and made a Twitter account... and Im addicted... I hate all of you that convinced me to get one... other than that who has one so i can stalk you 24 hours a day?!
Posted: March 5th, 2009, 7:44 am
by thepostman
I have asked this to many of the people I know that use twitter and they really don't give good answers to this question...but maybe you and anybody else that uses it on here can explain it to me....why in God's name do people need to update people on everything they are doing?? what is the point of twitter? and why is it so cool??
ok thanks
Posted: March 5th, 2009, 8:02 am
by SuperJon
See, I don't use it so much to update people on what I'm doing but more if something pops in my head, I'll update it and let people laugh. I try to have a little more fun with it than "I'm going to dinner. Cool."
Shaq's is hilarious. He's the only celebrity I follow simply because he's that funny.
Posted: March 5th, 2009, 8:10 am
by Sly Fox
Charles Barkley used to be better but since the DD arrest he has basically stopped (perhaps upon legal advice). Lance Armstrong twitters non-stop and offers a glimpse into his life & workouts.
FlameFans & SlyFoxTX are sometimes worth following.
Posted: March 5th, 2009, 9:52 am
by Maximus
So its a website of facebook's status? I really don't get it.
Posted: March 5th, 2009, 10:17 am
by ToTheLeft
I made one, too...
God help me.
Posted: March 5th, 2009, 10:26 am
by ToTheLeft
UTEPMiners is my username.
Posted: March 5th, 2009, 11:29 am
by thepostman
Maximus wrote:So its a website of facebook's status? I really don't get it.
see...thats how i view it too...I will never understand it...oh well
Posted: March 5th, 2009, 11:51 am
by TylerBakersGonnaBGreat
I know it sounds dumb... I thought it was completely pointless... but its fun. I love Shaq and Diddy. I cant tell you why its so fun or so amazing, it just is!
Posted: March 5th, 2009, 12:12 pm
by thepostman
I am sure Shaq is funny...I just don't get twitter...
talking about Shaq...how about that flop the other night against the Magic!!?? hahahaha
then Stan made a joke about it and Shaq decided to personally attack the guy...Shaq will always be entertaining...but he is truly an idiot
Posted: March 5th, 2009, 12:20 pm
by Hold My Own
Rainn Wilson is funny so is Jimmy Fallen
Posted: March 5th, 2009, 12:39 pm
by sweetnahmah1
ToTheLeft wrote:UTEPMiners is my username.
joeybuttafuoco is mine, eff this website
Posted: March 5th, 2009, 12:42 pm
by Hold My Own
sweetnahmah1 wrote:
ToTheLeft wrote:UTEPMiners is my username.
joeybuttafuoco is mine, eff this website
Your such a BA
Posted: March 5th, 2009, 12:43 pm
by sweetnahmah1
Hold My Own wrote:
sweetnahmah1 wrote:
ToTheLeft wrote:UTEPMiners is my username.
joeybuttafuoco is mine, eff this website
Your such a BA
I know right
Posted: March 5th, 2009, 12:53 pm
by sweetnahmah1
i signed up just so i can stalk people, and that's as far as i'm gonna go.
Posted: March 5th, 2009, 4:27 pm
by tinytim
What's Shaq's profile name?
Posted: March 5th, 2009, 7:23 pm
by Hold My Own
The_Real_Shaq
Posted: March 5th, 2009, 9:49 pm
by dompennix
What is twitter?
Posted: March 5th, 2009, 9:55 pm
by phoenix
I think of Twitter more as a combination of instant messaging and IRC chatting. It's like being able to send an IM to a few hundred people at once.
If you're involved in blogging or podcasting, and doing it seriously, it's also a great way to network with "like-minded people," but that wasn't really the original intent. It happened that way because the people who are "in" in new media and technology were early adopters of Twitter (back at South by Southwest in 2006, IIRC).
I have my Twitter account linked to all of my blogs (my main blog which hasn't been updated in way too long, my reviews blog, and my Blogcritics stuff) and my podcast, so that every time I post something new, it sends out a tweet. Just the title of the post and a link, nothing annoying, but it lets the people who follow me know that I posted something. Other than that, it's a lot like SJ said -- whenever you think of something funny, or witty, or something like that, you can tweet it.
There's also the interaction with other people -- people you'd never meet in real life (unless you're Sly). At least one book has been written because of Twitter (and almost entirely written via Twitter, at that). AND I know of a few people in technology who have gotten job offers because of their Twitter account.
Really, Twitter can be whatever you want to make of it. I just marvel at the thought that a company that has never made a dime in actual revenue can keep attracting venture capital; it reminds me of the 90s.
Incidentally I saw where Phoenix is nearly Top 300 among all Christian-themed Twitterers.
Posted: March 30th, 2009, 11:32 am
by flamesfilmguy
Dwayne Wade just sent out a tweet saying he "will out tweet The real Shaq" haha
Posted: March 30th, 2009, 5:39 pm
by kel varson
I just hate how the media is all of sudden obsessed with twitter. 6 months ago, most people had never heard of it. Now it's like it has replaced email or something.
Posted: March 30th, 2009, 5:55 pm
by phoenix
Sly Fox wrote:Incidentally I saw where Phoenix is nearly Top 300 among all Christian-themed Twitterers.
Really?? Where did you read that?
(need a Top 300 Christians With No Lives banner for my web site)
kel varson wrote:I just hate how the media is all of sudden obsessed with twitter. 6 months ago, most people had never heard of it. Now it's like it has replaced email or something.
I agree. A lot of the early adopters are looking for something else because Twitter is now "mainstream."
