to 'private'. But I have 'liked' a few sites that I want to get updates from and that suits me well enough. I have to say even after OG's explanation I'm still not sold on Twitter. It sounds like information overload and I'm overloaded enough at present.


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    #66
    campingcarist
    Registered Users Posts: 337 ✭✭campingcarist


    Ditti for me, Jellybaby1. I,m not even convinced to give it a try.


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    #67
    InTheTrees
    Registered Users Posts: 9,900 ✭✭✭InTheTrees


    Jellybaby1 wrote: »
    It sounds like information overload and I'm overloaded enough at present.

    I understand. I think new tech can be intimidating because one doesnt know how to use it. It can seem like overload.

    Its a bit like looking at row of encyclopedias and saying its info overload. But once you pick a topic to research then suddenly its not so overwhelming anymore.

    An example of my use of twitter is having it open on my tablet as I watch football matches. The hastag means I only get relevant comments on the match I'm watching and I can make comments and ask questions as the game is going on.

    Much like following a thread on Boards.


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