Twitter

[Griffin NoName]

Does anyone Twitter?

(I don't)

[Scriblerus the Philosophe]

Yup. Simple_Bliss

[Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith]

No.  I find the idea of what people are doing minute-by-minute..... tedious.



Okay, so I'm becoming that crotchety old guy waving a rake at kids walking across his lawn....

"...git on w'yer, ya varmits..."



I'm only interested in the really big news:  are you ill?  Well?  Pregnant? a [new] [gran-]Parent? Engaged?  Dead?  Things like that.

What you had for dinner last night, or how much you paid for that can of underarm cream?  I don't really want to know...   Unless dinner was unusually fantastic... then?  Maybe--if you've access to the recipe.



To me?  The majority of twittering is the human equivalent of throwing poo at people peeking in through your bars...

[Opsa]

Well, aside from the fact that I agree with you on most counts, my dear Sibling Bob, I must point out that it is not quite the equivalent of throwing poo. I believe one must subscribe to another's Twittering broadcasts. In other words, you must give permission to have someone's poo thrown at you.

I won't knock it entirely though- I'm sure it's fascinating to younger people who are still under the impression that their every move is fascinating. It's just how they pass notes these days, is all.

I don't do FacePage or Mybook or SpaceWhatever, either. I did it for a while, but now that I'm an old Grizabella I have painstakingly adjusted my life so that it moves more slowly than is usually entertaining for others.

[pieces o nine]

There's a tv ad with a teen girl chastising her mother for spamming her facebook account with embarrassing messages; mom smiles evilly up from her (phone? laptop?).

Then the teen boy whines to dad that he doesn't have to tweet *everything* he does. Dad, lounging on the porch with his (phone? laptop?) is texting away and smilingly intones, "I AM SITTING ON THE PORCH".

Now that I have officially entered ye olde fogette geezerhood, I am relieved to feel no pressure to subscribe to Twitter. 

[Aggie]

The last thing I bloidy need is more text messages.  I used to wonder why "older folks" (parents, for example; grandma managed the internet quite nicely ) didn't seem to be able to pick up on new technology quickly; I'm starting to suspect that it's largely a case of *can't*be*arsed*.

Suspect that I'm destined for doddering Ludditehood sooner rather than later, although I admit that in the last few months I've acquired both a cell phone (Samsung model that's at least 2 years old in N. America and I suspect was launched sometime last century in Korea) and an MP3 player ($15 usb job).  Haven't had either in years.

What you had for dinner last night, or how much you paid for that can of underarm cream?  I don't really want to know...   Unless dinner was unusually fantastic... then?  Maybe--if you've access to the recipe.

I take it you're not a fan of the What Are You ......? part of the forum.

[Scriblerus the Philosophe]

I use it to follow news like we saw in Iran, Burma, and the Bombay bombings. Also, to follow Neil Gaiman, Warren Ellis, and others. Because they're hilarious.

And I refuse to abandon my facebook page until something else more interesting appears. I use it to keep in touch with friends scattered across the globe and family around the country.

And I love technology too much. Love my phone and I got a new mp3 player recently. Which I think I'm in love with. I'm not obsessive to the point that I have to have the newest thing, but I do love getting the newest stuff when I decide to get something.

[stellinacadente]

I subscribed to twitter... so no point in it and deleted my account

Facebook on the other hand, i need so my dad on the other side of the world can check out real time the cutest moves of my daughter

I am for being selective about technology and use the one you choose wisely 

[Griffin NoName]

Ah!  Facebook. I am currently carrying out a survey of who has been forced onto Facebook by the unreasonable demands of other people.

[Pachyderm]

Initially, a reluctant Facebooker.

I will never Twitter.

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

Facebook has it's uses, twitter OTOH...

[Aggie]

Unless you can group-twitter.....  Last Tweet game anyone?

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

For group stuff better use google wave (although that is more productivity oriented).

[Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith]

Unless you can group-twitter.....  Last Tweet game anyone?

Now yer'talkin'.....

I find I do care, a bit, what my fellow sibs are doing at the mundane level.

But only a bit. 

*holds up finger and thumb about 3mm apart*



I can imagine a Twitter game:  you post something you actually did/are-doing.  The more mundane, the better.  But, the catch is, it has to be different from at a minimum, the last three such posts.  Which means things like, "I just breathed in and out" and "I just typed in a twitter" would be quickly used up...



The clever bit, I suppose, would be to twitter about drinking coffee, while including something that makes it unique from the previous coffee-tweet, all within 150 characters.

And, since we are of a higher-order, we can arbitrarily declare that real words, at least, must be used?  Making it an exercise in originality and brevity?



Food for thought. 

And a real challenge to the likes of me..... I'd need the equivalent of verbal bananas.... or perhaps some verbal cheese. 



Verbal Imodium?

[Aggie]

More interesting applications - might be fascinating to have an author release a work by tweet.  Could actually work for poetry, maybe not for an epic novel.

I have a strong suspicion that there are several #whateveryoucall_twitteraccounts dedicated to sending verses of the Bible.


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Drifting a little to new media in general, I'm more interested in the concept (if not the current execution) of things like Wherigo and anticipate seeing the rise of MMARRPGs (massive multiplayer augmented reality role playing games) in the next 5 years if they do not currently exist.  Imagine being able to look through your device's camera and see/interact with other players in the real world. 
_{(hmmm...  the interwebz indicated I came pretty close to coining that one; one fictional reference. Surprising; it seems dead obvious and is surely under development somewhere).}