Twitter

shivvyban

Ok this might be a stupid thread but someone from here (*cough* Will *cough*) just added me on twitter and I was wondering, do you use it?

Why?

Why not?

I'm hooked - can't explain it but I prefer it over facebook! This could also be because its not blocked at work!

chillin_penguin

Love twitter makes me laugh what people are up to makes me feel in contact with the real world when i end up doing crazy 12 hour shifts

Silverfish

Love it. Its just such a handy way to get information. Links, jokes, news, info from friends, interacting with companies, all the rest.

I hear loads of people saying 'Twitter? If I wanted to know what people had for lunch I'd ask them' - anyone saying that isn't following the right people at all.

Or the other one 'I'd just text people if I wanted them to know something' - it's not always about what you say, but what other people say.

Love it.

shivvyban

Silverfish! I am so paranoid that when I spotted your on the thread I thought I was in trouble!

*breathes a sigh of relief*

Silverfish

Flippin' hell!

Will

Been using it for a long time now. It's handy when you just wanna see what everyone else is up to

add me (twitter-whoring) twitter.com/wilburtino

shivvyban

Silverfish wrote: »

Flippin' hell!

Sorry - over active imagination plus too much coffee... mean I jump to all sorts of conclusions and accuse some people of stalking me on the internet (in a nice jokey friendly way... I think)

Nevyn

lol

It is intresting and fun, I ditched irc and twitter has replaced it.

Creamy Goodness

Thaedydal wrote: »

lol

It is intresting and fun, I ditched irc and twitter has replaced it.

queue 100's asking what's an irc? :pac:

Novella

I think it is time for me to board the Twitter train! :pac:

Lia_lia

No, because no one I know is on it! Even though I seem to have 21 followers, whoever the hell they are.

NoDice

Actually yeah it's also the only thing not blocked at work here too (along with boards), but I don't get it at all tbh! Sorry for sounding so silly but I don't get why you can't post other people's pages and things. Is it really just to click on a person and see if they have posted what they are up to?

Haven't found anyone interesting to "follow" yet other than David Thorne! Great time-passing links on that one.

Nerin

imo twitter is only of use to people linking stuff or replacing on the fly rss.wouldn't be keen on it for sending personal messages, i wouldn't use it in place of a messenger client.

opinion guy

shivvyban wrote: »

Sorry - over active imagination plus too much coffee... mean I jump to all sorts of conclusions and accuse some people of stalking me on the internet (in a nice jokey friendly way... I think)

Lol - did you tweet about getting in trouble with a mod ?

I'm not on it myself but I do look up friends tweets every now and then. I was on facebook for a good while but disabled it. I don't know - social networking kinda feels cheap to me. Before I was on facebook people used to call or text. Since i've been off it people ask me whay i amn't on facebook anymore when i bump into them but they never call or text. Kinda makes me feel like facebook friends aren't real friends. My impression of twitter is basically - well at least it doesn't pretend to have depth like facebook does

Morgase

I'm on it but I can't think of anything interesting to say on it as yet. When I find interesting links they are usually on my google reader so I just hit share there. I'm really going to have to find some interesting thing to post on it.

Also because I was a latecomer to it, my usual username is STOLEN. I hate when my name is stolen

rannerap

i always use it,i rarely update though due to lazyness but its nice to see what people are up to

Twee.

I love it! I use it more to follow others than to tweet about myself though. Must set up AgTweet on my new phone though so I can tweet in the go
Twitter whoring too, http://twitter.com/TigerLeah

homerun_homer

I'm on it, barely use it, don't quite get it. I feel reluctant to follow certain people (celebrities/bands) because they just spam the main page with crap and responses and for that reason it makes me think of all the people on Facebook who I chose to hide. It's just a glorified version of that updater.

shivvyban

Twee. wrote: »

Twitter whoring too, http://twitter.com/TigerLeah

I'll hop on the twitter whoring train too then! http://twitter.com/SiobhanHickey

Khannie

Most of my real mates don't use it so it's not terribly useful for me. I tried it for a while but mostly I'm not arsed with it. I may give it another go again in a while.

shellyboo

opinion guy wrote: »

Kinda makes me feel like facebook friends aren't real friends. My impression of twitter is basically - well at least it doesn't pretend to have depth like facebook does

Interestingly, I've actually become much closer with acquaintances who'd use Twitter than I would have been before. I think it's because in order to get the most out of it you have to be constantly monitoring it - if you leave it for three days and come back, you'd be swamped with updates and never catch up!

It's like listening to a conversation, really. You drop in and drop out yourself, but you always have an idea of what's going on. It definitely makes me feel closer to people I would have only casually known, or rarely seen before. I know what they're getting up to and it's fantastic for spur of the moment meet-ups.

Like, if I had an hour to kill in town I wouldn't be texting everyone I know to see if they'll come for coffee - but if I tweeted about it, somebody would probably get back and go "me too, let's meet up!"

I think it has much more real-life relevance than Facebook, is what I'm saying. It does much less, much better and is ten times more useful imo.

Sparky

Ah sure whynot

http://twitter.com/sparky_s

rannerap

doooooooooo it

www.twitter.com/sarannewrap

metaoblivia

Nope. Had an account for a few weeks, decided it was pointless and deleted it. I'm very happy not being on Twitter!

minidazzler

metaoblivia wrote: »

Nope. Had an account for a few weeks, decided it was pointless and deleted it. I'm very happy not being on Twitter!

+1 Twitter sucks!

WindSock

I joined up when they took away my boards. Haven't really used it since. Prefer BookFace. But I will probably get back to it again.


Anyways/ http://twitter.com/WindSockWins

Some dastard stole WindSock

shivvyban

This is great fun! I'm following everyone... thats sounds a bit off actually... :rolleyes:

homerun_homer

Mine, though I don't tend to update much.

minidazzler

shivvyban wrote: »

This is great fun! I'm following everyone... thats sounds a bit off actually... :rolleyes:

Twitter - For the Extra lazy stalker! :P

Nevyn

Like anything else you the more you put into it the more you get out of it.

Nervous Wreck

I don't have a twitter because I'd post stupid shít on it every five minutes. Guarantee, if I signed up, my first 'tweet' would say "Well here I am guys... Putting the 'twit' in 'twitter'."

Then I'd recline in my chair and bask in my own witicism. :rolleyes:

shivvyban

Nervous Wreck wrote: »

I don't have a twitter because I'd post stupid shít on it every five minutes. Guarantee, if I signed up, my first 'tweet' would say "Well here I am guys... Putting the 'twit' in 'twitter'."

Then I'd recline in my chair and bask in my own witicism. :rolleyes:

You should join then! :P

minidazzler

I hate Twitter so much.....

http://twitter.com/minidazzler

Add me please!!!

Please?????

Silverfish

Nervous Wreck wrote: »

I don't have a twitter because I'd post stupid shít on it every five minutes. Guarantee, if I signed up, my first 'tweet' would say "Well here I am guys... Putting the 'twit' in 'twitter'."

Then I'd recline in my chair and bask in my own witicism. :rolleyes:

This Week in Tech already have a twitter, as does Leo Laporte.

(ha!)

Nevyn

Twitter lets me interact with people that I don't in other places and brings me links and news which I would not get other wise.

JP Liz

no i dont use it might try it if i have time

Nerin

Thaedydal wrote: »

Like anything else you the more you put into it the more you get out of it.

to a point,yes, but like rss the more you 'put into it' the more unwieldy it becomes. simply subscribing to 5 content heavy sites in rss means you'll have 150+ links to read on your reader.i've found the same with twitter

feylya

I've become somewhat addicted to twitter. I put a lot into it (9000 tweets of varying quality content) and I get quite a lot out. I've gotten jobs from it, won things like tickets on it, spoke to people I wouldn't normally have chatted to and kept in touch with people much more than I would through email or facebook

rainbow kirby

http://twitter.com/Apocalypte

It's fun

Nevyn

Nerin wrote: »

to a point,yes, but like rss the more you 'put into it' the more unwieldy it becomes. simply subscribing to 5 content heavy sites in rss means you'll have 150+ links to read on your reader.i've found the same with twitter

Then you have to be selective when using it the same with anything else.

shellyboo

Nerin wrote: »

to a point,yes, but like rss the more you 'put into it' the more unwieldy it becomes. simply subscribing to 5 content heavy sites in rss means you'll have 150+ links to read on your reader.i've found the same with twitter

That's what I mean about having to contstantly monitor it. It's not something you can log into occasionally - it's too 'present' for that. If you happen to be online all day it's incredibly useful though.

minidazzler

shellyboo wrote: »

That's what I mean about having to contstantly monitor it. It's not something you can log into occasionally - it's too 'present' for that. If you happen to be online all day it's incredibly useful though.

So your saying it's for people like me??? :P

shellyboo

minidazzler wrote: »

So your saying it's for people like me??? :P

Yeah! If you follow the right kind of things it's super handy.

Delirium

At this stage I'd use it more than any of the other social networks. It's handy for keeping in touch with people.

Some of the news twitters also are great. Finding out about news stories as they happen.

shivvyban

feylya wrote: »

spoke to people I wouldn't normally have chatted to

Like me!! :P

feylya

shivvyban wrote: »

Like me!! :P

Exactly!

Professey Chin

I really only use it for catching up on news.Anyone wants to add me feel free though I much warn you that I tweet rarely and when I do im usually on the terlet :pac:

http://twitter.com/batstimpy

Pretty_Pistol

I use it as kind of a diary. Thoughts/song/quote of the day type of thing.

Professey Chin

My stalking productivity has grown dramatically in the last few minutes :eek:

Will

you don't scare me chinny-chin-chin!

Professey Chin

Will wrote: »

you don't scare me chinny-chin-chin!

That may be true but I do scare myself sometimes

which is why I avoid mirrors