Twittering
I decided to give Twitter another try. I still don’t quite “get it”, but at least I can jot down random thoughts there as I have them. So what else am I supposed to do with it?
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April 13th, 2009 at 8:40 pm
So, what did Fred say about the pirates?
April 13th, 2009 at 9:01 pm
Twitter is the either the next way for the spammers to deliver V1@gra ads, or a way to turn ordinary people into spammers.
Either way, I give it three months.
Just like I gave rap in 1981…
April 13th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
What the ….? Why would a normal person want anyone to know that much about them that they feel the need to ‘twitter’?
Oh, wait. I gotta go take a dump…
April 13th, 2009 at 9:10 pm
Twitter is the modern version of the guy who used to show up at every professional sporting event in the ’80s wearing a wacky rainbow-colored afro wig. He didn’t really do anything, he was of no actual significance to anything going on, but he still wanted everyone to look at him anyway.
April 13th, 2009 at 10:01 pm
Don’t worry, Sullivan is on the case.
April 13th, 2009 at 10:01 pm
I use Twitter all the time. It’s an easy way to update my status on Facebook.
April 13th, 2009 at 10:39 pm
Is Twitter a species of bird that makes the sound of it’s name? I think I’ve heard it.
April 13th, 2009 at 10:46 pm
I twittered once —— NEVER again—– I was up for three days and everything I tried to eat tasted like rusty water.
April 13th, 2009 at 10:51 pm
Twitter will last quite a while because it is just an easy way for people to whine or shout “Look at me!” It’s a lot like blogging that way.
April 13th, 2009 at 10:51 pm
driving with kaleidoscope gasses will conclude with a submerged vehicle, –well– at least when twittering it will
April 13th, 2009 at 11:22 pm
Ever notice the first part of Twitter is Twit? Coincidence? I think not.
April 14th, 2009 at 1:20 am
I have my clone minions use Twitter to sync up all of their daily thoughts and experiences.
This helps quell those streaks of uniqueness and individualism which you know always cause so many headaches.
April 14th, 2009 at 1:42 am
Check out TCOT (Top Conservatives On Twitter), a growing network of thousands of conservatives. Follow top conservatives there along with key news sites and some others along with organizations such as the NRA.
I detect a lot of skepticism here. I’m pretty avid online as a political discussion group moderator, and blog commenter for years. In the past few months I’ve found Twitter rapidly replacing time spent cruising blogs for news and commentary. After a bit of time learning the basics the news gets delivered to me with one click links to almost everything. Relying on those I am tracking I am developing a filter that puts me in immediate touch with what interests me. I want to know what’s breaking I don’t have to jump around to ten news sites, it shows up in my column and I can click on it if I want. Plus there is some discipline involved in getting ideas across in a very limited character allotment.
I’ve actually met a few conservatives as individuals and ended up caring about them as people and vice versa. I’m not talking about finding sex; I’m talking about some really good people. And some smart folks. Some funny folks.
Nope, I’m not selling it. It’s not for everyone. I have no interest, financial or otherwise in Twitter. Just relating my experience there, fwiw. And yeh, the terminology sounds geh to me too. Oh well, small price to pay, lol.
Oh yeah, and the first thing you should do is find a better client than the default client. TweetDeck works great for me. Google “Twitter Introduction” or somesuch and put a couple hours into it.
@DaMav I’m not a reason to get on Twitter but that’s where you can find me. Good luck either way.
April 14th, 2009 at 9:03 am
Twitter like Facebook, just another way to irritate your friends and prove you really do not have anything useful to do with your time.
April 14th, 2009 at 9:55 am
Treat Twitter like a party. You find your friends at a party, then you all go off into a corner and discuss something interesting to you, WITHOUT caring what everybody else is talking about. Spend most of your time on Twitter on a search, like for example http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23tcot . Read what other people are saying and then reply back, make conversation! A lot of times people will tweet links to their latest blog post, or an article they found interesting. Read the post or article, then tweet your own comment on it. Retweet it if you think it was really great (that way your “followers” get the link too).
What most Twitter newbies do is spend all their time on their home page sending out a few tweets. That’s like the guy at the party who stands in the middle of the room saying the occasional random sentence and wondering why nobody wants to talk to him. It’s not enough to just be at the party, you have to do something while you’re there.
April 14th, 2009 at 10:34 am
Only twits use twitter. Get a life!
April 14th, 2009 at 10:52 am
I thought twittering was akin to foreplay? You know, sorta like “git in the truck!”
April 14th, 2009 at 12:15 pm
Watch it, TheHat, Fred! is on Twitter too! http://twitter.com/fredthompson
April 14th, 2009 at 2:15 pm
Twitter is a way for us all to emulate the communication patterns of girls on the cusp of puberty so that the entire world can see our thoughts seconds after we think them. What could go wrong?
April 14th, 2009 at 3:47 pm
Twitter doesn’t offer ad revenue. Post random thoughts on IMAO.
April 15th, 2009 at 8:45 am
I thought IMAO was the site for random thoughts, my bad.