Author Topic: Explain Twitter please? (Read 2961 times)

Grandpa Shooter · « **on:** April 18, 2011, 09:23:11 PM »

I know nothing beyond the superficial crap you see in the news. My spam filter caught two Twitter messages addressed to me at my email address. I don't open anything I know nothing about, so I dumped them.

Can anyone explain what Twitter is?

brimic · « **Reply #1 on:** April 18, 2011, 09:29:07 PM »

I don't get it either.
Nor do I want to.

Jim147 · « **Reply #2 on:** April 18, 2011, 09:29:17 PM »

I get facebook messages, but I don't do facebook. I think they may have been a scam.

I think movie stars use twitter.

jim

French G. · « **Reply #3 on:** April 18, 2011, 09:38:33 PM »

Twitter is useful if you have something you want to market. If you're not on social media you are wrong as a PR person. Consider many people use the internet primarily on smart phones now. A truncated message that provides an interesting link works well there.

I was pretty unimpressed with Twitter for awhile, but numerous social unrests overseas have shown it's value. People can quickly post first hand news to a highly visible site and people around the world can choose to follow it. I'm a pre-paid cellular luddite personally, but I think that smart phones will be the death of many a dictatorship.

Jim147 · « **Reply #4 on:** April 18, 2011, 09:42:13 PM »

If we just had a dictatorship and not a bunch of idiots, we could use it to try to fix our system? :)

jim

BlueStarLizzard · « **Reply #5 on:** April 18, 2011, 09:56:09 PM »

Now, I have to go look at twitter and see what the hell it is.

RoadKingLarry · « **Reply #6 on:** April 18, 2011, 10:09:15 PM »

In my opinion, for the overwhelming majority of users it is an outlet fr people that think other people actually give a carp about what they have to say, no matter how inane and mundane.

Ben · « **Reply #7 on:** April 18, 2011, 10:25:14 PM »

I just ate a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Mmm good.

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #8 on:** April 18, 2011, 10:25:43 PM »

Quote from: RoadKingLarry on April 18, 2011, 10:09:15 PM

In my opinion, for the overwhelming majority of users it is an outlet fr people that think other people actually give a carp about what they have to say, no matter how inane and mundane.

Like APS.

vaskidmark · « **Reply #9 on:** April 18, 2011, 10:40:08 PM »

I've found that some people who have been severely chastized by folks who can actually make life unpleasant have been moved from chattering away on their cell phones from the moment they arise to the moment they go to sleep to using twitter from the moment they arise until the moment they go to sleep.

The only improvement I see is twitter is quieter - especially if you mute the keystroke sound feature.

Of course if they are tweeting then you run into all the negatives of texting while attempting to drive.

I know I am a neanderthal when it comes to social media, but I just do not see why anyone should be bothered by being told where I am and what I'm doing every moment of the day. If I need you to bring bail money that might be a different story.

Were I a celebrity or selling something I'd probably be using social media.

stay safe.

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #10 on:** April 18, 2011, 10:44:43 PM »

I'm put off by the "following" thing. "Follow me on Twitter!" Uh, yeah, no thanks.

Ben · « **Reply #11 on:** April 18, 2011, 11:04:42 PM »

Now I can't decide if I want to watch Trailer Park Boys or play Left 4 Dead.

Gowen · « **Reply #12 on:** April 18, 2011, 11:15:11 PM »

Quote from: Ben on April 18, 2011, 10:25:14 PM

I just ate a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Mmm good.

I just had a bowl of ice cream.

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #13 on:** April 18, 2011, 11:16:49 PM »

I just complained about Twitter.

Monkeyleg · « **Reply #14 on:** April 18, 2011, 11:22:12 PM »

It's hard to say something substantive in 140 characters (the Twitter limit). It's mostly idle chat, some "hey look" links, and a lot of rude comments.

The marketing I've seen for gun-related stuff is pretty much along the lines of "check out our sale".

It's a good way to get people to sites that have some kind of news, such as something about Justin Bieber.

Vodka7 · « **Reply #15 on:** April 18, 2011, 11:22:43 PM »

Twitter is like a text message you send to all of your friends at once. Or if you're famous, a text you send to a million people at once.

If you don't text or don't have friends already using it, you may not get much usage out of it. (Although not necessarily: a lot of people use it to replace RSS feeds or Google News. Instead of checking several different sites, they just go to their twitter and read anything that looks interesting.)

AJ Dual · « **Reply #16 on:** April 18, 2011, 11:24:50 PM »

What do they call the posts on there again? Twats?

Ben · « **Reply #17 on:** April 19, 2011, 12:17:24 AM »

Quote from: AJ Dual on April 18, 2011, 11:24:50 PM

What do they call the posts on there again? Twats?

Damn you autocorrect lol.

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #18 on:** April 19, 2011, 12:20:33 AM »

Quote from: AJ Dual on April 18, 2011, 11:24:50 PM

What do they call the posts on there again? Twats?

The posters? I think they call them Twits.

French G. · « **Reply #19 on:** April 19, 2011, 01:19:04 AM »

Quote from: AJ Dual on April 18, 2011, 11:24:50 PM

What do they call the posts on there again? Twats?

No, but much like the real world many will follow you if you have a good one. Facebooker click like.

RoadKingLarry · « **Reply #20 on:** April 19, 2011, 05:36:32 AM »

It's quiet in here...

Too quiet.

j3rd · « **Reply #21 on:** April 19, 2011, 07:55:16 AM »

OK...what's a twitter? All right, I know what it is, but after starting a FaceBook page so ex-girlfriends that still hate me can find me, do I really want to go there?

bedlamite · « **Reply #22 on:** April 19, 2011, 07:58:36 AM »

It gives people with nothing to say a place to say it.

griz · « **Reply #23 on:** April 19, 2011, 10:35:07 AM »

Quote from: The artist formerly known as fistful on April 18, 2011, 10:44:43 PM

I'm put off by the "following" thing. "Follow me on Twitter!" Uh, yeah, no thanks.

Same here. Reminds me of high school. Then again, I am old so I'm not in the target demographic.

gunsmith · « **Reply #24 on:** April 19, 2011, 02:10:20 PM »

its really good if your into getting the latest news updates, but you need a really good phone/laptop etc to use it for that so maybe in a few yrs I can enjoy it.

I have an account that I never use.

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Author Topic: Explain Twitter please? (Read 2961 times)