Do you have a "twitter" account

campingcarist

There seems to be so much these days about a "hashtag something-or-other".

I am assuming that this refers to a twitter account though I may be wrong.

Do you all have a twitter account and use twitter? Or are you like me, uninterested in that type of social media?

I do have a facebook account but only to see some other users who are very often businesses with something to say about their products, or to contact a business because their contact links fail to work.

Jellybaby1

Nope, I don't twit!

campingcarist

I'm glad you didn't use one extra comma:
Nope, I don't, twit.

Harry Palmr

I do but only so I can argue with idiots.

Rubecula

more of a twitcher than a tweeterno idea on twitter myself

Chucken

Harry Palmr wrote: »

I do but only so I can argue with idiots.

Me too Harry

I'm still learning how to use it properly but I'm getting there. I can go for weeks without even checking it so I'm not hooked!

Jellybaby1

campingcarist wrote: »

I'm glad you didn't use one extra comma:
Nope, I don't, twit.

But, that, would, have, been, rude!

Chucken wrote: »

.....I can go for weeks without even checking it so I'm not hooked!

Yet! Give it time Chuckie, give it time.

BrensBenz

Nope, no twittering at BrensBenz Manor. The idiotic expression "hashtag" was enough to turn me off.

campingcarist

"Hashtag" is used all too often on TV. Hashtag this and hashtag that, I find very annoying. Just use it on the internet and then I won't worry.

blade1

campingcarist wrote: »

"Hashtag" is used all too often on TV. Hashtag this and hashtag that, I find very annoying. Just use it on the internet and then I won't worry.

You're watching too much TV!

campingcarist

blade1 wrote: »

You're watching too much TV!

No, not much. I think I must be watching the wrong programs!

blade1

campingcarist wrote: »

No, not much. I think I must be watching the wrong programs!

That could be it alright?
Reality ones maybe??

campingcarist

Is Judge Judy a reality one. Otherwise its the Big Bang Theory or the news; not much else.

0lddog

First (for me) swallows of the year seen about 10 days ago.

Hope This Helps

looksee

I have a twitter account. Apparently. Daughter helpfully set it up for me. I have no idea what to do with it.

Redhenrun

As per above post, have an account,damned if I understand the whole twitter thing though.

muffler

Redhenrun wrote: »

As per above post, have an account,damned if I understand the whole twitter thing though.

Ditto.

martinn123

Well, contrary to the general feeling hereabouts, I have a Twitter acc that I use all the time.

By following some of the News Feeds,( RTE News ) etc, and journalists, I get to view News as it breaks, and to follow stories as they happen ( assuming it's something I have an interest in )

I also follow, local business's and can see who has a special offer, or interesting Marketing idea.

Some of the people I follow, are a bit full of themselves, not to mention anyone in particular but Constantine Gurdgiev is a bit weighty, in his commentary

Sean Moncreif is great, especially on a Friday A'noon when they run a type of competition.

I can throw in the odd comment myself, if its a topic I follow, for example some recent tweets between myself and David Hall, on mortgage arrears solutions, currently in the news

My advice, try it out, find some interesting people to follow, you will soon get the hang of it.

BrensBenz

martinn123 wrote: »

Well, contrary to the general feeling hereabouts, I have a Twitter acc that I use all the time.

By following some of the News Feeds,( RTE News ) etc, and journalists, I get to view News as it breaks, and to follow stories as they happen ( assuming it's something I have an interest in )

I also follow, local business's and can see who has a special offer, or interesting Marketing idea.

Some of the people I follow, are a bit full of themselves, not to mention anyone in particular but Constantine Gurdgiev is a bit weighty, in his commentary

Sean Moncreif is great, especially on a Friday A'noon when they run a type of competition.

I can throw in the odd comment myself, if its a topic I follow, for example some recent tweets between myself and David Hall, on mortgage arrears solutions, currently in the news

My advice, try it out, find some interesting people to follow, you will soon get the hang of it.

Yeah buh....yeah buh you're real brainy. I'm just a simple oulfella, happy just to sit on a rock, fixing a lobster pot. I don't even know anybody who uses Twitter and the prospect of trudging through an endless swamp of jargon, alone, with no PLAIN ENGLISH instruction from a human, just to.........whatever Twitter does, doesn't fill me with any joy.

However, I do like Whatsapp because it carries text, photos, links, etc. to and from groups of people I actually want to communicate with.

Now, where was I? Oh yes, left over right and through, right over left and pull,.......

Jellybaby1

Yeah! Wot 'e said!

martinn123

Now, Now, fellow Elderly People, I am disapointed.
When I saw this thread show up I assumed someone would be making an effort to learn a little bit about Twitter, and not just another dumping ground for Curmudgeonly comments on a topic you do not really understand.

So let me help,

open up your twitter acc, put in your password ( it's the same one you use for Facebook, Boards, Your Bank, your laptop, etc )

Now, on the Right, you will see a box '' Who to follow'' click on ''View All''

This will bring up a selection of people you might like to ''follow''

So if Sport is your thing, try Sky Sports, or your local TV channel, or a few sportspersons you are aware of

If its politics, follow Barack Obama, David Cameron, Enda Kenny, your Local politicians, or anyone you admire.

For News, follow your local News Channel, Sky News, your local Radio, Joe Duffy, whoever

If you want up to date reports on what is happening in the Courts, a lively Murder Trial perhaps, follow a journalist covering the story.

Whatever your interests, you will find someone,

Now, just check in to Twitter occasionally, and Tweets will appear from those people your are following, nothing else.

If you want to interact, you can reply to any Tweets by clicking on the Reply Button, your message will go directly to that person, and if they are interested in your thoughts, they might ''retweet'' your message, which is to publish it to all their followers, and some of those, if they find your comment interesting may ''follow'' you

Try it out, you might find it amusing.

If not return to the mindset of ''Feckin Twitter'' what's that all about.

looksee

*Sucks teeth* oh now martinn I think you may have opened a can of worms there! (and I still don't give a damn about twitter!)

BrensBenz

During my time on boards.ie, I have developed that essential aspect of speed-reading where a few words are gathered specifically to become offended by, often on behalf of others, while completely ignoring the rest of the text. See AH for some Olympic class examples.

Well, that....that......post, from a fellow NCDer, left me.........just.........I've never been so.........what? I didn't come here to..........how dare.......Nurse....oxygen.....Librium.....quick. He said.........he.......said....

...making an effort...
...to learn a little bit about Twitter...
...not just another dumping ground...
...for Curmudgeonly comments...
...for Curmudgeonly comments!!!
...Curmudgeonly!!!
...on a topic you do not really understand.

I'll.....I'll....set the Woof on him....Oh, might not be a great idea.
Well, I'll.....I'll tweet something really clever.....Hmmmm, only two things wrong with that idea.
Well, I'll.....I'll get that seven year-old to tweet something. He'll know how. Yeah, good plan.

So, martinn123, keep an eye on your twitter thingy, you....you....hashtag#curmudgeonaphobe#hashtag you.....an' stuff.

Jellybaby1

Yeah! Wot 'e said! Again!!!! :mad:

I've never indulged in Twitter, in fact Martinn your explanation of the thing sounds just like that 'ol Facey Booky thing. Now I do have a Facey Booky page...thingy, which me jewel and darlin' daughter set up for me and I do pop in there irregularly, maybe twice or three times a week now (Lord, I'm addicted! :eek:), and I do receive updates from other Facey Booky people who I have """""liked"""", (but so far I am private and have absolutely NO FRIENDS!! :eek::eek:), sooooooo, are you not just duplicating all that information? It does what it says on the tin...............news and information overload. I really don't care to know that much but I pick and choose the information I really want.

Now I want our mods to get their banhammers ready because besides B--e N-n, and B---o, I want another thing banned from this forum, and that's.........T

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r! Gerrim Fido!

martinn123

OK, I will try to prevail, for a while against the obvious resistance to Twitter.

It's not like Facebook, where you exchange photo's of your grandchildren, or pictures of you on the beach, or on the pizz.

It can be a source of up to date information, that you might be interested in, like the Reuters Tikker Tape, but where you filtrer the topics, to those in which you have an interest.

Last plea, Try it out for a week, PM me for my Twitter handle, and then let's have a discussion.

vicwatson

Too wit to who? Not chance I'd touch it, pointless

vicwatson

open up your twitter acc, put in your password ( it's the same one you use for Facebook, Boards, Your Bank, your laptop, etc )

It's not wise to have the same password for all of those mentioned, for security purposes it's best to have different ones for different log-ins

campingcarist

I seem to have the idea, rightly or wrongly, that social media like Twitter and Facebook, dig into your contacts list so that they can come up with people who you can be friends with. I know who my friends are without these apps finding them for me.

Martinn123, you still haven't convinced me that I would be better off with a twitter account, sorry.

muffler

vicwatson wrote: »

It's not wise to have the same password for all of those mentioned, for security purposes it's best to have different ones for different log-ins

Indeed!

Jellybaby1

I'm definitely not convinced either. Why the interest in getting us on to Twitter then Martinn? Our lives are rich enough without it. I have a few subs to sites I'm interested in but why would I burden myself with anything more? There really aren't enough hours in the day to keep up with it all. Chillax, man. Take time to smell the roses and the coffee, kick off your shoes, breathe deeply.....deeeeeeeeeply, and exhale, burn some essential oils, take a walk on a beach, listen to that babbling brook or to those Peruvian pan pipes. Ahhhhhh, now, isn't that better?

Pulsating Star

I could well be missing out but i just never gave joining Twitter/ Facebook any serious thought. I suppose on a superficial Level I assumed they were an outlet for peoples unmoderated dribble.
I am told by many that Facebook is having a negative effect on smaller sites, content from many users being lost to the forums, easier to form subsets etc. I may get there yet through necessity so.
On joining twitter,not sure. As more news feeds emerge, the less I seem interested in it. I would know very few users of either as yet.

martinn123

So, as the only advocate of Twitter, ( so far ) on this thread, let me first admit that there is a Huge amount of krap on it.
However it's very easy to filter all that stuff out only following the people who post more serious stuff

I am not interested in Jonny Depp's Dogs, Big Brother, or the fact that some guy left some boy band, so none of that stuff appears on my Feed

I did have a peep at Kim Kardasian's well formed behind recently, but purely in case one of the lad's mentioned it over a pint.

I am however interested in Channel 4's Alex Thompson who goes to most of the trouble spots in the world
Sky's Enda Brady, is good for what's happening as well as Sky's Martin Brunt.
I was able to follow in detail the Graham Dwyer Trial, reading reports from the Court, as they happened, so I did not have to read the Sunday papers to get a handle on all the evidence.

Some hilarious stuff during ''Liveline'' and The late late, ( they do that on Boards as well )

Politicians are good for a laugh, one of my Locals, posts all kind of stupid stuff, and I get a kick out of telling him so.

Breaking News, for me is what Twitter is good for, so if something breaks, that I am interested in, I can follow the story as it unfolds.

Anyway, each to his own.

The line about all the Passwords being the same, was a joke, but thanks to muffler for pointing out that it's a bad idea to have the same password, in multiple applications.;)

So, again, try it, for example you might come across a powerful piece by Ursula Halligan today.

http://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/ursula-halligan-referendum-pointed-me-towards-telling-the-truth-about-myself-1.2212960

BrensBenz

martinn123 wrote: »

.... exchange photo's of your grandchildren.....

Hold on Martinn123 - rewind a bit - you want photos of my grandson? How many? No probs! Prints or jpgs? No probs a tall a tall! Any time, day or night. Here, take a few spare ones. Ahhhhh go on, they're only small. Oh, these have magnetic backs so you can stick them on your fridge.....or your dashboard. Or these are credit card size so you can have one in your wallet. How about a photo of my grandson on a teeshirt? What size are you? Do you use mugs? I can get you a mug with a photo of my grandson. No probs! You only have to ask.

And....in a few months, you can have photos of my second grandchild. Janey Mac, this is your lucky day.

BrensBenz

Now, you know how I hate to be.....curmudgeonly..... but there is just one little, eency weency, slightly off topic point I'd like to make, if I may, about news feeds, including Twitter's news feeds:

• They're written by journalists;
• Journalists are trained, muck-stirring, sleezeball airheads;
• All output from all journalists must be treated as pure, makey-uppy fiction until at least thirteen other journalist verify it or it appears in the Drogheda Independent;
• The only difference between a sleezeball tabloid journalist and a sleezeball broadsheet journalist is better grammar;
• Those in search of truth would be well advised to spend more time on Daft.ie or DoneDeal's antique section.

More importantly, the output of journalists used to make excellent chip wrappings but their online output can't even do that.

Jellybaby1

Ah no Martinn, I'm not falling for that. No Twitter for me, not now, not evvurrr! Sure I probably would have got that story on the Irish Times site which I check out regularly anyway. Don't worry about me Martinn, I'm not completely uninformed. I'm just informed about different stuff to you. Sorry I don't have any baby photos to send you. I'll send my childer off to knit some for you.

looksee

Are you collecting baby pics Martinn? The kids' pics are a bit faded by now, would grandchildren be ok? :P

Jellybaby1

Maybe we should stop making fun of Mr. Twitter!

looksee

Jellybaby1

Especially as we are trying to ATTRACT more people into O & O's, not scare 'em away.

looksee

I'll consider myself told off!

Jellybaby1

Just slapped my own wrist as well for good measure.

0lddog

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

Just slapped my own wrist as well for good measure.

OG gone off with the fur lined handcuffs again ?

Jellybaby1

OG has been de-handcuffed of late. He is powerless now, POWERLESS I tells ya! (Cackle, cackle, yuk, yuk!)

lulu1

Have an account but can't make head or tail of it. So facebook for me.

martinn123

Right, Let's get this straight, I am not looking to exchange pictures of Grandchildren.

Reason being, I have nothing to exchange.

Despite having 2 virile, 30 something heterosexual offspring, they appear to have no interest in continuing the family name,well so far at least.

In the meantime O/H and I have to put up with babysitting the GrandNeice.

looksee

So just to be fair, I clicked on the twitter logo on my bookmark bar just to see what I have. An awful lot of Brit stuff. Now notwithstanding my Britness, after 40-odd years in Ireland the UK elections don't have a lot of interest for me. There is lots of archaeology stuff tho, which might bring me round a bit. Ok, Martinn, I will have a peek now and again I might even get the hang of it eventually!

Jellybaby1

martinn123 wrote: »

Right, Let's get this straight, I am not looking to exchange pictures of Grandchildren.

Reason being, I have nothing to exchange.

Despite having 2 virile, 30 something heterosexual offspring, they appear to have no interest in continuing the family name,well so far at least.

In the meantime O/H and I have to put up with babysitting the GrandNeice.

Et tu Brutus? We are bereft of future descendants also.

campingcarist

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

Et tu Brutus? We are bereft of future descendants also.

Could you put that on twitter? You might get a lot of followers.

Unless you are a "celeb" what would you want followers for? I have more than enough friends to cope with.

BrensBenz

martinn123 wrote: »

....I am not looking to exchange pictures of Grandchildren. Reason being, I have nothing to exchange.

Despite having 2 virile, 30 something heterosexual offspring, they appear to have no interest in continuing the family name,well so far at least.

No "exchange" required. You can have shedloads of photos of my grandson, compliments of his grandad. No strings, unless you want to hang them on your wall, in which case, I'll fit strings.

Regarding "2 virile, 30 something heterosexual offspring", ehhhmmm, that's not really how it works. See, you need ONE virile one and one that isn't virile. If you like, PM me for details.

looksee

Er Brens, these are off-springs, ie, springing from the same off. Rather than reducing the odds you actually - in that situation - need four participants, in twos.

Jellybaby1

looksee wrote: »

.........I clicked on the twitter logo on my bookmark bar just to see what I have......Ok, Martinn, I will have a peek now and again I might even get the hang of it eventually!

Cry, TRAITOR! :mad:

campingcarist wrote: »

Could you put that on twitter? You might get a lot of followers.....

Wouldn't have a clue how to do it and won't be investigating it either.