Anyone here Twitter?

samifan24 · 04-23-2008, 08:25 PM

Well, do you?

Maple Leafs · 04-23-2008, 08:57 PM

I work in e-marketing, so I'm pretty much obligated to be on there.

To be honest, I don't really see the point. But please don't tell anyone, the others will laugh at me.

Groundhog · 04-23-2008, 09:03 PM

I'd never heard of it until I read Penny-Arcade today.

Logan · 04-23-2008, 09:09 PM

I don't feel like googling this...just tell me please.

sabotai · 04-23-2008, 09:22 PM

Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?

Maple Leafs · 04-23-2008, 09:36 PM

Twitter = micro-blogging platform

Put simplisticly, imagine Facebook if it only had the "status update" part.

Logan · 04-23-2008, 09:38 PM

Interesting. Not to get off topic, but has anyone used Meebo.com? It's a simple website that lets you log in to your AIM, MSN, Yahoo, GoogleTalk, etc account. No software installation and all your IM windows stay within the one browser, so you don't have 10 different windows open.

My company has a strict policy of not installing AIM on any work computer. Clearly, this is not installing AIM (AIMExpress seems to get messed up by our firewall).

Anyway, yesterday I had to get my laptop fixed so I took it to one of our pain in the ass IT guys, the kinda guy who will give you crap for having a sole unencrypted file on your computer even if the only info contained in it is your list of stuff to buy at the Food Emporium. I get up there and catch him on Meebo. He was a little slow in Alt-tabbing away from it. I now have my bargaining chip in case he or anyone else gives me shit about internet use. So I have that going for me, which is nice...

samifan24 · 04-23-2008, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Logan

Not to get off topic, but has anyone used Meebo.com?

Meebo is awesome. You don't have to download any software and it works on all the big services in any browser. And yes, it probably isn't blocked at most workplaces.

lighthousekeeper · 04-23-2008, 10:19 PM

hmmm maybe i'm starting to show my age, but i just don't get it. it seems excruciatingly useless. why would anyone care about what i'm doing? i know i don't give a crap about what anyone else in the world is doing.

maybe if i had any friends i'd feel differently? dunno

Antmeister · 04-24-2008, 01:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Logan

Interesting. Not to get off topic, but has anyone used Meebo.com?

Hell yes. I like it for the simple fact that there is no installation and a message window doesn't pop up when your co-workers or boss is in your office since that is contained in the browser.

Young Drachma · 04-24-2008, 01:58 PM

The only thing useful about it, that I've seen is this site:

Commuter Feed

Fidatelo · 04-24-2008, 03:47 PM

Twitter makes no sense to me.

"Guess what I'm doing?"
"Hopefully fucking dying you self-centered blowhard."

samifan24 · 04-25-2008, 11:23 AM

Kid uses "Twitter" to get out of jail.

MikeVic · 04-25-2008, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by samifan24

Kid uses "Twitter" to get out of jail.

He could've just txt'd friends' cell phones anyway?

Fidatelo · 04-25-2008, 01:03 PM

Not all at once though.

Pumpy Tudors · 04-25-2008, 01:12 PM

I'm tempted to sign up and just have it always say that I'm fucking myself.

Fidatelo · 04-25-2008, 01:14 PM

would you just leave it at that all the time, or constantly re-post the message at random intervals?

MikeVic · 04-25-2008, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Fidatelo

Not all at once though.

It might take a bit longer, but you can write the message, then add a bunch of numbers to the recipients portion. Might add another few seconds.

terpkristin · 06-28-2008, 08:41 PM

I've become a dork, officially. terpkristin on Twitter. Not that I have all that much interesting to say, but I might be following some of you now...

/tk

Karlifornia · 06-28-2008, 09:18 PM

wouldn't the answer in every update have to be "updating my twitter"?

samifan24 · 06-28-2008, 10:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by terpkristin

I've become a dork, officially. terpkristin on Twitter. Not that I have all that much interesting to say, but I might be following some of you now...

/tk

Welcome! I just added you to my following list.

Young Drachma · 01-23-2009, 10:36 AM

Twitter / 307ceo

I used to have a private Twitter. Then I got over it, because it's just not that intense. Mostly random thoughts, some talking to higher ed folks and awesome random music quotes.

ISiddiqui · 01-23-2009, 10:47 AM

I do, I do!

Twitter / ISiddiqui

Lorena · 01-23-2009, 10:48 AM

I'm on there too but don't use it very much. Twitter / Dodgerchick

Lorena · 01-23-2009, 10:48 AM

so can we comment on statuses like on facebook?

samifan24 · 01-23-2009, 10:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lorena

so can we comment on statuses like on facebook?

No, although you can respond to others using @[username].

FYI, I just added a bunch of you guys.

Lorena · 01-23-2009, 10:55 AM

ok i figured it out, thx

AgustusM · 01-23-2009, 10:55 AM

as a geek I feel obligated to be on Twitter - but I really don't use it much. I do find it useful to find "breaking news"

I also echo the Meebo thing - great software. Same idea as Trillian but you don't need to install a client. I use it everyday.

samifan24 · 01-23-2009, 10:59 AM

Honestly I think 2009 will be the year Twitter explodes into the mainstream. Twitter grew exponentially last year and is slowly moving away from its "geeks only" beginnings.

Rizon · 01-23-2009, 11:02 AM

I haven't the slightest idea what a "twitter" is, but I took an STD test last summer and I was all clear.

ISiddiqui · 01-23-2009, 11:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by samifan24

Honestly I think 2009 will be the year Twitter explodes into the mainstream. Twitter grew exponentially last year and is slowly moving away from its "geeks only" beginnings.

On the other hand, with Facebook status doing something similar, I wonder if that'll cut in to the growth. I know that I'm far more into Facebook.

But I guess, I've heard that a lot of current events have news breaking on Twitter. They need to intregrate the Twitter search better into it.

samifan24 · 01-23-2009, 11:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ISiddiqui

On the other hand, with Facebook status doing something similar, I wonder if that'll cut in to the growth. I know that I'm far more into Facebook.

But I guess, I've heard that a lot of current events have news breaking on Twitter. They need to intregrate the Twitter search better into it.

I think Twitter and Facebok status updates really go in two different directions. Facebook's status update is more "what are you doing" and the more I use Twitter, the more I see its value in conversations rather than answering the question "what are you doing." I see people connecting via Twitter because of similar interests/goals/etc whereas on Facebook I don't see those kinds of connections because only friends can see your status update.

MacroGuru · 01-23-2009, 11:52 AM

I have 3 twitter accounts...

My main account is macroguru

our makeup site is mnrlmakeupkits

our golf shoe site is discgolfshoes

we are exploring all avenues of marketing for our sites...

hukarez · 01-23-2009, 12:29 PM

mark_wayne is following those who have listed their twitter accounts!

ISiddiqui · 01-23-2009, 12:45 PM

Oh noes!!

sabotai · 01-23-2009, 12:51 PM

I have it, but I don't I've ever used it. Mainly use it just to see the updates from some of the people who write blogs that I read. I may start using it, though. Anyway, name is:the same as here: sabotai.

JediKooter · 01-23-2009, 12:56 PM

Yea, I don't get the whole Twitter, Facebook thing. If I want to talk to you, I'll call you or send you an email. Believe me, having my day to day life's minutae displayed for all to see might just cure someones insomnia.

Pyser · 01-23-2009, 12:57 PM

this stuff always makes me laugh

i dont get myspace.

then

i dont get facebook

now

i dont get twitter

i have a prediction for where this is going...

Young Drachma · 01-23-2009, 01:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ISiddiqui

On the other hand, with Facebook status doing something similar, I wonder if that'll cut in to the growth. I know that I'm far more into Facebook.

But I guess, I've heard that a lot of current events have news breaking on Twitter. They need to intregrate the Twitter search better into it.

For a while, I had my Facebook status integrated with my Twitter. I stopped because I didn't want them integrated, but...it's doable.

Young Drachma · 01-23-2009, 01:06 PM

For me, it's been useful to connect with people in my industry who've been reading my blog or from other venues like conferences and the such. It's a low-key way to do it, without having to get all up in their personal lives.

Everyone uses it differently too and there are apps out there that help you synthesize the noise.

But for the average Joe? It's a huge waste of time. If I weren't a web professional, I'm certain I'd never use it and only one person who I associate with in my personal life uses Twitter.

MJ4H · 01-23-2009, 01:06 PM

Myspace is garbage. Facebook is insanely useful. Twitter seems pointless, but I can understand people being into it.

Most people I've seen that say they don't get facebook get it after they try it. It really doesn't have much to do with displaying day to day minutiae for most people, though you can do that. It is mostly about keeping up with people more easily. There are many, many people that I would never see or hear from again if it weren't for facebook. That is kind of nice. There are people that I can be in touch with almost instantly that I had forgotten even existed without facebook. You may think, as I once did, that you forgot they existed for a reason, but I'm sure there are people out there you'd like to see again and just may not be able to think of right away.

Heck, I found out my first crush in elementary school is a belly dancer now. I talk to her on facebook from time to time now. Hadn't seen her since high school until facebook, and now I can talk to her without really going out of my way. It is really convenient.

ISiddiqui · 01-23-2009, 01:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pyser

this stuff always makes me laugh

i dont get myspace.

then

i dont get facebook

now

i dont get twitter

i have a prediction for where this is going...

Facebook, I definitely get much more... with Facebook (and using real names), I was able to find a ton of old high school friends.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

For a while, I had my Facebook status integrated with my Twitter. I stopped because I didn't want them integrated, but...it's doable.

I know, but it can be a bit of a pain linking them, IMO. I tend to see Twitter as more minutae and Facebook as more general status. Of course, that's just a personal preference, but I dislike when people have too many status changes in short time in Facebook for some reason.

sterlingice · 01-23-2009, 01:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pyser

this stuff always makes me laugh

i dont get myspace.

then

i dont get facebook

now

i dont get twitter

i have a prediction for where this is going...

Either:

"I don't get posting on a football message board"

or

"I'm old; get off my lawn"

I'm definitely in the second category, despite not being at all old

SI

Pyser · 01-23-2009, 01:18 PM

what i more meant is its not our generations that decide this stuff. its college and high school. if thats where they all go (twitter), guess what is about to be huge.

you may say you dont get it, but its about to enter the mainstream, bigtime.

and it is a pretty useful thing, but moreso for kids. ill be at x party. im at this bar and bored, come by. y broke my heart, feel sorry for me. etc. dont forget how out there the kids are. they post everything about their lives at this point (why couldnt we be younger now. "stalking" is as easy as clicking one button)

Rizon · 01-23-2009, 01:43 PM

Dang, everyone forgot LiveJournal?? That shit was huge for like, a couple of years. It was the end-all. If you didn't have one you basically fucking sucked.

Ryan S · 01-23-2009, 01:47 PM

I signed up for twitter about a year back, took a look around and have ignored it ever since. As of yet I have not figured out why I might want to use it.

Young Drachma · 01-23-2009, 02:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rizon

Dang, everyone forgot LiveJournal?? That shit was huge for like, a couple of years. It was the end-all. If you didn't have one you basically fucking sucked.

Yeah, that was the thing pre-blogs for a lot of young folks. It's still popular for some of the communities that are there for some. I have an account solely for that purpose there, as I deleted my real one years ago.

Sorta like AOL was at the end of the 90s when folks were jumping ship to just get internet providers.

Well and livejournal has had a lot of random owners and can't seem to find anyone to make it profitable.

Maple Leafs · 01-23-2009, 02:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

But for the average Joe? It's a huge waste of time. If I weren't a web professional, I'm certain I'd never use it

Honestly, I agree with this 100%.

I do social web stuff for work and it's like a chore to remember to go on and "tweet" a few times a week so I don't look uncool.

Karlifornia · 01-23-2009, 03:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MJ4H

Heck, I found out my first crush in elementary school is a belly dancer now. I talk to her on facebook from time to time now. Hadn't seen her since high school until facebook, and now I can talk to her without really going out of my way. It is really convenient.

Say goodbye to the days of getting splinters in your ass while trying to get a better vantage point of the master bathroom.

Buccaneer · 01-23-2009, 04:06 PM

Must have been a major news article on this recently because this is the third forum where someone asked the same question.

I like this response

Quote:

I read an article on it and even reading about it seemed like a waste of time. It will therefore be the way everyone communicates in 5 years.

and my response

Quote:

You got both of those right. I just chalk it up as everyone needing to know anything...RIGHT THIS SECOND, regardless how trivial or superficial.

04-23-2008, 08:57 PM	#2
Maple Leafs Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002	I work in e-marketing, so I'm pretty much obligated to be on there. To be honest, I don't really see the point. But please don't tell anyone, the others will laugh at me. __________________ Down Goes Brown: Toronto Maple Leafs Humor and Analysis

04-23-2008, 09:03 PM	#3
Groundhog Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia	I'd never heard of it until I read Penny-Arcade today. __________________ Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. --Ambrose Bierce

04-23-2008, 09:36 PM	#6
Maple Leafs Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002	Twitter = micro-blogging platform Put simplisticly, imagine Facebook if it only had the "status update" part. __________________ Down Goes Brown: Toronto Maple Leafs Humor and Analysis

04-23-2008, 10:19 PM	#9
lighthousekeeper College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000	hmmm maybe i'm starting to show my age, but i just don't get it. it seems excruciatingly useless. why would anyone care about what i'm doing? i know i don't give a crap about what anyone else in the world is doing. maybe if i had any friends i'd feel differently? dunno __________________ ... Last edited by lighthousekeeper : 04-23-2008 at 10:20 PM.

04-24-2008, 03:47 PM	#12
Fidatelo Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Winnipeg, MB	Twitter makes no sense to me. "Guess what I'm doing?" "Hopefully fucking dying you self-centered blowhard." __________________ "Breakfast? Breakfast schmekfast, look at the score for God's sake. It's only the second period and I'm winning 12-2. Breakfasts come and go, Rene, but Hartford, the Whale, they only beat Vancouver maybe once or twice in a lifetime."

04-23-2008, 09:09 PM	#4
Logan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: NYC	I don't feel like googling this...just tell me please.

04-23-2008, 09:22 PM	#5
sabotai General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Satellite of Love	Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?

04-23-2008, 09:38 PM	#7
Logan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: NYC	Interesting. Not to get off topic, but has anyone used Meebo.com? It's a simple website that lets you log in to your AIM, MSN, Yahoo, GoogleTalk, etc account. No software installation and all your IM windows stay within the one browser, so you don't have 10 different windows open. My company has a strict policy of not installing AIM on any work computer. Clearly, this is not installing AIM (AIMExpress seems to get messed up by our firewall). Anyway, yesterday I had to get my laptop fixed so I took it to one of our pain in the ass IT guys, the kinda guy who will give you crap for having a sole unencrypted file on your computer even if the only info contained in it is your list of stuff to buy at the Food Emporium. I get up there and catch him on Meebo. He was a little slow in Alt-tabbing away from it. I now have my bargaining chip in case he or anyone else gives me shit about internet use. So I have that going for me, which is nice...

04-24-2008, 01:58 PM	#11
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	The only thing useful about it, that I've seen is this site: Commuter Feed

04-25-2008, 11:23 AM	#13
samifan24 Pro Starter Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: NC	Kid uses "Twitter" to get out of jail. __________________ "You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball...and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time." -Jim Bouton

04-25-2008, 01:03 PM	#15
Fidatelo Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Winnipeg, MB	Not all at once though. __________________ "Breakfast? Breakfast schmekfast, look at the score for God's sake. It's only the second period and I'm winning 12-2. Breakfasts come and go, Rene, but Hartford, the Whale, they only beat Vancouver maybe once or twice in a lifetime."

04-25-2008, 01:12 PM	#16
Pumpy Tudors Bounty Hunter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Pittsburgh, PA	I'm tempted to sign up and just have it always say that I'm fucking myself. __________________ No, I am not Batman, and I will not repair your food processor. Last edited by Pumpy Tudors : 04-25-2008 at 01:12 PM.

04-25-2008, 01:14 PM	#17
Fidatelo Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Winnipeg, MB	would you just leave it at that all the time, or constantly re-post the message at random intervals? __________________ "Breakfast? Breakfast schmekfast, look at the score for God's sake. It's only the second period and I'm winning 12-2. Breakfasts come and go, Rene, but Hartford, the Whale, they only beat Vancouver maybe once or twice in a lifetime."

06-28-2008, 08:41 PM	#19
terpkristin Grizzled Veteran Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ashburn, VA	I've become a dork, officially. terpkristin on Twitter. Not that I have all that much interesting to say, but I might be following some of you now... /tk __________________ GO TERPS! https://www.flickr.com/photos/terpkristin https://twitter.com/terpkristin

06-28-2008, 09:18 PM	#20
Karlifornia Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: San Jose, CA	wouldn't the answer in every update have to be "updating my twitter"? __________________ Look into the mind of a crazy man (NSFW) http://www.whitepowerupdate.wordpress.com

01-23-2009, 10:36 AM	#22
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	Twitter / 307ceo I used to have a private Twitter. Then I got over it, because it's just not that intense. Mostly random thoughts, some talking to higher ed folks and awesome random music quotes. Last edited by Young Drachma : 10-15-2009 at 11:36 PM.

01-23-2009, 10:47 AM	#23
ISiddiqui Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Decatur, GA	I do, I do! Twitter / ISiddiqui __________________ "A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages" -Tennessee Williams

01-23-2009, 10:48 AM	#24
Lorena Unregistered Join Date: May 2004	I'm on there too but don't use it very much. Twitter / Dodgerchick

01-23-2009, 10:55 AM	#27
Lorena Unregistered Join Date: May 2004	ok i figured it out, thx Last edited by Lorena : 01-23-2009 at 10:55 AM.

01-23-2009, 10:55 AM	#28
AgustusM College Prospect Join Date: Dec 2003	as a geek I feel obligated to be on Twitter - but I really don't use it much. I do find it useful to find "breaking news" I also echo the Meebo thing - great software. Same idea as Trillian but you don't need to install a client. I use it everyday.

01-23-2009, 10:59 AM	#29
samifan24 Pro Starter Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: NC	Honestly I think 2009 will be the year Twitter explodes into the mainstream. Twitter grew exponentially last year and is slowly moving away from its "geeks only" beginnings. __________________ "You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball...and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time." -Jim Bouton

01-23-2009, 11:52 AM	#33
MacroGuru Coordinator Join Date: May 2003 Location: Utah	I have 3 twitter accounts... My main account is macroguru our makeup site is mnrlmakeupkits our golf shoe site is discgolfshoes we are exploring all avenues of marketing for our sites... __________________ "forgetting what is in the past, I strive for the future"

01-23-2009, 12:29 PM	#34
hukarez College Starter Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Chula Vista, CA	mark_wayne is following those who have listed their twitter accounts! __________________ ...what we have here is a man who looks like Tarzan, but fights like Jane! My VG collection \| Xbox 360 Gamertag: ManThol \| PS3 Network ID: hukarez Doce Pares International - San Diego Council Filipino Martial Arts Digest tweet tweet twitter

01-23-2009, 12:45 PM	#35
ISiddiqui Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Decatur, GA	Oh noes!! __________________ "A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages" -Tennessee Williams

01-23-2009, 12:51 PM	#36
sabotai General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Satellite of Love	I have it, but I don't I've ever used it. Mainly use it just to see the updates from some of the people who write blogs that I read. I may start using it, though. Anyway, name is:the same as here: sabotai.

01-23-2009, 12:56 PM	#37
JediKooter Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: San Diego via Sausalito via San Jose via San Diego	Yea, I don't get the whole Twitter, Facebook thing. If I want to talk to you, I'll call you or send you an email. Believe me, having my day to day life's minutae displayed for all to see might just cure someones insomnia. __________________ I'm no longer a Chargers fan, they are dead to me Coming this summer to a movie theater near you: The Adventures of Jedikooter: Part 4

01-23-2009, 12:57 PM	#38
Pyser Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Los Angeles	this stuff always makes me laugh i dont get myspace. then i dont get facebook now i dont get twitter i have a prediction for where this is going...

01-23-2009, 01:06 PM	#40
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	For me, it's been useful to connect with people in my industry who've been reading my blog or from other venues like conferences and the such. It's a low-key way to do it, without having to get all up in their personal lives. Everyone uses it differently too and there are apps out there that help you synthesize the noise. But for the average Joe? It's a huge waste of time. If I weren't a web professional, I'm certain I'd never use it and only one person who I associate with in my personal life uses Twitter. __________________ Current Dynasty:The Zenith of Professional Basketball Careers (FBPB/FBCB) FBCB / FPB3 Mods

01-23-2009, 01:06 PM	#41
MJ4H Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hog Country	Myspace is garbage. Facebook is insanely useful. Twitter seems pointless, but I can understand people being into it. Most people I've seen that say they don't get facebook get it after they try it. It really doesn't have much to do with displaying day to day minutiae for most people, though you can do that. It is mostly about keeping up with people more easily. There are many, many people that I would never see or hear from again if it weren't for facebook. That is kind of nice. There are people that I can be in touch with almost instantly that I had forgotten even existed without facebook. You may think, as I once did, that you forgot they existed for a reason, but I'm sure there are people out there you'd like to see again and just may not be able to think of right away. Heck, I found out my first crush in elementary school is a belly dancer now. I talk to her on facebook from time to time now. Hadn't seen her since high school until facebook, and now I can talk to her without really going out of my way. It is really convenient. __________________ My YouTube channel My Twitch channel My Sharona

01-23-2009, 01:18 PM	#44
Pyser Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Los Angeles	what i more meant is its not our generations that decide this stuff. its college and high school. if thats where they all go (twitter), guess what is about to be huge. you may say you dont get it, but its about to enter the mainstream, bigtime. and it is a pretty useful thing, but moreso for kids. ill be at x party. im at this bar and bored, come by. y broke my heart, feel sorry for me. etc. dont forget how out there the kids are. they post everything about their lives at this point (why couldnt we be younger now. "stalking" is as easy as clicking one button)

01-23-2009, 01:47 PM	#46
Ryan S Quarterback Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: London, England	I signed up for twitter about a year back, took a look around and have ignored it ever since. As of yet I have not figured out why I might want to use it.

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