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derby378 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 02:21 PM
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Do you use Twitter? If so, what do you think of it?
Is Twitter really that useful as a tool for grassroots political activism? Or do you find it an annoyance?

I know the 2010 midterms are just around the corner, and I know there's a lot of buzz over Twitter, but I just want to know if it's all hype or if you've actually been able to put it to good use.
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NightWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 02:23 PM
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1. I wondered that too. I could see reading it, but I'd never post anything on it
...I'm eating a sandwich (12:35)
....it was good (12:40)
...I'm gonna take a nap (1:12)

I've seen some stupid people who post this kind of crap. Who cares about the minutia of your day?
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derby378 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 02:35 PM
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7. Yeah, THAT seems like so much overkill
I was thinking more in terms of a rapid-response network.
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 02:41 PM
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9. I've checked it out
during storms and other events where one line posts can be enlightening, but I'm afraid the everyday stuff would be crap.

The format doesn't lend itself to posting complete thoughts and discussions, only one line at a time.

I suppose there's a possibility for a work of art in there somewhere, a slow motion vers libre, but I'll skip it most of the time.
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NYCGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 02:23 PM
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2. I love Twitter. Use it mostly to keep up with web design trends, etc., so
many of the folks I "follow" are designers.
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PM Martin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 02:24 PM
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3. It has little value to me.
It is a variation of talking to someone.
If I am working, why do I want someone bothering me?
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Bunny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 02:25 PM
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4. I had a Twitter account for about a week. I followed political people and I posted
political stuff. I got bored with it pretty quickly, deleted my account yesterday actually. I think it's a lot of hype.
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bikebloke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 02:29 PM
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5. Pretty much a news feed for me.
There's not much I post, though I've posted just to post something. I've tried pimping the videos on my vlog. No takers.
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eShirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 02:30 PM
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6. meh. I'd rather IRC.
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TheMightyFavog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 02:46 PM
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11. People still use IRC?
I haven't been on IRC in years.
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eShirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 02:50 PM
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13. neither have I
but yes, it still exists
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Posteritatis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 03:27 PM
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20. I still use it a lot (nt)
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Xithras Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 02:36 PM
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8. Twitter is just a blogging platform...for really brief people.
I use it and think it's a useful tool, but I'm a pessimist about whether it will last.
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sellitman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 02:45 PM
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10. I use it.
It's useful for keeping up with friends and news feeds.
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wicket Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 02:49 PM
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12. Karl Rove is following me on twitter
It creeps me out. I think twitter is kinda stupid personally :)
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NYCGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 02:51 PM
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14. You can block him, you know. NT
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emulatorloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 03:17 PM
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15. Lots of Republicans on it. They like the character limit: Good for Bumper Sticker Slogans
and Snark. Which is what they specialize in.
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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 03:19 PM
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17. Lots of Democrats on it too. Rachel Maddow, Al Gore, the White House
has an official account, etc.
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NYCGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-06-09 06:09 PM
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27. Just found out Russ Feingold, Barbara Boxer and Dennis Kuchinich are, too.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10232667-2.html
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devilgrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 03:18 PM
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16. I don't get the appeal...
:crazy:
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Joe the Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 03:21 PM
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18. I tried but I never caught on. n/t
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 03:24 PM
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19. I signed up because we were hiring a new supt and a board member was sending tweets
from the interviews.

It was neat.

Then we had a tornado here a couple weeks ago and the tweets sent out by a local reporter were more informative than the TV weather folks.

So far, I like it.
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question everything Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-06-09 06:06 PM
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26. How would you like to be interviewed for a job
but instead of the interviewer(s) giving you their full attention, each one would be busy twitting?
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GentryDixon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 03:30 PM
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21. They are often on system overload.
I tried it to follow Jack Cafferty, Rick Sanchez & David Shuster. Too many people gabbing about nonsense, so it goes off-line.

No, unless they upgrade their capability, it will not serve the purpose you are envisioning.
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star anise Donating Member (6 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 03:34 PM
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22. Could someone who uses it explain to me why it's different/better
than simply updating your Facebook pages however many times per day with your little inane (or profound) comments? Or mass emailing comments to people? What makes it stand out?
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question everything Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 03:36 PM
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23. No. First, you have to have followers
and it is an exercise in self promotion. You have followers and you twit;

-I am hungry

- boy, what a dump

- time to go to bed

etc.

When my mock attempt is close to the real thing, you know that this is bad.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=108x134762
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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 04:28 PM
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24. Not even close.
nt
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Posteritatis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 04:45 PM
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25. People were programmed to hate it during Obama's address a few months back
The news mentioned Republicans using Twitter during and concerning it, so people fired up the guilt-by-association engine, decided it's intrinsically evil, and just happily ignore all the counterexamples to their claim.
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-..__... Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-06-09 06:14 PM
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28. Personally...
Edited on Wed May-06-09 06:15 PM by -..__...
I see it as the type of tripe that appeals to teenage girls, gossip junkies and readers of People magazine
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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-07-09 11:13 AM
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30. That's because you haven't used it.
nt
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-06-09 06:24 PM
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29. As with any communications medium, it's excelllent for some purposes...
Edited on Wed May-06-09 06:26 PM by BlooInBloo
And not so excellent for others.

Uses I've found it to be great for: liveblogging (followed Olliver Willis' commentary on the newspaper hearings today - good stuff) and public health or other government announcements (pig flu, whitehouse, for example.

But it's the use of the medium by which the medium should be judged.

Those who thing it's dumb as a *blanket* matter are mostly either just unimaginative in the extreme, or throwbacks to some bygone era.
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