Twitter

il_principe
il_principe Posts: 9,155
edited February 2009 in Commuting chat
Ok so who on here Twitters?
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Me!

    Well, I follow stephen fry and jonathan ross and a blogger called violent acres. Don't do so much of it myself as I can't do it from my phone.
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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    jashburnham wrote:
    Ok so who on here Twitters?

    How could anyone have time?
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    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
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  • Feltup
    Feltup Posts: 1,340
    Do you want me to point fingers? :wink:
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  • always_tyred
    always_tyred Posts: 4,965
    What is Twitter?

    I think I'm too old (and not a celebrity)
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    Feltup wrote:
    Do you want me to point fingers? :wink:

    your name has gone on the LIST!
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • linsen
    linsen Posts: 1,959
    I've only just found out about it
    Now I am hearing about it everywhere
    Emerging from under a big black cloud. All help welcome
  • girv73
    girv73 Posts: 842
    Been tweeting for a while now, long before the recent media buzz </smug>

    http://twitter.com/johngirvin
    Today is a good day to ride
  • greg66_tri_v2.0
    greg66_tri_v2.0 Posts: 7,172
    jashburnham wrote:
    Ok so who on here Twitters?

    Have you started this just to fcuk me off? :?
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  • carbonfiend
    carbonfiend Posts: 475
    yeah I'm using it but I'm still figuring out what its worth is though I am also currently reading Clay Shirky's 'Here Comes Everybody' to give me more of insight into the networking revolution. I worked in music industry for over 12yrs and my company used myspace but to be honest I can say we never actually gained anything from it so not sure what Twitter is going to add. A lot of the people I am still connected to are not using it yet , I use it as Carbonfiend. I follow a few friends and Lance. My understanding of it at the moment is the formation of new social groups without management
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Always Tyred wrote:
    What is Twitter?

    I think I'm too old (and not a celebrity)

    +1

    Do you text posts or something? Is this the brainchild of a mobile phone company bod so they could earn more cash?
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  • girv73
    girv73 Posts: 842
    Twitter is a "micro blog" service where you post short messages - 140 chars max - about what you're doing, questions you have etc. The idea is to "follow" people you find helpful or interesting; doing so means you get to see all their messages. In turn, people who find you helpful, interesting, funny or whatever "follow" you and get to see all your messages. Over time, you build up a list of followers and followees and you get a kind of message stream to read and participate in.

    I'm hooked up to some friends, businesses, and fellow developers and web designers, for example. There are also a few famous types on there like Stephen Fry, Jonathan Ross, that Brand fella, Dave Gorman, Kryten from Red Dwarf, who you are free to "follow" or send messages to.

    This is a list of all my messages:
    http://twitter.com/johngirvin

    This is a list of EVERYONE's messages:
    http://twitter.com/public_timeline

    Helps?
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Why would you write "Gorillas are cool"?
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    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • girv73
    girv73 Posts: 842
    Because it's a random thought that popped into your head? There's a lot of that too.
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Ahhh, I see. :lol:
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • gert_lush
    gert_lush Posts: 634
    am i thinking that its a bit like updating a facebook status but without the rest of facebook attached to it? I am feeling very old and very out of touch :D:D
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  • girv73
    girv73 Posts: 842
    gert, that'd be pretty close, only it's not just limited to "status" topics but can be anything and there are features for person to person chats and private messages (albeit somewhat limited by the 140 character message length).

    But no sheep throwing or other Facebook style crap, just the conversations.

    BTW, you may know this guy:
    http://twitter.com/lancearmstrong
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  • Dog Breath
    Dog Breath Posts: 314
    Every time I hear of Twitter, I can't help but think of the description of the word in Roger's Profanasaurus. Look it up....
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  • woodyonthebeach
    woodyonthebeach Posts: 583
    there is an application out there that you can use to update all you social networking sites with a simple phone call.

    Twitter tends to differ from other things in the way that it is a Micro blog, Jaiku is similar again.

    It all depends what floats your boat.I have a twitter account but don't tend to use it at all much because I don't have time.......
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  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,443
    Dog Breath wrote:
    Every time I hear of Twitter, I can't help but think of the description of the word in Roger's Profanasaurus. Look it up....

    Hahaha Duffy's Bridge :lol: , how handy is it that I have a copy of that on my desk!!
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  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    gert_lush wrote:
    am i thinking that its a bit like updating a facebook status but without the rest of facebook attached to it? I am feeling very old and very out of touch :D:D

    that's pretty much how I see it and the idea of people benign thoughts and general smattering of nonsense taking up my interwebscape actually pi$$es me off a bit
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  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    woodyonthebeach wrote:
    there is an application out there that you can use to update all you social networking sites with a simple phone call.

    Twitter tends to differ from other things in the way that it is a Micro blog, Jaiku is similar again.

    It all depends what floats your boat.I have a twitter account but don't tend to use it at all much because I don't have time.......

    You realise that's 3 posts' worth of Twitter right there, Woody? :)

    I Twitter, or rather I've just restarted Twittering after giving it a go last summer. It's a bit silly really.
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  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    What the hell is Twitter?
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  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    DonDaddyD wrote:
    What the hell is Twitter?

    read the thread or click here

    http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=twitter&sourceid=navclient-ff&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1B2RNFA_enGB219GB219

    you finger needs to be on the pulse not pointing at ddd
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  • woodyonthebeach
    woodyonthebeach Posts: 583
    DonDaddyD wrote:
    What the hell is Twitter?

    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?

    Basic idea of what it is.
    biondino wrote:
    woodyonthebeach wrote:
    there is an application out there that you can use to update all you social networking sites with a simple phone call.

    Twitter tends to differ from other things in the way that it is a Micro blog, Jaiku is similar again.

    It all depends what floats your boat.I have a twitter account but don't tend to use it at all much because I don't have time.......

    You realise that's 3 posts' worth of Twitter right there, Woody? :)

    I Twitter, or rather I've just restarted Twittering after giving it a go last summer. It's a bit silly really.

    A whole three posts. SOrry I dont get on with twitter find it a little addictive if you ask me, I would rate as addictive as sex with a beautiful women
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  • soy_sauce
    soy_sauce Posts: 987
    i find this whole thing rather overrated. just another way for people to stalk at other people or help people feel good about themselve because they have so called "followers" and think they are actually interesting.

    i can see it will help in a way for famous people to use this a a marketing tool , apart from that this is just another social networking sites but has less features compare to other.
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    I just like reading stephen fry's updates. Is that so bad?
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  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    I don't think you can say it's overrated - it's a new fun fad which may well disappear in 6 months time. I don't actually think it will, partly because of the Stephen Fry effect - getting a Twitter from him gives the strongest feeling you're actually mates! A powerful draw indeed.

    Obviously if LiT posted on Twitter rather than just reading it she'd easily surpass Mr Fry's 163,000 followers.
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  • greg66_tri_v2.0
    greg66_tri_v2.0 Posts: 7,172
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    I just like reading stephen fry's updates. Is that so bad?

    Yes. That makes you a Terrible Person.

    Obviously, really. :P
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    biondino wrote:
    I don't think you can say it's overrated - it's a new fun fad which may well disappear in 6 months time. I don't actually think it will, partly because of the Stephen Fry effect - getting a Twitter from him gives the strongest feeling you're actually mates! A powerful draw indeed.

    Obviously if LiT posted on Twitter rather than just reading it she'd easily surpass Mr Fry's 163,000 followers.

    But I did post on twitter! Only yesterday I said 'bicycle bicycle bicycle' to see if my phone was playing ball....

    Where are my 163,000 followers? Hmmmmm?
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  • soy_sauce
    soy_sauce Posts: 987
    biondino wrote:
    I don't think you can say it's overrated - it's a new fun fad which may well disappear in 6 months time. I don't actually think it will, partly because of the Stephen Fry effect - getting a Twitter from him gives the strongest feeling you're actually mates! A powerful draw indeed.

    Obviously if LiT posted on Twitter rather than just reading it she'd easily surpass Mr Fry's 163,000 followers.

    he is one of the reason why i don't like Twitter too. :) i find him really "Apple fanboy" like as a tech reviewer, specially with the Blackberry Storm review
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