Twittering is...

What do you think about twittering?

I don't. It's not a mode of communication I favor, but then, I don't really care if other people do.

No one has made me twitter or twittered me or twitted my personal space with unwelcome twittage, so, why would I care? :shrug:

why do you (like the rest of us) hang around DISCUSSION BOARDS like DU? The poll doesn't imply some kind of attempt to use the heavy hand of the State to take away people's inalienable right to be annoying through twatting. It's just a discussion. You know, on, like um, a discussion board? :eyes:

"I don't do it, but I don't give a shit if other people do" wasn't one of the poll options.

ask yourself why people should care about your noncommittal opinion?

I'll never understand why people actually take the time to open opinion polls to let the world know they really don't have an opinion either way. :eyes:

For my part, Twittering is pure narcissism - so I went with "stupid."

I don't get it-- "I don't do it, but I don't give a shit if you do" IS an opinion.

And it's an important opinion, too, because to me, one of the biggest problems the world faces isn't twittering or "narcissism", it's people who spend altogether too much time (IMHO) worrying & finger-wagging about relatively harmless activities their neighbors are engaged in, be they recreational drug use, consenting adult gay sex, or even twittage.


And yes, we get three or four threads a day, and newspaper articles, too, now, about how twits and facebook are making "Gen Y" -of which I'm not a part- excessively "narcissistic". Just like my own Gen X was supposed to be "lazy". :eyes:

People have complained about "dangerous" new technologies "destroying the social fabric" as long as they've complained about "these kids today".

I call bullshit.

while the President address the nation, we should not complain if the networks will choose not to broadcast these events live.

So... let me get this straight.. a Democratic Senator "twitted" during Obama's speech, and the networks did what?

Huh?

Sorry, I don't get it.

Obama's recent press conference, that they may follow thru, 'cause they lost $30 millions when they pre-empted their regular programs.

And since Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) twitted during Obama's State of the Union-type speech, which, in my opinion shows disrespect, I can see why the networks would use this as an excuse.

but I am not into inane chit chat and others seem to be. I see no harm in it.

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by telling what you are doing, when and where you are etc.

And in my opinion so is Facebook.

"This Is Not A Plastic Bag" bag by an organic vegan on a recumbent bicycle.

Can you get more latte than "Twitter?" Possibly, but it would certainly be a challenge.

"As the 21st century began, human evolution was at a turning point. Natural selection, the process by which the strongest, the smartest, the fastest, reproduced in greater numbers than the rest, a process which had once favored the noblest traits of man, now began to favor different traits. Most science fiction of the day predicted a future that was more civilized and more intelligent. But as time went on, things seemed to be heading in the opposite direction. A dumbing down. How did this happen? Evolution does not necessarily reward intelligence. With no natural predators to thin the herd, it began to simply reward those who reproduced the most, and left the intelligent to become an endangered species."
--Narrator, IDIOCRACY

but narcissistic. Who the hell cares what the hell you are doing every second of the day?

No exchange of real information. Search under 'garden' under google or go to garden related forum and there is a wealth of info. Twitter is just plain stupid.

It's very much like DU, but if Rachel Maddow posted here, for example.

and I don't mean personal information. I use it as another source for breaking news or it lets me know when someone like MC Miller, Palast, Pitt or Greenwald publishes a new piece. I use it also to check on what has been published on Raw Story, Truthout, or After Downing Street. In turn, I might "retweet" the piece, or when I find something of interest here or elsewhere, I post the link to share it with those that are following me. Some of them may repost it, and thus the news gets around. It depends on who you follow and how many are following you.

I don't use it as a personal venue at all. I don't think anyone really cares what I'm doing at any particular moment, but for those that do use it that way, so what? If it floats their boat, let 'em have fun sailing.

viewers and readers. So, I guess that it's good for letting them know how you feel about their reporting.

I personally don't belong to any of the social network sites including Twitter, because I don't want to invite the spyware that they will affix to my hard drive.

largely because of the 150-character limit.

Facebook, MySpace, Twitter. They're all professional corporate sites, and there's really no problem with mal or spyware. If you download applications for them from third parties or something like that, well, on your own head be it

:grouphug:

Oh, wait, that was twitterpated.

... but, as it turns out, I have no desire to learn more.

I don't think it is "stupid" or anything else, I just don't think it is remotely necessary.

Folks like that?

Not sure what I'd think about it if I had a use for it. Which I don't.

Truth be told, my cat is the only one who'd "follow" me if I joined Twitter, but he does that already, so I don't see what would be gained.

:)

I follow Rachel Maddow, Michael Moore, Al Gore, Democracy_Now, Ana Marie Cox, and others along that line. It can be interesting from time to time.

If you follow the right people, it's like a little parade of bon mots. I don't get how people think it's "stupid" just because it's a different form of communication. I update mine once every couple days, tops, whenever I have something to say. For the most part, no, it's not "I took a crap this morning." It's people commenting on their lives, observations about the world.

Kind of like, I don't know, DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND. I love the fact that people who post on a message board are hating on something that is very similar

But, I'm not surprised.

why does anyone care how other people communicate?

that other people do it!

For some folks, I guess, wagging that ol' finger is the best exercise.

"a waste of time. Not interested."

Sometimes they're brief like this one. Other times they go into quite a bit of detail.

HOW STUPID it is. Twittering is short little non stop communications from people about the boring activities of their lives "I'm in Trader Joes, melons on sale!". The communications are limited to a certain number of characters (maybe about a sentence worth).

No wonder twitter usage falls off the cliff after sign up.

Fuck. Gotta go.

Who the hell would follow someone saying they are at Trader Joes?

That was my intro to twittering. lol. Even in the DU lounge, folks don't post that kinda of crap

or just the ones you are interested in reading? It's like that. You control what you are exposed to, just like choosing messageboards to read.

you cannot twit unless you have followers.

At worst - a show o disrespect. If the President comes to Congress to address the nation, the least senators from his own party can listen.

But, then, since twitting is a desperate act of self promotion, why would they bother to listen to someone else?

And if Senators from his own party ignore him, why should we compalin if networks will not carry these events live?

what's next?

:shrug:

than putting every stray thought on a messageboard is what all messageboards are about.

Because I don't give a damn what other people do with their free time and don't have a stick up my ass.

I really don't get it. Twittering seems like blabbing inane thoughts into the ether for other idiots to read. Even the word "twitter"... it kind of implies shallow blather. I thought it was dumb a year ago, way before this current crop wannabee-hipster TV schmucks all latched onto it.

What I do like are flamewars, and I clicked this thread because I smell potential!

:)

I've never used it, but I can see where it might be useful and/or entertaining in certain ways. Maybe once my semester is over I'll have a chance to play around with it.

without realizing that pretty much every technological advancement, invention, etc. was derided in the same way. Radio, television, film, computers...rock and roll. The printing press even.

Is Twitter on par with those major technological achievements? No -- but it's really funny to watch some people here who seemingly don't really understand it.

You realize that it's not one-way right?

And that it isn't just people posting what they happen to be doing every minute of the day, right? People write about all sorts of things just like -- Here! Also, it can be a great way to get a quick message out to lots of people at once. (Hey, how about protests? That might actually be useful, but nah, we should just get *lots* of people to walk around everywhere handing out fliers and posting them, in hopes that they might show up. And of course have no way of knowing how many people plan on showing up, etc. Yup, fuck Twitter, that's much better).

It's a tool like any other. In the right hands it's useful.