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Re: What I would have written

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Post by buro9 »

runn1ng wrote: post #49
jasonkester wrote: post #47

There must be a group of people somewhere in the world that actually uses Twitter. I've never met any of them in real life, but occasionally I see things like this online that suggests that however far fetched the idea might be, it's nonetheless true. Amazing that this author is so upset about what this random website has done to his life. I have no idea how he could have found enough value in it to have integrated i…

Exactly. I know many people that use Facebook (including myself). It's a website that almost freaking everybody is on; it's used for sharing stuff from daily lives, instant messaging, organizing social events. I have no idea what Twitter is for.

As a counter point, everyone I know is on Twitter and uses it actively, but very few are on Facebook.

In fact, we sat around a table earlier this year and were chatting about a piece of news that mentioned some exclusive content via Facebook, and realised that none of us had access. And that was fine by us, we don't really get what Facebook is for, and we just went back to talking and continued some of the conversations next day on Twitter.

Re: What I would have written

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Post by pbhjpbhj »

GotAnyMegadeth wrote: post #59
jasonkester wrote: post #47

There must be a group of people somewhere in the world that actually uses Twitter. I've never met any of them in real life, but occasionally I see things like this online that suggests that however far fetched the idea might be, it's nonetheless true. Amazing that this author is so upset about what this random website has done to his life. I have no idea how he could have found enough value in it to have integrated i…

My main passion is Heavy Metal. As a consumer, I use Twitter to keep up to date with tours, releases, news by following bands and music media. I use it to interact with bands. I also have a band which has a Twitter account which is used to keep people up to date as mentioned above, and I have a music blog twitter account which I use to review gigs etc... I have a pretty good Metal Twitter list here if anyone is inter…

Would you say it's fair to describe your usage as akin to a feed aggregator?

Re: What I would have written

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Post by pbhjpbhj »

buro9 wrote: post #61
runn1ng wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Exactly. I know many people that use Facebook (including myself). It's a website that almost freaking everybody is on; it's used for sharing stuff from daily lives, instant messaging, organizing social events. I have no idea what Twitter is for.

As a counter point, everyone I know is on Twitter and uses it actively, but very few are on Facebook. In fact, we sat around a table earlier this year and were chatting about a piece of news that mentioned some exclusive content via Facebook, and realised that none of us had access. And that was fine by us, we don't really get what Facebook is for, and we just went back to talking and continued some of the conversati…

>we don't really get what Facebook is for, and we just went back to talking and continued some of the conversations next day on Twitter //

I suspect this is just smack talk. Facebook does everything that twitter does and about a million other things too. You can tweet on Facebook, aggregate tweets, re-tweet (they call it share). Just that the eco-system around Twitter, like Twitpic and such, is integrated.

I'm the opposite of what you claim to be. I use Facebook but I can't understand Twitter. I've tried using it and have several accounts but beyond being a newsfeed like Facebook's walls I can't see the attraction (except of course that it happens that your social network use Twitter as opposed to some other medium).

Win me over?

Re: What I would have written

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Post by rahoulb »

jasonkester wrote: post #47

There must be a group of people somewhere in the world that actually uses Twitter. I've never met any of them in real life, but occasionally I see things like this online that suggests that however far fetched the idea might be, it's nonetheless true. Amazing that this author is so upset about what this random website has done to his life. I have no idea how he could have found enough value in it to have integrated i…

Twitter has changed a lot.

When I started out on it, I was a freelancer. It was a great way to chat about work and trivia to other people doing similar jobs, whether I had met them or not - a sort of online "water-cooler" I guess or a more visible IRC. In fact, I remember describing how to use it as "sign up, follow interesting people, talk to strangers".

But now it's much less about the conversations (I only really converse with the people I know in real-life, so it becomes a sort of public text-messaging). Instead, it's become a broadcast medium - communication is much more one-way and because of that, the number of retweets you get for your "pithy insight" becomes all the more important.

Re: What I would have written

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Post by pbhjpbhj »

philwelch wrote: post #25
beambot wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Picasso also made quick napkin sketchings for passersby. So yeah, I could imagine him painting "triffles for immediate social media validation"... he probably would've enjoyed the exposure. But that didn't prevent him from undertaking more meaningful / involved endeavors too.

Did he, though? I always took that story as a fictional parable and not an account of something he ever habitually did.

These two appear to have a ring of truth but I've not investigated in depth, just a brief google:

- http://www.mypicassosighting.com/4.html

- http://toshidama.wordpress.com/2011/08/01/on-being-a-picture...

Re: What I would have written

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Post by GotAnyMegadeth »

pbhjpbhj wrote: post #63
GotAnyMegadeth wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My main passion is Heavy Metal. As a consumer, I use Twitter to keep up to date with tours, releases, news by following bands and music media. I use it to interact with bands. I also have a band which has a Twitter account which is used to keep people up to date as mentioned above, and I have a music blog twitter account which I use to review gigs etc... I have a pretty good Metal Twitter list here if anyone is inter…

Would you say it's fair to describe your usage as akin to a feed aggregator?

Partly, but also for communicating. I haven't ever used a feed aggregatior so I'm not sure if there are any other differences...

I also use the trending topics on Twitter to follow the 'real' news. Can you do that in an aggregator, or do you need to have preselected the websites you want to hear from?

Re: What I would have written

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Post by jasonlotito »

jasonkester wrote: post #47

There must be a group of people somewhere in the world that actually uses Twitter. I've never met any of them in real life, but occasionally I see things like this online that suggests that however far fetched the idea might be, it's nonetheless true. Amazing that this author is so upset about what this random website has done to his life. I have no idea how he could have found enough value in it to have integrated i…

> I still don't get what Twitter is for or why anybody would use it.

Targeted ephemeral public communication and sharing.

Effectively, nothing else does this and keeps it concise. Brevity is the soul of wit.

Re: What I would have written

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Post by buro9 »

pbhjpbhj wrote: post #65
buro9 wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As a counter point, everyone I know is on Twitter and uses it actively, but very few are on Facebook. In fact, we sat around a table earlier this year and were chatting about a piece of news that mentioned some exclusive content via Facebook, and realised that none of us had access. And that was fine by us, we don't really get what Facebook is for, and we just went back to talking and continued some of the conversati…

> we don't really get what Facebook is for, and we just went back to talking and continued some of the conversations next day on Twitter // I suspect this is just smack talk. Facebook does everything that twitter does and about a million other things too. You can tweet on Facebook, aggregate tweets, re-tweet (they call it share). Just that the eco-system around Twitter, like Twitpic and such, is integrated. I'm the o…

I guess it comes down to: Is more more, or is less more?

Twitter just fits in comfortably with how myself and friends operate and if Facebook does that for you then fabulous - everyone gets what they want. No winning over necessary.

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