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I don't understand the purpose of Twitter

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nimysa
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States383 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-03-17 02:22:43
March 17 2009 02:20 GMT
#1
Can anyone explain why Twitter is the new fad in town, and how its useful in situations like Facebook and myspace is with certain things?

What is it exactly supposed to actually do and how is supposed to make things easier and more productive?

Sanity.
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
United States704 Posts
March 17 2009 02:23 GMT
#2
never heard of it
Moff
Profile Joined August 2008
United Kingdom166 Posts
March 17 2009 02:26 GMT
#3
it's been popular for a while.

ps ; http://twitter.com/help/why
Adeny
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Norway1233 Posts
March 17 2009 02:27 GMT
#4
It's blogging for people with ADHD. Simple as that.
NonY
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
8751 Posts
March 17 2009 02:28 GMT
#5
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?

Why? Because even basic updates are meaningful to family members, friends, or colleagues—especially when they’re timely.
-Eating soup? Research shows that moms want to know.
-Running late to a meeting? Your co–workers might find that useful.
-Partying? Your friends may want to join you.
"Fucking up is part of it. If you can't fail, you have to always win. And I don't think you can always win." Elliott Smith ---------- Yet no sudden rage darkened his face, and his eyes were calm as they studied her. Then he smiled. 'Witness.'
nimysa
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States383 Posts
March 17 2009 02:31 GMT
#6
But I can do things like that through facebook, how is it more cool and productive?
LordWeird
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
United States3411 Posts
March 17 2009 02:35 GMT
#7
Badass mofos like me use the telephone for those purposes.
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mikeymoo
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
Canada7170 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-03-17 02:38:43
March 17 2009 02:38 GMT
#8
It doesn't get clogged with random shit I don't need to know about people.

And fuck Twitter becoming the new fad, if it becomes as retarded as facebook, I'll leave Twitter too.

Myspace used to be cool.
Facebook used to be cool (maybe it still is, but I hate it)
I'd like Twitter to stay the way it is, but once the masses find out (unintelligent people), it's pretty much ruined for me.

Time to join that TL LinkedIn thing I guess.

EDIT: And about random shit, I mean picture/videos/apps/notes/other shit. I don't mind the ADHD updaters.
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Hypnosis
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States2061 Posts
March 17 2009 02:40 GMT
#9
lol its almost like ESP!
Science without religion is lame, Religion without science is blind
JWD
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States12607 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-03-17 02:54:55
March 17 2009 02:50 GMT
#10
Example use of Twitter: a long time ago I made a Twitter account where I post BW news...you might be interested, if you're just getting into Twitter.

http://twitter.com/starcraftnews

If I was myself, I'd find following this page useful...maybe you will too.

Tell your friends!
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mahnini
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
United States6862 Posts
March 17 2009 02:52 GMT
#11
fuck web2.0
the world's a playground. you know that when you're a kid, but somewhere along the way everyone forgets it.
Carnac
Profile Blog Joined December 2003
Germany / USA16648 Posts
March 17 2009 02:52 GMT
#12
It's stupid and I'll never use it.
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JWD
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States12607 Posts
March 17 2009 02:55 GMT
#13
On March 17 2009 11:52 mahnini wrote:
fuck web2.0


...says the forum poster. Or is this still 1.0?
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funkie
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Venezuela9376 Posts
March 17 2009 03:36 GMT
#14
On March 17 2009 11:38 mikeymoo wrote:
It doesn't get clogged with random shit I don't need to know about people.

And fuck Twitter becoming the new fad, if it becomes as retarded as facebook, I'll leave Twitter too.

Myspace used to be cool.
Facebook used to be cool (maybe it still is, but I hate it)
I'd like Twitter to stay the way it is, but once the masses find out (unintelligent people), it's pretty much ruined for me.

Time to join that TL LinkedIn thing I guess.

EDIT: And about random shit, I mean picture/videos/apps/notes/other shit. I don't mind the ADHD updaters.



Word.

I used all the services you mentioned before they hit "mainstream" sort of speaking.

when mySpace was just "simple" it was fun, and there wasn't that much non-sense on it, then it became the shithole of all the retards.

Facebook is leading the way now, with more and more retarded people, and it's so amazing how it's specially made for Woman, if you change your underwear, facebook will fucking know, and it will let everyone of your friends know that you did, so..yeah stalking at it's best.


And as you, I hope Twitter stays as simple as it is right now, it's full fills the purpose which it was made for, and a lot of people (refering here to NonY's post) do find it useful on things like that. ;P.

Anyways..if it just fucks ups then so be it, I bet another one will come and replace it. (and then fuck up later too)
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NonY
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
8751 Posts
March 17 2009 03:53 GMT
#15
fyi my post was copy paste from their site lol
i've never used twitter

you shouldn't have a problem with people you dont like on facebook so long as you dont friend them, yeah? if you dont care about a person's updates, remove
"Fucking up is part of it. If you can't fail, you have to always win. And I don't think you can always win." Elliott Smith ---------- Yet no sudden rage darkened his face, and his eyes were calm as they studied her. Then he smiled. 'Witness.'
Jibba
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States22883 Posts
March 17 2009 04:03 GMT
#16
Twitter makes me think of Foucault's docile bodies. Why anyone would want to be tracked to the nth degree is beyond me. And why anyone should care enough too follow that stuff is even more mysterious.
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yoshtodd
Profile Blog Joined October 2004
United States418 Posts
March 17 2009 04:28 GMT
#17
I still haven't tried this but my sister is hooked on it. I don't want people to know I'm eating a sandwhich or reading TL.
moo
Vi]gReep
Profile Joined February 2009
Sweden10 Posts
March 17 2009 05:20 GMT
#18
Twitter is here to bring the coming of the Antichrist. Mark my words. You will all see..

sigh. getting late.
A bit closer to heaven..
zobz
Profile Joined November 2005
Canada2175 Posts
March 17 2009 05:30 GMT
#19
I can't see myself actually bothering to sign onto a website and type shit in just to announce to the internet in general what i'm doing at the moment, like how often am i supposed to do that? I don't get it, personally
"That's not gonna be good for business." "That's not gonna be good for anybody."
FakeSteve[TPR]
Profile Blog Joined July 2003
Valhalla18444 Posts
March 17 2009 06:15 GMT
#20
journalists are all over this
Moderatormy tatsu loops r fuckin nice
meathook
Profile Joined December 2007
1289 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-03-17 07:31:47
March 17 2009 07:28 GMT
#21
On March 17 2009 11:55 JWD wrote:
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On March 17 2009 11:52 mahnini wrote:
fuck web2.0


...says the forum poster. Or is this still 1.0?

Forums have been around since the birth of the Internets, so fuck web2.0 is valid.

EDIT: I don't get how Twitter is superior to blogs... I don't blog, but I can see how you can use blogs in the same way Twitter is used.
An ugly planet. A bug planet.
TaP.Nuada
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
United States428 Posts
March 17 2009 08:37 GMT
#22
I never understood the real reason for this.

IMO it has no significant use. It's just a... blog, really. I could put in a blog, "What I did today" And that would be twitter every day. So I fail to see any point to using it. I've no idea how it became popular.

It seems almost arrogant to think other people want to know what you're doing the whole day. No, that is arrogant.
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SK.Testie
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Canada11084 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-03-17 09:15:55
March 17 2009 09:13 GMT
#23
Twitter seems like a venue for stupid people.
Not sure if this link will work, or work for anyone. But here's an enjoyable interview that has a short blurb about Twitter from Brian Williams.

http://watch.thecomedynetwork.ca/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart/full-episodes/#clip142757
Social Justice is a fools errand. May all the adherents at its church be thwarted. Of all the religions I have come across, it is by far the most detestable.
snowbird
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
Germany2044 Posts
March 17 2009 09:25 GMT
#24
While I don't use Twitter because I don't need it, I think I can understand why some people might like it.

Good thing about it is, you can get updates on many people by only reading your twitter page. Facebook has a similar feature with the status updates, but on facebook you need to be friends with that person and thus need to share your personal information with people.

On Twitter you can get updates on your favorite band ("Tour dates are updated, check it out"), check up on old friends ("Back in Chicago, anyone wanna hang out?"), share information of your own ("Party at 10pm, facebook me for details"), etc. And the good thing is, it's just minimalistic and not bloated like other sites. You don't have to check 12389 blogs of random friends or bands or whatever, just to get updates. Usually a one-liner like twitter is enough, and if it's something that interests you, you can still check their blog.

Twitter is just like a rss-feed, and you can choose what people/sites/bands/celebs you want to follow. If there's something that catches your eye, you can check it out in detail later.

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