Twitter? How about...no
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I can't imagine being so bothered and actually getting down to using terms like "compromise" just because your friends have found a new way to organize and keep up with each other. Were you like this about cell phones?TomServo said:
Twitter doesn't affect my life but I don't really think it's healthy for a lot of people...I mean shit, the sheer nature of it is designed so that once you're sucked in there's no escape. We often let our curiosity get the better of us and extreme cases of curiosity leads to..well, stalking. People are soooo concerned over who's tweeting this or "omg look at Oprah's twitter" and all that shit. I'm not even old and I'm already like "back in my day.." Lol
Anyway, for those of you that love twitter..well, I'm not here to make you change your mind. However, I just am amazed at how addicted people are to it. If the first and last thing you do in a day is tweet then..you're probably due to head over to tweeters anonymous
Anyway, for those of you that love twitter..well, I'm not here to make you change your mind. However, I just am amazed at how addicted people are to it. If the first and last thing you do in a day is tweet then..you're probably due to head over to tweeters anonymous
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This is true about anything people overuse.1stStrike said:
So you made a thread about how you don't like it because some people use it a lot.
I don't get Twitter either, it's like if you really wanted the world to know how you felt about something why limit it to only 140 words? Also Facebook already has a status update thing and offers so much more, so why would I bother even having a Twitter? It'd be redundant I say, redundant.
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Twitter updates Facebook updates (if you so wish it), as well as being able to just send a text message from your phone to automatically update your twitter. So rather than looking at it as though it is competition, they really work well with each other.
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Alphahawk said:
Because the software build around the platform, especially for mobile phones, makes the keeping in touch thing much, much better on Twitter.
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Can you do a word search on the world's status updates?Alphahawk said:
Twitter is word search and trend monitoring. There is nothing else like it, but people like to marginalize it because they have unfair notions about how it is relative to similar services. How could one find Facebook very useful but at the same time reject Twitter for being useless narcissism?
Just saw this news story pop up on my iGoogle page. Seemed fitting.
http://www.nme.com/news/nme/44683
http://www.nme.com/news/nme/44683
Liu Kang Baking A Pie said:
Cell phones are something entirely different, and have the exact opposite effect.
With a cell phone, I can go wherever I want and not worry about missing a call from friends telling me what's going on and where we're planning to go that day / evening / whatever. I was a teen in the days before cell phones. Feeling tied to a landline sucked.
With Facebook, I have to sit my ass down at the computer for some period of time every day to make sure I'm keeping track of what everyone has going on. I'm tethered to my PC.
Maybe it's different for folks who don't have Facebook blocked at work. For me, between work, taking care of bills / e-mail, and yes, raiding 2-3 times a week in WoW (w/ RL friends) I don't want / need any other reason to stare at a monitor.
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Uh, Facebook has a mobile site, and it can also send you texts about things.TomServo said:
I have to say, I hate how some folks insist on communicating through facebook, when they have my email address already, which I ACTUALLY check. Facebook is also cluttered with a million different things. I can understand not liking Facebook.
But Twitter is streamlined, and only does what you want it to.
But Twitter is streamlined, and only does what you want it to.
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Get Facebook to e-mail you when things happen, then.Evander said:
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Visited the site once, found it completely uninteresting and it's concept unappealing.
None of my friends use it either, the ones whom I'd actually care about what they were doing anyway. Can't really speak for the others.
None of my friends use it either, the ones whom I'd actually care about what they were doing anyway. Can't really speak for the others.
This argument doesn't work at all, as I'm sure someone has already posted; since Twitter now plugs into a bunch of sites and is all over the net. It has made browsing Facebook more annoying by the day, and I actually like FB.StrikerObi said:
Twitter existing is fine, people forcing it on others who don't want to partake is not. I'd say that's a pretty fair opinion.
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Are you this stubborn and obtuse about everything else in your life? Your friends seem to be managing Facebook fine.TomServo said:
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You sound like such a joy to be around.TomServo said:
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This.Liu Kang Baking A Pie said:
Pretty much the only time I to go Facebook is when I get an email notification.
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But... I've had it since '07!Owensboro said:
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Twitter is the most straight-forward service i've ever used. That's why I love it. I've used many many websites/services over time (like most people) from Hi5 to Bebo, Face Pic to Myspace etc etc and Facebook too. Twitter is basically for people who've grown out traditional social networking websites and focuses on the basic things which makes it feel more "connected" to your friends. It has an awful name and the name "Tweets" is mad ghey though, other than that I absoloutley love it.
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