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post #31 of 52
6/5/09 at 4:24am

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I'm sure twitter can be very useful to some people for sending out info or networking, but do you think most people use it for random crap like " just had sushi it was good" or do you think its more about the networking?
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post #32 of 52
6/5/09 at 5:19am

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The thing I don't understand about this thread is that despite several people pointing out the different ways Twitter is being used, it seems those comments are largely ignored so that Twitter can be dismissed as nothing but inane word vomit.
You're assuming that those who have decided that Twitter is not for them have also decided that it has no use to anybody whatsoever. This is far from the case. I think that everyone who has commented in this thread is fully capable of recognizing legitimate, useful applications of microblogging.

I wouldn't find it useful to have a bicarbonic pneumatic head splitter in my toolbox -- and, going for the laughs, I may even make an off-hand comment about its potential use -- but that doesn't mean that I think it has no use for anybody. I think everyone who has contributed to this thread is smarter than that, and I wouldn't presume to think that they can't conceive of productive ways to use Twitter.
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post #33 of 52
6/5/09 at 11:20am

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You're assuming that those who have decided that Twitter is not for them have also decided that it has no use to anybody whatsoever.
I've been here long enough to know that it's not a bad assumption.

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post #34 of 52
6/5/09 at 7:17pm

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You're assuming that those who have decided that Twitter is not for them have also decided that it has no use to anybody whatsoever. This is far from the case. I think that everyone who has commented in this thread is fully capable of recognizing legitimate, useful applications of microblogging.

No, I am not. I've been around the HTF long enough to know that while passionate, most of the members are reasonable, educated individuals. I'm responding directly to comments in the thread. A thread that started with questions about what Twiiter is and why people used it.

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Originally Posted by Lucia Duran
I'm sure twitter can be very useful to some people for sending out info or networking, but do you think most people use it for random crap like " just had sushi it was good" or do you think its more about the networking?

I think the numbers probably skew more toward random crap, but I also think that is changing a bit as more people think about how to use it. Our city has just started Tweeting and they are using it to promote events and accomplishments---the summer farmers' market opens Saturday morning, kids festival coming up, etc. Most of the time, I'm not going to "follow" a Twitter user who uses it that way. The exception being people that I already interact with in other ways where I'm more likely to care about their "random crap."
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post #35 of 52
6/6/09 at 11:30am

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Some of my friends actually do twitter and, while it can have it's conceivable uses, the random innate drivel that comes across it is like having your phone taking a shit in your pocket every couple minutes. It's basically extended text messaging or IMing. Follow me while I twitter around town.

Man, I wish George Carlin were still alive for this one.
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post #36 of 52
6/6/09 at 1:39pm

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I just do not see the need for me to be that connected. Call me a Luddite but I don't even do MySpace or Facebook.
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post #37 of 52
6/6/09 at 3:06pm

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Man, you guys do sound old.

I don't use twitter and I can't think of how it would fit into my lifestyle, but there's no need to act like you're above it.

From what I've seen with Twitter (and Facebook) users, is the fascination of a sense of popularity. These people feel that users are interested (and most are) in what they are posting. I think that's why so many people post mundane stuff rather than anything exciting.

I mean, if you're going to be doing something mundane (like waiting for your takeout pizza), you might as well be doing something interesting like posting about it to make you feel like your life is "on display"; like your a rock star or something.

In this world of Reality TV and attention grabbers, Twitter is a way of making people feel like their lives are part of something bigger. Since they can't be on a Reality Show, this is the closest thing.

I think that's why a lot of people just "don't get it". Some people are private and others like to feel like their stuff is important to someone else.

It's really no big deal and nothing to get worked up over.
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post #38 of 52
6/7/09 at 1:32pm

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post #39 of 52
6/7/09 at 3:18pm

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LOL

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From what I've seen with Twitter (and Facebook) users, is the fascination of a sense of popularity. These people feel that users are interested (and most are) in what they are posting. I think that's why so many people post mundane stuff rather than anything exciting.

Now that is sad.
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post #40 of 52
6/7/09 at 3:28pm

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Cameron, for some reason, I can't see that image you posted when I download it. Microsoft refuses to see it. It downloads but refuses to recognize it.

I really want to send that to a friend of mine.
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post #41 of 52
6/7/09 at 5:42pm

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So as these social networking methods, cell phones and Bluetooth devices continue to evolve are we heading for something resembling the Borg?
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post #42 of 52
6/7/09 at 5:52pm

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Kevin, here is the source (good ol' despair.com):

The Despair Inc. Blog
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post #43 of 52
6/8/09 at 1:25am
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Kevin, here is the source (good ol' despair.com):

The Despair Inc. Blog

hilarious!
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post #44 of 52
6/8/09 at 4:39pm

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Where's the graph that shows ignorance to modern trends makes you old and crotchety?

What's this tele-vision now? Them moving pictures are the work of the devil I tells ya!!
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post #45 of 52
6/10/09 at 6:03pm

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Maybe it's not as well used as it seems: Most Twitter users never tweet, don't follow anyone - Ars Technica
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post #46 of 52
6/10/09 at 11:53pm
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funny.

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post #47 of 52
6/11/09 at 12:12pm

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Originally Posted by Lucia Duran
I'm sure twitter can be very useful to some people for sending out info or networking, but do you think most people use it for random crap like " just had sushi it was good" or do you think its more about the networking?

Actually, you can avoid a lot of that by keeping control of who you are following and who's following you.

I only follow about 70 people - 55 or so are colleagues and peers, another 5 are close friends, and the rest are various tech people or news tweets.

A good example of how we use Twitter - today, the entire school district's internet access went down. I was one of the first to contact our district help desk and found out it was a wide-spread problem. I "tweeted" this information via my Blackberry, and many of my fellow computer teachers did not have to spend time on hold with the help desk because they found out it was a district, not a school, issue.

A lot of us use our phones to tweet - I do because my job takes me out of my lab and around the building.

EDIT: I take it back, I do have one friend who frequently tweets when she is going to the hair salon or day spa. So I guess I do get a little of it, but not as much as others.

BTW, I just finished my third Diet Coke of the day and I am still tired!
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post #48 of 52
6/11/09 at 1:21pm

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The thing that always kills me is, the ones who are always saying "If you want to know what I'm doing, then just call me!"

But isn't calling someone and talking about mindless shit (like almost EVERYONE has done at some point in their life) the exact same thing??

We all talk mindless crap to one another...Twitter just puts it all online. That's really the only difference.
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post #49 of 52
6/12/09 at 5:06pm

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The thing that always kills me is, the ones who are always saying "If you want to know what I'm doing, then just call me!"

But isn't calling someone and talking about mindless shit (like almost EVERYONE has done at some point in their life) the exact same thing??

We all talk mindless crap to one another...Twitter just puts it all online. That's really the only difference.

But it's much more personal mindless crap when you actually call someone.
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post #50 of 52
6/13/09 at 5:15pm

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I do understand where those of you are coming from about being able to get information out there fast when needed.

I'd still rather get a phone call or an email if someone wants to know what I have been up to in my life and what not. I personally don't get some of the random ramblings of celebs or civilians and why people find it fascinating to "follow" them.

A girl at work just told me that she follows over 100 people on twitter. She said most of them are just people that she happened upon or was told about through her group of friends. She also follows a lot of random bloggers. I think that many people follow bloggers or tweets because they are either bored in their own lives and feel like they are living vicariously through others or they just have nothing better to do.

I use to follow a blog by a family that started their own urban homestead (pathtofreedom.com), but I haven't read it in a few years.
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post #51 of 52
6/13/09 at 5:40pm

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^^ Entertainment can come from anywhere
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I think that many people follow bloggers or tweets because they are either bored in their own lives and feel like they are living vicariously through others or they just have nothing better to do.
Kinda sums up sports fans, right?
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post #52 of 52
6/13/09 at 6:30pm

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I'd still rather get a phone call or an email if someone wants to know what I have been up to in my life and what not. I personally don't get some of the random ramblings of celebs or civilians and why people find it fascinating to "follow" them.
I'm with you, Lucia. I get email on my phone, and it's not limited to 160 words per email. It's perfectly adequate for keeping up with friends, with family, and even with subscribed threads on the HTF.
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