[adam42381]

UberTwitter drained my battery way too fast. Other than that, I really liked it.

[phoenix]

UberTwitter drained my battery way too fast. Other than that, I really liked it.

hmmm. I have noticed my battery life hasn't been that good. Guess that's why.

[LUconn]

I'm serious. I don't get it.

because you're anti-social

Very true. But that doesn't answer my question. Is that all that Twitter really is?

I quoted this in another thread, but this is how I view it/use it:

"Twitter is a guy you can always elbow in the side and say, "Hey, look, a guy in a clown suit just threw up!" And I don't have 400-800 words to say about that, I just wanted to say that one thing."

That's really all I use it for. I take a picture of something that I see that I find funny and make a comment about it.

Here's my twitter portfolio




verizon trying to be sneaky
<a href="http://twitpic.com/5ky2j" title="Share photos on twitter with Twitpic"><img src="http://twitpic.com/show/thumb/5ky2j.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Share photos on twitter with Twitpic"></a>


guy who dislikes AWOL enough that he personalizes his license plate
<a href="http://twitpic.com/5g6qu" title="Share photos on twitter with Twitpic"><img src="http://twitpic.com/show/thumb/5g6qu.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Share photos on twitter with Twitpic"></a>


Ironically taken in the parking lot of Sam's
<a href="http://twitpic.com/3izhq" title="Share photos on twitter with Twitpic"><img src="http://twitpic.com/show/thumb/3izhq.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Share photos on twitter with Twitpic"></a>


My chance to get free prices from a gumball machine
<a href="http://twitpic.com/3f2sz" title="Share photos on twitter with Twitpic"><img src="http://twitpic.com/show/thumb/3f2sz.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Share photos on twitter with Twitpic"></a>

this just bugged me because it's redundant
<a href="http://twitpic.com/2w7dr" title="Share photos on twitter with Twitpic"><img src="http://twitpic.com/show/thumb/2w7dr.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Share photos on twitter with Twitpic"></a>


These are things I would point out to friends if I had any.


*edit* bah, they're coming out all small. You have to click on them to read them apparently.

[RagingTireFire]

Thank you, LUConn, that's pretty much what I thought.

[Sly Fox]

It is actually a quick news source as well. I don't like seeking out my news and Twitter allows me to keep up to speed with minimal effort.

Of course it is also a sweet marketing tool. But I don't think that would interest you.

[Rooster Cogburn]

It is actually a quick news source as well. I don't like seeking out my news and Twitter allows me to keep up to speed with minimal effort.

Of course it is also a sweet marketing tool. But I don't think that would interest you.

That is 80% of what I use it for. NRA News, NASA News, WSJ, ESPN, New Release Tue, etc.

[Sly Fox]

I follow a bunch of church communications guys who serve me up the latest topics so I don't have to invest the time myself.

[flamesbball84]

i just use google reader for my news. I can get the entirety of the article delivered to my google acount without having to click on a link to see the whole article for most websites.

[Sly Fox]

You are missing the point of having likeminded folks doing the digging for you without having scads of stuff dropped onto your phone.

[RubberMallet]

because you're anti-social

Very true. But that doesn't answer my question. Is that all that Twitter really is?

I quoted this in another thread, but this is how I view it/use it:

"Twitter is a guy you can always elbow in the side and say, "Hey, look, a guy in a clown suit just threw up!" And I don't have 400-800 words to say about that, I just wanted to say that one thing."

That's really all I use it for. I take a picture of something that I see that I find funny and make a comment about it.

Here's my twitter portfolio




verizon trying to be sneaky
<a href="http://twitpic.com/5ky2j" title="Share photos on twitter with Twitpic"><img src="http://twitpic.com/show/thumb/5ky2j.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Share photos on twitter with Twitpic"></a>


guy who dislikes AWOL enough that he personalizes his license plate
<a href="http://twitpic.com/5g6qu" title="Share photos on twitter with Twitpic"><img src="http://twitpic.com/show/thumb/5g6qu.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Share photos on twitter with Twitpic"></a>


Ironically taken in the parking lot of Sam's
<a href="http://twitpic.com/3izhq" title="Share photos on twitter with Twitpic"><img src="http://twitpic.com/show/thumb/3izhq.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Share photos on twitter with Twitpic"></a>


My chance to get free prices from a gumball machine
<a href="http://twitpic.com/3f2sz" title="Share photos on twitter with Twitpic"><img src="http://twitpic.com/show/thumb/3f2sz.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Share photos on twitter with Twitpic"></a>

this just bugged me because it's redundant
<a href="http://twitpic.com/2w7dr" title="Share photos on twitter with Twitpic"><img src="http://twitpic.com/show/thumb/2w7dr.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Share photos on twitter with Twitpic"></a>


These are things I would point out to friends if I had any.


*edit* bah, they're coming out all small. You have to click on them to read them apparently.

so basically its completely useless

[flamesbball84]

You are missing the point of having likeminded folks doing the digging for you without having scads of stuff dropped onto your phone.

I have to say the people who run websites like engadget, for example, are "likeminded folks doing the digging" for me and with google reader i dont get "scads of stuff dropped onto" my phone.

[LUconn]

Apparently an entire 24 people find it useful! It seems to be more interesting that a bunch of meat pictures! Or dead geese.

[RubberMallet]

Apparently an entire 24 people find it useful! It seems to be more interesting that a bunch of meat pictures! Or dead geese.

> 24

[El Scorcho]

Twitter has been the best social networking application for me out of the lot. I get that some people don't get it, but it's really worked well for me. I have a combination of business, personal, entertainment and news contacts there and I find it valuable in all four regards.

The good thing about twitter is that you don't have to use it and you can even completely ignore it's existence.

[RubberMallet]

you can even completely ignore it's existence.

i know its great....

[DeathCab4LU]

I have a windows mobile device and I use PockeTwit and I love it....it does groups, pics (with many diff sites), multiple accounts, rt, and much much more

[ToTheLeft]

Apparently an entire 24 people find it useful! It seems to be more interesting that a bunch of meat pictures! Or dead geese.

> 24

What the heck is that from?

[flames1971]

here we go again....

I'm serious. I don't get it.

I don't get it either, RTF. You are not alone. After reading through this thread, I still don't get the point of it...It's like all you do is say what you are thinking, but why do you even want to do that (because you are bored?)?

[SuperJon]

Because sometimes you think of something funny, or something interesting, and you think that your friends, people who likely think like you, will also find it funny and/or interesting.


Either that or you want another way to update a Facebook status.

[RubberMallet]

whenever i hear people talk about twitter all i think about is the people in the movie Wall-E. or the movie Idiocracy...

[El Scorcho]

whenever i hear people talk about twitter all i think about is the people in the movie Wall-E. or the movie Idiocracy...

You sure do spend a lot of time thinking about it.

[RubberMallet]

seems to be about as much time as you spend thinking about me thinking about it

[El Scorcho]

seems to be about as much time as you spend thinking about me thinking about it

I just read FlameFans like every other God-fearing American.

[phoenix]

OK, everyone panic -- Twitter is down.

Whatever shall I do?

[JeanW]

It's not down here