Comments on: Do you use Twitter?

By: carole

carole — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:16:34 +0000

I think it is very shallow to think all these people care about what you do every minute. Then they want their privacy,:) which is it. Very insecure.

By: Arnis

Arnis — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 19:54:28 +0000

no, I’m not using it.

By: Hal

Hal — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 00:09:43 +0000

I just did a post on this very subject. I may lose some friends, but I
just can’t get into this. Unlike this post, I got a lot of negative feedback.

Social networking can waste away days with nothing much to show for
it.

By: acg

acg — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:43:54 +0000

I don’t use it, unless I found I need it.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:15:42 +0000

I just twit when I’m too lazy to write a blog

By: Steve C.

Steve C. — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:46:08 +0000

I have been using Twitter for about a month now. I only follow a few people, mostly other user group officers, otherwise I can not read all that comes in.

It is useful for getting quick input from those other user group officers, if they happen to be actively using Twitter.

All in all, I don’t think I will keep up with it too long.

By: lennart

lennart — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 06:02:12 +0000

NO! please no!

I don’t see the extra value. Microblogging?

By: Daniel Pataki

Daniel Pataki — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 05:28:19 +0000

Ok, so it’s not just me then :) Twitter is great for marketing, and as Grey pointed out, it is extremely useful for integraton with other services.

I also don’t get why knowing when someone took a crap (who I don’t even know) is useful or at least fun. People who I care that much about are very limited, and I have more or less daily personal interaction (WHAT is that?) with them.

By: Basel

Basel — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 05:25:05 +0000

Twitter? it is addictive, but don’t take that line: “What are you doing now?” as gospel.

Try to follow people in bulk, and interesting stuff will happen. Expertise exchange, resource exchange, finding stuff, chatting, and socializing are all stuff you can do.

But hey, let the experts talk:

How to be a better tweeter on Webware.com: http://is.gd/r8Pq
10 things you can tweet about on Twitter on OnlineJournalismBlog.com: http://is.gd/jMqW

By: Personal Webpage and Blog of Daniel Pataki

Personal Webpage and Blog of Daniel Pataki — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 04:53:28 +0000

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By: g

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 03:02:17 +0000

what’s twitter?

By: bfos7215

bfos7215 — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 02:24:08 +0000

Twitter is great if you love spam and constantly being subject to phishing attacks.

The coolness of twitter that we hear all the technorati (and now the celebs) talk about only works because they are the technorati. They automatically have thousands of followers just because people know them. So, for them, it’s great to be able to throw any comment or question and get instant feedback. When I, on the other hand, post something on Twitter, it goes out into the ether to never be read by anyone. Sure, I could spend months working very hard to build up a following that can tell me the best place to eat when I visit another city. But, isn’t Google good enough for that?

Don’t feel old or out of it just because you don’t get Twitter. There’s really nothing to get.

By: SkyKid

SkyKid — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 02:02:08 +0000

I use twitter as an addon to my blog or to share current impressions from a film or book. I also text away personal staff – just because it feels good

By: tecben

tecben — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 01:56:18 +0000

I use digsbys twitter integration to view tweets by other people, that just makes it easier then going to the site itself. I also hate that some of my friends tweet, when they wake up or going to work EVERYDAY! I like the fact that tweets can be a little bit more personal then other outlets. I’m not looking for it to be a RSS feed for posts. In some cases it should have exclusive content.

By: gus

gus — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:17:36 +0000

Don’t use it. Tried it, but walked away.

I’m not interested in going out of my way to find out what strangers are doing “right now.” The few people who I care about enough to want to know what they’re doing are people I see at least every day, if not every minute or so.

My interest in the web is as a source of content. There’s precious little of that on Twitter. It’s what someone has to say that interests me, not what they’re doing from minute to minute.

By: Roman ShaRP

Roman ShaRP — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:53:49 +0000

Sorry for duplicates, I got 404 a couple of times trying to post comment.

By: Roman ShaRP

Roman ShaRP — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:50:40 +0000

Some my friends do have Livejournals, some friends and family have Vkontakte accounts (vkontakte.ru, Russian LinkedIn), no one (AFAIK) have Twitter, and may be somebody have Facebook accounts, but only a few.

So, I’m socialized on LJ and Vkontakte, and that’s enough for me. I would like to join a software forum, tough.

By: RG

RG — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:36:45 +0000

I used to use it, not anymore. It may be fun to communicate and start quick conversations with many at the same time but not much more.

By: Shane

Shane — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:29:47 +0000

I have tried more than once to understand what the big deal is about Twitter. I find it monotonous and don’t see what the appeal is. It makes me feel really old to say, “I don’t get” Twitter, but I don’t get it. At all.

By: The Guy Behind The Guy

The Guy Behind The Guy — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 20:52:04 +0000

I didn’t read your article. It was longer than 140 characters. Could you please summarize?