So, Twitter

olesmyhero · 28th March 2009, 20:44

Basically just a facebook status. What's the point?

Solius · 28th March 2009, 20:45

Exactly.

Alex · 28th March 2009, 20:47

To be as gay as possible

PeteReDevil · 28th March 2009, 20:51

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Originally Posted by Alex

To be as gay as possible

Indeed! As if it wasn't enough with facebook

Anderson Searl · 28th March 2009, 21:28

Flavor of the year this is.

FlawlessThaw · 28th March 2009, 22:16

I thought about doing it so I could be one of those who did it before it got really popular least in England (as with facebook) but now I already fail at facebook, I'd be really shit at twitter as well as I don't like my friends knowing what I do half the time.

jveezy · 28th March 2009, 23:10

Twitter can be pretty lame if you're just going to tell everyone what you're doing every ten minutes. But there's certainly some practical uses for it too.

Say you're going to a department store or something and you find something pretty awesome on sale for a really good price. Then you twitter it from your mobile phone and now everyone who is following you knows about it.

I also read one story about an American guy who was traveling to some foreign country (Saudi Arabia I believe but my memory is a bit fuzzy) and he was arrested there. Right before the arrest, he twitters "Arrested" and all the people who followed his feed and knew that he was traveling abroad contacted the American embassy in that area to notify them so they could prepare everything he needed (lawyer, etc...) to make sure he didn't have to go through that whole ordeal alone.

I use it to share links with people. I also subscribe to twitter feeds of some podcasts I listen to. I know you can use RSS for that, but I tend to stream the podcasts from their websites at different computers throughout the day instead of downloading them using iTunes on one single computer so it helps to have something to notify me and give me an easy link to follow. I try to cut down on the personal stuff, because, like you all mentioned, nobody really gives a shit what kind of toilet paper I'm currently wiping myself with.

amir51 · 28th March 2009, 23:26

I dont use it for networking cause i got facebook. but what i do is that I sign up for news feed so i get all my news on one page.

nyrfan818 · 29th March 2009, 00:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex

To be as gay as possible

What he said.

MUFC07 · 3rd June 2009, 20:18

What an unbelievable load of crap.

I thought it was useful and that was why everybody was wanking over it.

So basically anyone can "follow" you, it is kind of scary that people you don't know might follow you. You could be kidnapped, specially where I live, fuck twitter.

mboRa ndomHer0723 · 3rd June 2009, 20:32

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Originally Posted by jveezy

I also read one story about an American guy who was traveling to some foreign country (Saudi Arabia I believe but my memory is a bit fuzzy) and he was arrested there. Right before the arrest, he twitters "Arrested" and all the people who followed his feed and knew that he was traveling abroad contacted the American embassy in that area to notify them so they could prepare everything he needed (lawyer, etc...) to make sure he didn't have to go through that whole ordeal alone.

It was Egypt, I just looked that up. Pretty cool story as well. I used twitter for about a month and that was it. I still look at it occasionally, but it really serves no purpose for me at this time.

iSparky · 3rd June 2009, 20:32

twitter is the work of the facebook devil i tell you

Chorley1974 · 3rd June 2009, 20:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by jveezy

Twitter can be pretty lame if you're just going to tell everyone what you're doing every ten minutes. But there's certainly some practical uses for it too.

Say you're going to a department store or something and you find something pretty awesome on sale for a really good price. Then you twitter it from your mobile phone and now everyone who is following you knows about it.

I also read one story about an American guy who was traveling to some foreign country (Saudi Arabia I believe but my memory is a bit fuzzy) and he was arrested there. Right before the arrest, he twitters "Arrested" and all the people who followed his feed and knew that he was traveling abroad contacted the American embassy in that area to notify them so they could prepare everything he needed (lawyer, etc...) to make sure he didn't have to go through that whole ordeal alone.

I use it to share links with people. I also subscribe to twitter feeds of some podcasts I listen to. I know you can use RSS for that, but I tend to stream the podcasts from their websites at different computers throughout the day instead of downloading them using iTunes on one single computer so it helps to have something to notify me and give me an easy link to follow. I try to cut down on the personal stuff, because, like you all mentioned, nobody really gives a shit what kind of toilet paper I'm currently wiping myself with.

big slab of text there

The Red Baron!!! · 3rd June 2009, 20:35

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Originally Posted by Chorley1974

big slab of text there

summary,

man on holiday
gets arrested
twitters "arrested"
freinds see, contact embassy, and he is saved

Solius · 3rd June 2009, 20:36

Twitter, more like shitter

What will I come out with next?

iSparky · 3rd June 2009, 20:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by Solius

Twitter, more like shitter

What will I come out with next?

MUFC07 · 3rd June 2009, 20:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by Solius

Twitter, more like shitter

What will I come out with next?

That will be my next facebook status.

GiggsysGirl · 3rd June 2009, 20:49

I'm following Eric Cantona.

It's clearly not him but he's still pretty funny.

"In football, a sharp mind can cut your opponent. But often, a kick will suffice."

marcosdeto · 3rd June 2009, 20:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by jveezy

Twitter can be pretty lame if you're just going to tell everyone what you're doing every ten minutes. But there's certainly some practical uses for it too.

Say you're going to a department store or something and you find something pretty awesome on sale for a really good price. Then you twitter it from your mobile phone and now everyone who is following you knows about it.

can't think of anything gayer than that,

maybe a pink dildo? no, not even

twittering about an awesome sale is gayer than sucking a cock and drinking cum

iSparky · 3rd June 2009, 20:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by marcosdeto

can't think of anything gayer than that,

maybe a pink dildo? no, not even

twittering about an awesome sale is gayer than sucking a cock and drinking cum

how great are pink dildos?!?!

can beat a nice pink dildo, what better way to have a nice saturday night, good old butt hole pleasures

GiggsysGirl · 3rd June 2009, 20:53

"The ball is like a woman, she loves to be caressed. But, occasionally, she can be crazy and burst."

noodlehair · 3rd June 2009, 20:55

How come someone still hasn't created myface.com yet?

Solius · 3rd June 2009, 20:57

http://www.myface.com/

noodlehair · 3rd June 2009, 20:58

I fucking knew it was only a matter of time!

noodlehair · 3rd June 2009, 20:59

Next up; yourtube

mboRa ndomHer0723 · 3rd June 2009, 20:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by noodlehair

How come someone still hasn't created myface.com yet?

I created facespace.com but it was a failure.

I_live_cement · 3rd June 2009, 21:00

Is there a spacebook.com as well?

For astronauts.

jveezy · 3rd June 2009, 22:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by marcosdeto

can't think of anything gayer than that,

maybe a pink dildo? no, not even

twittering about an awesome sale is gayer than sucking a cock and drinking cum

Hey. Until you come home with a new dildo you found on sale and then have a bunch of your gay friends screaming at you because you didn't tell them, you won't understand.

In all seriousness though, Niall's certainly found a use for it for his updates when the Caf servers were going through maintenance. Baz thought it could be potentially useful with his Scribblelive idea: Scribblelive

As far as the rest of your concerns go, just don't follow the people that use twitter for dumb shit like telling all of their friends that they forgot their birth control or that they're going to the store to buy toilet paper. Use it for stuff like getting news updates or notification that certain blogs or podcasts have been updated.

marcosdeto · 5th June 2009, 15:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by jveezy

Hey. Until you come home with a new dildo you found on sale and then have a bunch of your gay friends screaming at you because you didn't tell them, you won't understand.

In all seriousness though, Niall's certainly found a use for it for his updates when the Caf servers were going through maintenance. Baz thought it could be potentially useful with his Scribblelive idea: Scribblelive

As far as the rest of your concerns go, just don't follow the people that use twitter for dumb shit like telling all of their friends that they forgot their birth control or that they're going to the store to buy toilet paper. Use it for stuff like getting news updates or notification that certain blogs or podcasts have been updated.

and why would i tell my friends about the place they can buy a dildo? i'll keep that to myself and then watch their envious faces when i show it to them

Doevle · 5th June 2009, 15:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by olesmyhero

Basically just a facebook status. What's the point?

I think the main idea is that with Facebook you just organize your friends, while on Twitter you get new ones. In order to view a persons facebook-profile you've got to send a friend request, and not until that friend's accepted the request you can watch their profile. With Twitter on the other hand you can follow whoever you like, friends or not.

Some use it to follow certain celebreties as well, which is a bit harder on Facebook as they need to accept your friend request. The concept might look good on paper, but it's still shit.

girish · 5th June 2009, 15:50

Even professional companies are using twitter to release new updates and newslinks.

mboRa ndomHer0723 · 5th June 2009, 15:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by Doevle

I think the main idea is that with Facebook you just organize your friends, while on Twitter you get new ones. In order to view a persons facebook-profile you've got to send a friend request, and not until that friend's accepted the request you can watch their profile. With Twitter on the other hand you can follow whoever you like, friends or not.

Some use it to follow certain celebreties as well, which is a bit harder on Facebook as they need to accept your friend request. The concept might look good on paper, but it's still shit.

So twitter is an easier way to stalk people...nice

Raven Blade · 5th June 2009, 16:19

Facebook is a more comprehensive social networking website.

Twitter is good if you are a recognised person or company that has a large following. Nobody cares what normal people do every minute of every day!

jveezy · 5th June 2009, 19:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by Doevle

I think the main idea is that with Facebook you just organize your friends, while on Twitter you get new ones. In order to view a persons facebook-profile you've got to send a friend request, and not until that friend's accepted the request you can watch their profile. With Twitter on the other hand you can follow whoever you like, friends or not.

Some use it to follow certain celebreties as well, which is a bit harder on Facebook as they need to accept your friend request. The concept might look good on paper, but it's still shit.

The celebrity thing is annoying as fuck. The only ones worth following are the comedians.

Facebook has pretty much become a glorified address book for me.

jveezy · 5th June 2009, 19:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by marcosdeto

and why would i tell my friends about the place they can buy a dildo? i'll keep that to myself and then watch their envious faces when i show it to them

Sharing is caring, Marcos.

x42bn6 · 5th June 2009, 20:02

It's so good, Facebook turned itself into Twitter.

Or something like that.

Kinky Melinky · 5th June 2009, 20:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by marcosdeto

can't think of anything gayer than that,

maybe a pink dildo? no, not even

twittering about an awesome sale is gayer than sucking a cock and drinking cum

Feck sake Marcos, get off the fence

Kinky Melinky · 5th June 2009, 20:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raven_Blade

Facebook is a more comprehensive social networking website.

Twitter is good if you are a recognised person or company that has a large following. Nobody cares what normal people do every minute of every day!

But this is why idiots wank over these sites so much. Average Joe soap desperately wants to become a celeb (from reading too many annoying thrashy celeb mags) and seems to think that putting up a profile and letting everyone know when they're scratching their arse is the nearest thing to being a celeb.

It's pathetic.

Gaz. · 16th June 2009, 13:44

Anyone else signed up?

Solius · 16th June 2009, 13:48

By 'anyone else' I take it you signed up.

Weirdo.

28th March 2009, 20:44	#1 (permalink)
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28th March 2009, 20:45	#2 (permalink)
Solius Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Fucker shits Posts: 40,586	Exactly.

28th March 2009, 20:47	#3 (permalink)
Alex Banned Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: ____ Posts: 42,275	To be as gay as possible

28th March 2009, 21:28	#5 (permalink)
Anderson Searl Reserve Team Player Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: :lol: Posts: 16,446	Flavor of the year this is.

28th March 2009, 22:16	#6 (permalink)
FlawlessThaw most 'know it all' poster Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: London Posts: 19,271	I thought about doing it so I could be one of those who did it before it got really popular least in England (as with facebook) but now I already fail at facebook, I'd be really shit at twitter as well as I don't like my friends knowing what I do half the time.

28th March 2009, 23:10	#7 (permalink)
jveezy Coach Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Rancho Cordova, California, USA Posts: 14,269	Twitter can be pretty lame if you're just going to tell everyone what you're doing every ten minutes. But there's certainly some practical uses for it too. Say you're going to a department store or something and you find something pretty awesome on sale for a really good price. Then you twitter it from your mobile phone and now everyone who is following you knows about it. I also read one story about an American guy who was traveling to some foreign country (Saudi Arabia I believe but my memory is a bit fuzzy) and he was arrested there. Right before the arrest, he twitters "Arrested" and all the people who followed his feed and knew that he was traveling abroad contacted the American embassy in that area to notify them so they could prepare everything he needed (lawyer, etc...) to make sure he didn't have to go through that whole ordeal alone. I use it to share links with people. I also subscribe to twitter feeds of some podcasts I listen to. I know you can use RSS for that, but I tend to stream the podcasts from their websites at different computers throughout the day instead of downloading them using iTunes on one single computer so it helps to have something to notify me and give me an easy link to follow. I try to cut down on the personal stuff, because, like you all mentioned, nobody really gives a shit what kind of toilet paper I'm currently wiping myself with.

28th March 2009, 23:26	#8 (permalink)
amir51 Reserve Team Player Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1,763	I dont use it for networking cause i got facebook. but what i do is that I sign up for news feed so i get all my news on one page.

3rd June 2009, 20:18	#10 (permalink)
MUFC07 First Team Sub Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Mexico City. "I'm looking for abstract ways of expressing reality, abstract forms that will enlighten my own mistery" Eric Cantona Posts: 7,224	What an unbelievable load of crap. I thought it was useful and that was why everybody was wanking over it. So basically anyone can "follow" you, it is kind of scary that people you don't know might follow you. You could be kidnapped, specially where I live, fuck twitter.

3rd June 2009, 20:32	#12 (permalink)
iSparky No longer iBender Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 36,362	twitter is the work of the facebook devil i tell you

3rd June 2009, 20:36	#15 (permalink)
Solius Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Fucker shits Posts: 40,586	Twitter, more like shitter What will I come out with next?

3rd June 2009, 20:49	#18 (permalink)
GiggsysGirl Toxic Frogger Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: The Pavilion (RIP) Posts: 22,188	I'm following Eric Cantona. It's clearly not him but he's still pretty funny. "In football, a sharp mind can cut your opponent. But often, a kick will suffice."

3rd June 2009, 20:53	#21 (permalink)
GiggsysGirl Toxic Frogger Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: The Pavilion (RIP) Posts: 22,188	"The ball is like a woman, she loves to be caressed. But, occasionally, she can be crazy and burst."

3rd June 2009, 20:55	#22 (permalink)
noodlehair "It's like..." Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Flagg Posts: 2,095	How come someone still hasn't created myface.com yet?

3rd June 2009, 20:57	#23 (permalink)
Solius Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Fucker shits Posts: 40,586	http://www.myface.com/

3rd June 2009, 20:58	#24 (permalink)
noodlehair "It's like..." Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Flagg Posts: 2,095	I fucking knew it was only a matter of time!

3rd June 2009, 20:59	#25 (permalink)
noodlehair "It's like..." Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Flagg Posts: 2,095	Next up; yourtube

3rd June 2009, 21:00	#27 (permalink)
I_live_cement Cat freak Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: North West Posts: 13,788	Is there a spacebook.com as well? For astronauts.

5th June 2009, 15:50	#31 (permalink)
girish I too love women...for their shoes. Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Kerala,India Posts: 10,659	Even professional companies are using twitter to release new updates and newslinks.

5th June 2009, 16:19	#33 (permalink)
Raven Blade Attention Whoring Common Crow Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Red till i'm dead.. Posts: 30,978	Facebook is a more comprehensive social networking website. Twitter is good if you are a recognised person or company that has a large following. Nobody cares what normal people do every minute of every day!

5th June 2009, 20:02	#36 (permalink)
x42bn6 First Team Regular Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: 西田麻衣の谷間. Being a nerd, geek and virgin Posts: 17,358	It's so good, Facebook turned itself into Twitter. Or something like that.

16th June 2009, 13:44	#39 (permalink)
Gaz. Well-Liked Assman Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Yeah you and me we can light up the sky, If you stay by my side, We can rule the world Posts: 9,610	Anyone else signed up?

16th June 2009, 13:48	#40 (permalink)
Solius Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Fucker shits Posts: 40,586	By 'anyone else' I take it you signed up. Weirdo.