Twitter

[Kevy Baby]

Is James Legacy somebody here or a stalker?

Why do strange people want to follow me?

[Kevy Baby]

What's your name on Twitter?A cool way to find other people you want to follow is to look at the Followers/Following lists of other people you follow/are following you.

I will tell you that one of my followers you might be interested in is powerful and wet ;)

[LSPoorEeyorick]

I will tell you that one of my followers you might be interested in is powerful and wet ;)

yeeeeeAH, baby!

[Motorboat Cruiser]

I will tell you that one of my followers you might be interested in is powerful and wet ;)

Is it Shamu?

[Gn2Dlnd]

Is it Shamu?

Get out of my head!

[DreadPirateRoberts]

Which one of you is porn_website24 ? I thought not.

[BarTopDancer]

Which one of you is porn_website24 ? I thought not.

Scaeagles.

[Kevy Baby]

Which one of you is porn_website24 ? I thought not.I think several of us have been hit with variations of that (just with different numbers).

[innerSpaceman]

i really want to twitter on the go. my current cell provider won't let me text to twitter. i'm on the verge of sucking up the more expensive plans and getting an iPhone. i played with one last night. they are nifty, alright.

BUT ... they are too darned big. i want my portable devices to be small, literally pocketsize. i have enjoyed the last decade of my cell phone getting smaller and smaller ... and i'm not yet willing to start moving in the other direction just for incremental increases in functionality (oooh, i can check the LoT and post on twitter while i'm out in the world having fun!)


Sorry, not yet.



Anyone know of a SMALL web-access phone device??

[BarTopDancer]

Blackberry Pearl.
Verizon has a bunch of phones with web access about the size of the Pearl as well.

[Kevy Baby]

The BB Pearl is 4.2" x 2" x 0.57" (but no QWERT keyboard)
The iPhone is 4.5" x 2.4" x 0.48"

Not much of a size difference.

[BarTopDancer]

Thanks KB.

I tend to not think of my BB as being a big phone. It fits nicely in my jeans pockets.

[lindyhop]

BUT ... they are too darned big. i want my portable devices to be small, literally pocketsize. i have enjoyed the last decade of my cell phone getting smaller and smaller ... and i'm not yet willing to start moving in the other direction just for incremental increases in functionality (oooh, i can check the LoT and post on twitter while i'm out in the world having fun!)

At some point you won't be looking for functionality so much as just the ability to see the damn screen. I'm lusting after an iPhone for the screen size as much as for the functionality. Sprint really, really wants to sell me a Samsung Instinct which seems to have much of the same functionality as the iPhone but the screen is a little smaller and that could end up being the deal breaker.

[€uroMeinke]

Just got an iPhone and am already loving the functionality as well as form factor - it's thinner than my razor

[Gn2Dlnd]

Uh-oh (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7543014.stm). Be careful out there in Twitterville.

[Ghoulish Delight]

It purports to link to a pornographic video but downloads a fake version of Adobe Flash which installs programs capable of stealing data.

Who exactly sees a twitter with a link to porn and thinks, "Oh thank, GOD! I've been looking all OVER the internet for pr0n and just haven't been able to find any. Finally, this kind stranger has provided me the link I need!!"?

[Kevy Baby]

Uh-oh (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7543014.stm). Be careful out there in Twitterville.Only those using Microsoft Windows are vulnerable to infection from these malicious programs.http://home.mindspring.com/%7Ekevin_elder/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/whistle.gif

[JWBear]

I just redecorated my Twitter page.

[Stan4dSteph]

Who's Rayanna?

[DreadPirateRoberts]

Who's Rayanna?

CrazyLegs

[Stan4dSteph]

Thanks. I'm not sure why she added me. I haven't met her. Oh well.

[Gn2Dlnd]

I know you know people I know, so I may follow you for that reason. (Have I ever met you? If I'm not remembering, forgive me, but I know I see you around the LoT alot.) I'm following a cat named socks. Never met him, but he's entertaining.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I know you know people I know, so I may follow you for that reason. (Have I ever met you? If I'm not remembering, forgive me, but I know I see you around the LoT alot.) You probably have not met...Steph moved to the Bitter East Coaster camp long ago :)

[JWBear]

Is godaddygo (http://twitter.com/godaddygo) anyone we know? He is following 1287 people, so I suspect it's spam.

I'm going to block him, so if it's someone here, I apologize.

[Gn2Dlnd]

Is godaddygo (http://twitter.com/godaddygo) anyone we know? He is following 1287 people, so I suspect it's spam.

I'm going to block him, so if it's someone here, I apologize.

Some pentecostal dad panicking (http://www.godzillachai.blogspot.com/) over the gays. He probably did a search and found some people who would "benefit" from some witnessing.

[€uroMeinke]

Anyone have any idea who Rock_Star_69 is? He's only following one person, and it's me.

[tracilicious]

Remember that creepy guy from the metro you posted about forever ago? It's probably him!

[€uroMeinke]

No his tweets are about passing out poolside amidst naked women - Hmmm maybe it's one of my imaginary lives going off on a bender

[Gn2Dlnd]

Anyone have any idea who Rock_Star_69 is? He's only following one person, and it's me.

http://www.fotolog.com/rock_star_69/

or perhaps

http://www.facethejury.com/profile.asp?user_name=ROCK_STAR_69

[Kevy Baby]

One of the "people" I subscribe to is SARAH - the house from Eukeka!. They are only one or two a week, and it amuses me.

Today's tweet is about a missing person (on the show) and includes a phone number. I am tempted to call it, but don't want to get my phone on a auto-dial list.

Security sensors have detected an alert concerning a Mary Perkins. If you have information regarding her whereabouts, call 202-640-3864. about 3 hours ago from web

[Gn2Dlnd]

Among the fictional twitterers I'm following are: Sockington, a cat (I called him/her Socks earlier by mistake,) Stephen Colbert, Dr. Horrible, Barack Obama, and Alex.

The only one following me is Barack Obama. Wait! I think I hear his footsteps behind me now!

[innerSpaceman]

Am i cheating if i tweet 4 times in a row?

[Alex]

I threw in the towel on Twitter the other day. An interesting experiment but ultimately unsatisfying.

I guess the account is active so if I'm kidnapped int he woods I'll be able to let people know but I'm not getting them anymore.

The noise to signal ratio was atrocious and since a fair number of people don't use the @ I couldn't filter out the significant portion that were me just seeing one side of a conversation.

[Gn2Dlnd]

I'm enjoying posting into the ether and seeing if anything comes back. Most of the people I'm following are following each other, so, even if @ gets dropped, I can usually follow the connection. Once in a while I enjoy a good non-sequiter.

Oh look, a penguin!

[Ghoulish Delight]

I've severely cut back on my twittering frequency but still enjoy checking in on occasion and throwing the odd post in.

[Alex]

Within the circle I was in, I had two glaring omissions in who I had no interest in following but most others did.

Plus, since the text messaging function is the only way the service was of use to me (no access by web at work) with following just 10 people I was getting more than 100 text messages a day and so even vibration was annoying which made me turn off my ringer completely meaning I wouldn't know when I was getting actual calls or text messages of value.

[Gn2Dlnd]

I have only a few of my followees set to alert me, otherwise the damn phone would be constantly going off. That way, when I do check in, 10 or so msgs have stacked up and I can read 'em all in one fell swoop. I guess this wouldn't work if your phone doesn't have internet, though. I also don't receive alerts between midnight and 9 AM.

[innerSpaceman]

my biggest block to twitter is i can't twitter on the go. i have no mobile 'net connection, and my current cell plan won't even let me text to twitter.

I'd really like to get some friends tweeting who i don't see enough of in real life, and who i don't message board with anymore. It would be a good way to maintain some connection. Right now, most of the people i follow or who follow me are from here, the LoT ... and we have, well, the LoT.

So i appreciate my 3 las vegas friends on twitter who don't post on the LoT (well 2 are technically members, but they hardly ever post here). And i'd like to convince some of my other non-LoT friends to join twitter.


I love the haiku aspect of the character limit. Even though i posted 4 tweets in a row a little while ago, they were each on a different subject.


But i wouldn't have to play catch-up like that if i could just tweet in real time like everyone else. But i'm not sure that twitter is enough reason for me to go to the expense of getting a device and plan with mobile internet access.


Yes, i still have a plain old cell phone. How 2006 of me!

[Cadaverous Pallor]

If I had a phone like Alex or iSm I'm sure I wouldn't enjoy twitter either.

Twitter has definitely fit a very specific niche for me. I only tweet selectively, when I have something interesting to say that fits the 160 char lim style. If I have something major I'll say it elsewhere, I don't respond to tweets very much at all, and I don't follow everyone. I cut back a bit and may cut more. Doesn't mean I don't care for the people involved, just means I can't keep up.

[BarTopDancer]

I forget about it most of the time. Then I'll tweet like crazy and then forget about it again.

[LSPoorEeyorick]

I don't have a smart phone either - and I've only managed to log into mobile Twitter once. So for me it's not so much the on-the-go following of friends. I don't get any updates via phone - though I do tweet via text if there's something interesting going on, particuarly if I'm out and about doing things that are unusual. I like seeing people's habits and patterns, and unlike LoT, if there's something urgent or upsetting or very cool going on in someone's life, it's gathered in the one spot (unlike here where I have to make it through all of the appropriate threads before I know all the big news. Which I don't mind doing, but don't always have time for.)

[Gn2Dlnd]

...if there's something urgent or upsetting or very cool going on in someone's life...

Like car wrecks, monsoons, or Victor Garber...

[Kevy Baby]

...or Victor Garber...Would that fall under urgent or upsetting or very cool?

[€uroMeinke]

I'm diggin' the tweets

[Gn2Dlnd]

Would that fall under urgent or upsetting or very cool?

Yes. Yes it would.

[Kevy Baby]

I went to see who two new people were that decided to follow me. When I clicked on their account names. I saw this for each:

This account is currently suspended and is being investigated due to strange activity.

BTW: the people were "nikebren42" and "goodrichrich45"

[lindyhop]

Twitter is now officially so five minutes ago.

dlindyhop

[Gn2Dlnd]

^ Sez the woman doin' the lindy. ;)

[Moonliner]

I went to see who two new people were that decided to follow me. When I clicked on their account names. I saw this for each:



BTW: the people were "nikebren42" and "goodrichrich45"

Damn! I was suspended again? I hope goodrichrich46 is not taken yet. :(




(Yes, that was just a joke, I actually don't have a twitter account.... )

[Morrigoon]

So I was just checking up on my following/followers list. Found a few folks I knew and decided whether to add them or not. A few spammers, and a couple... who are these people? And why are they following me? Like the OC Register reporter. WTF?

I'm a little weirded out.

[Kevy Baby]

For some reason, I decided to look at what EVERYONE on Twitter is posting (click the "Everyone" link on your Twitter Home Page).

A post came up from a user with the name "UnWantedChild (https://twitter.com/UnwantedChild)." Seems someone has written a program/script that will post a series of rotating messages ever couple of minutes or so:

Being abandoned in front of a stranger's home 1 minute ago from web

Being abandoned by a teenager frightened of her parents 2 minutes ago from web

Being abandoned in a high school toilet 8 minutes ago from web

Being beaten by my abusive daddy 9 minutes ago from web

Locked in the basement to hide my parent's shameful secret 10 minutes ago from webWhy?

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Stab in the dark: It's probably tied to an anti-abortion campaign or person.

[Kevy Baby]

Oh, I guessed similar. But what is the point? It is the same five Tweets repeated over and over.

Why are people following this person? Do they really need to see those Tweets over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over?

[Alex]

I'm not sure how highlighting the abandonment of unwanted children would be anti-abortion.

Those are usually hypotheticals of the pro-choice side. My guess, and it is based on absolutely nothing, is that someone did something similar for a fetus being aborted (maybe this one (http://m.twitter.com/unbornchild) found with a guess at a user name) and this is a response to that.

[BarTopDancer]

I'm thinking it's related to safe haven abandonment laws where you can leave a newborn (or is it up to 3 days old) at a hospital, police station or fire station with no repercussions. And maybe anti-prop 4 (I think) that requires parental notification for minors to have an abortion.

In other news, don't accept a friend request from bin Laden. Twitter can be used for terrorist activities. (http://www.informationweek.com/news/mobility/messaging/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=211600844)

[Kevy Baby]

I'm thinking it's related to safe haven abandonment laws where you can leave a newborn (or is it up to 3 days old) at a hospital, police station or fire station with no repercussions.If a three-day-old baby is not considered a newborn, then what is the cut-off time-frame?

But your assumption is correct: the safe haven laws allow up to three days after birth to drop off with no repercussions to the mother (at least in California - I don't know the laws in other states).

While researching this detail, I ran across some interesting facts from the State of California on the Safe Haven law:

Background

The Safely Surrendered Baby Law (SSB) was implemented on January 1, 2001. In October 2005, Governor Schwarzenegger signed legislation extending the SSB Law permanently, effective January 1, 2006.Statewide Statistics

As of June 30, 2008, 251 newborns have been safely surrendered in California while another 149 infants have been found alive following their illegal abandonment.
In the first half of 2008 (January 1-June 30), 31 babies were safely surrendered in California. Los Angeles County leads the state with 59 babies safely surrendered since the program’s inception. The Law
Under the SSB law, a parent or person with lawful custody can safely surrender a baby confidentially and without fear of prosecution within 72 hours of birth.
The SSB law requires the baby be taken to a public or private hospital, designated fire station or other safe surrender site. No questions will be asked.
The SSB law provides a safe alternative to desperate mothers who are unwilling or unable to keep their babies.
Babies who are safely surrendered at a hospital are given medical treatment and placed in a foster home or pre-adoptive home. At the time of surrender, a bracelet is placed on the baby for identification purposes and a matching bracelet provided to the parent or lawful guardian in case the baby is reclaimed.
A parent or person with lawful custody has up to 14 days from the time of surrender to reclaim their baby.
In addition to California, at least 46 other states have such laws in place to discourage baby abandonment. Additional Information
SSB posters and brochures are available, free of charge, to requesting individuals and organizations. Visit our Web site at www.babysafe.ca.gov (http://www.babysafe.ca.gov) for more information.This is from the California Department of Social Services web site (http://www.babysafe.ca.gov/).

[Alex]

Nebraska hurriedly trying to revise their safe haven law so parents will stop dropping off their teenagers, including one from out of state. I'm not kidding (http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-09-25-Left-kids_N.htm), really I'm not (http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/cobb/stories/2008/10/26/nebraska_child_abandon.html).

(Apropos of not much, just an interesting tidbit on unintended consequences I heard about over the weekend.)

[Kevy Baby]

Nebraska hurriedly trying to revise their safe haven law so parents will stop dropping off their teenagers, including one from out of state. I'm not kidding (http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-09-25-Left-kids_N.htm), really I'm not (http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/cobb/stories/2008/10/26/nebraska_child_abandon.html).Take away the fact that it is really sad and this is really quite funny.

[alphabassettgrrl]

The CA law seems reasonable. I feel bad for the kids that have been dumped under the Nebraska law. Newborns are one thing, but teens????? One guy dropped off 5. ??? Dude. Stop having babies. Better yet, don't start.

[Kevy Baby]

One guy dropped off 5. ??? Dude. Stop having babies. Better yet, don't start. Actually, from the first link:One left nine siblings, ages 1 to 17. (emphasis mine)

[alphabassettgrrl]

Astounding.

[bewitched]

Not that it makes it okay, but if I remember correctly, the guy with 9 children dropped off either 6 or 7 of them. His wife had just died and he felt completely overwhelmed. Within a few days, he returned to reclaim his children.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Did that kid get voted off the island? Was he hogging the rice or just slacking around camp?

[Morrigoon]

Not that it makes it okay, but if I remember correctly, the guy with 9 children dropped off either 6 or 7 of them. His wife had just died and he felt completely overwhelmed. Within a few days, he returned to reclaim his children.

If I were his kid I'd have a hell of a time forgiving him.

[Alex]

I can't find any story on them being reclaimed (not that it didn't happen). Though I did find a story of another out of state kid (a girl from Iowa) being reclaimed.

[bewitched]

About them being dropped off (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,428603,00.html)

Apparently they were taken in by an aunt, not the father. (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081002/ap_on_re_us/safe_haven)

It was a big brooha around here, maybe they thought lots of KS parents would be heading over the state line.

[Isaac]

New Twitter;


isaacv3

[belleh5]

I totally forgot that I signed up for twitter.:blush:

[bewitched]

I'm lame, I don't Twitter. I can barely keep up with MySpace.

[Kevy Baby]

Damned Twitter is down

[€uroMeinke]

Yes, but seeing the Fail Whale again made me smile

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Back up

[€uroMeinke]

it's beyond the fail whale - I got this:

[Ghoulish Delight]

The Daily Show on the subject of Twitter (http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com/2009/03/03/jon-stewart-and-samantha-bee-show-us-their-twitters/)

[lashbear]

The Daily Show on the subject of Twitter (http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com/2009/03/03/jon-stewart-and-samantha-bee-show-us-their-twitters/)
"My Stalker just Grunted on my Twitter" :D

[Nephythys]

I loathe MySpace, love Facebook- and do not understand Twitter.

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Twitter is just basicallly Facebook status updates that can be sent to you on the go (or not, if you so choose.) I use it more than Facebook because I have lots of work clients on my Facebook and I don't wish them to know as much about my personal life (or, say, when I'm taking a lunch break instead of "in a business meeting.")

[innerSpaceman]

Yeah Facebook is too public.

The few times I've posted an eyebrow-raising status, I've gotten flooded with email.


I was going to link Facebook and Twitter, but decided against it. I hardly ever update my Facebook status now.


Lately, I've been far too busy to tweet. My life is rapid, interesting, and commentable, but I can't. Ironic.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Yeah, when I realized that I was easy enough to find on Facebook that my Mom possesses the technical skill to find me, I realized I would not be jumping on the "link everything into Facebook" bandwagon. I know I could do some things with privacy settings, but I don't want to spend my time micromanaging it like that. Instead, I just have a simple rule about the kind of info I put on Facebook - it's the same level of personal info that I'd be comfortable sharing at a party where the people on my friends list are guests. Anything beyond that I either don't put on the internet, or only post in place where I can be more selective about who's around.

The simple fact that Facebook is linked to my real name is enough to make me cautious about it.

[BarTopDancer]

I spent the time (cause I have it) to lock down my Facebook pretty well. Those who are on it now can like what I say or remove themselves. My former co-workers are only those who knew me well enough before to know how I am in real life, vs. corporate world.

I have two Twitter accounts, one for the majority of my friends and one for a sub-sect. I doubt most of you guys would love hearing about all my hockey stuff... though it's going pretty good now hehe. Trade deadline is today; things will slow down soon.

[Deebs]

Geez, I can hardly maintain my Facebook and MySpace pages. In fact, both are sadly neglected. Linked In? I don't even remember how to log in. My LJ has been abandoned entirely. I can't even imagine starting with Twitter.

Two days ago I was distressed to have been tracked down on Facebook by someone from the dark past, who should not have even known the name I use there. I know I don't have to confirm the request, but the personal message begs a response of some kind.

[Morrigoon]

I went ahead and linked Twitter with FB. Like everyone, I got cautious when I started friending more distant acquaintances. So I disconnected the Twitter updates. 2 days later, I was too annoyed by not having it cross posting that I decided it's easier just to be careful what I say on Twitter or start private stuff with an @something so it doesn't cross post. So I reconnected the updates.

The nice thing is, Twitter pulls up easier on my phone (I use the web app on my phone, rather than the text app), so I can update FB quickly and easily. I enjoy the fact that on FB you can get responses.

[Snowflake]

I'm so much of a luddite, I rarely change status on Twitter as I find it cumbersome on the web and my phone is not on often enough to update. I'm a textOphobe, I would need a new phone to text like a normal human being. iPhone is what I want, but not in the budget right now. So for now Facebook works and I've reconnected with some great people from my past, so it's been useful. LinkdIn has not done much for me, if I end up being axed in a layoff, it might be useful then since most of my contacts there are business variety.

[Strangler Lewis]

I've become quite the fan of Oversoul. No more tedious typing because with the painless insertion of sub-cranial implants, I can hear what everyone in my network is thinking as soon as they think it.

As to Facebook, I think I've got it pretty well locked down, and I have no plans to post anything particularly personal.

[Kevy Baby]

No Facebook
No Live Journal
No My Space
No Oversoul
Don't update Twitter that often

Just the trusty ol' LoT. If it isn't posted here, I pretty much don't know it is happening.

[BarTopDancer]

I think it's broken again :(

[alphabassettgrrl]

I've been a bit cautious with Facebook, though I like the format. I like that I can actually find replies. I'm not entirely too sure that I like it being linked to my real name, and so far I haven't said too much to cause waves. That may change, though several people I've linked to there are... shall we say, not used to me lately? They've seen only the reasonably safe side.

Twitter... safe, got a lot of you on it, but I don't like the format at all.

Myspace- loathe it. I log in once in a while but I don't stay. I made a go of it but I don't like it.

Live journal... gets updated. Generally pretty safe and I like it. Tend to post random ramblings here; anything juicy is likely to go here first. Then to Facebook, most likely, or LoT.

[bewitched]

Okay, I've had a FB account for 2 years and never did anything with it. Today I moved into the latter half of the decade. If anyone wants to find me, my last name is Withers.

[Morrigoon]

Okay, I've had a FB account for 2 years and never did anything with it. Today I moved into the latter half of the decade. If anyone wants to find me, my last name is Withers.

Not good enough, unless you haven't graduated high school yet. (eg: I can't find ya)

[€uroMeinke]

The iphone has definitely made a difference in which apps I use and how I use them. Twitter & BiteKite rank 1st. I'll read Facebook & MySpace feeds, but usually won't do anything beyond change a status. Live Journal has suffered the most without a quality text editor that can cut and paste - I may need to get a netbook for that.

[bewitched]

Not good enough, unless you haven't graduated high school yet. (eg: I can't find ya)

My settings were for friends only. Can you try again?

[Deebs]

My settings were for friends only. Can you try again?

Ah! I found 7 of you, but not you. You know? I'll try again now.

[Deebs]

Huh. Well, now you show up (I like that pic of you, you look so sasseh) but with no option to add you as a friend.

[Morrigoon]

I got the same thing

[bewitched]

Well, $*%&*@&$*!

Lemme try again.

[bewitched]

Alright, would you mind trying one more time?

[Morrigoon]

Works!

[bewitched]

(I like that pic of you, you look so sasseh)

Thanks! :D

[figment1986]

if anyone wants to follow me (I got tired of following others so I only look at replies with twitterfox now) I'm on there. twitter.com/Figment1986

I mostly say random things, or update a lot when I'm at a themepark and even though it's tied to my facebook... no one reads that anymore. lol

[mistyisjafo]

I just went to a "Tweetup" last night and learned all about how important it is to be apart of the social networking scene. Who knew?! Luckily I'm on Facebook, Linked In and twitter. I try and keep all my social networking about work but its not easy!

Twitter
@Misstjg

[Kevy Baby]

I just went to a "Tweetup" last night and learned all about how important it is to be apart of the social networking scene. Who knew?! Luckily I'm on Facebook, Linked In and twitter. I try and keep all my social networking about work but its not easy!

Twitter
@MisstjgBut you aren't regular enough on the single most important social networking site: the LoT

[mistyisjafo]

So true! I used to be. I haven't been on in ages and finally remembered to log in. How can I overlook the LOT?!!!

[Kevy Baby]

We know when we are snubbed



:sniff:

[Kevy Baby]

Weird: the most recent post on Twitter that I can see (via Twitter.com/home) is one from four hours ago made by StanfordSteph about not rinsing all the soap out of her coffee carafe.

The post itself isn't weird, it is the fact that either 1) none of the people I am following have Tweeted in the last four hours (highly unlikely - you are a effusive bunch), or 2) Twitter is broken.

[innerSpaceman]

I'm a twitter failure. I only noticed yesterday that 18 people have reqeusted to follow my tweets, some of them over a month ago. Ooops. Well, they're going to be awful disappointed. I hardly tweet anymore.


That may change once i finally break down and buy an iPhone when the new version comes out. But I think it will take more than that. I'll have to change behaviors from someone who just flows with what's happening to someone who pauses now and then to tweet about what's happening.


I've already noticed how much of a behavior modificiation it's going to take now that I finally have a camera again to become the person who pauses the flow of things that are photo-worthy to actually take those photos. It's a big and annoying step for me, and I don't know if I'll succeed. So the camera may prove to be a waste. And the cell-bill-doubling iPhone as well.


I'm a walking anachronism of hasbeenhood.

[Stan4dSteph]

Weird: the most recent post on Twitter that I can see (via Twitter.com/home) is one from four hours ago made by StanfordSteph about not rinsing all the soap out of her coffee carafe.

The post itself isn't weird, it is the fact that either 1) none of the people I am following have Tweeted in the last four hours (highly unlikely - you are a effusive bunch), or 2) Twitter is broken.Someone I follow did report a Fail Whale sighting this morning.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Weird: the most recent post on Twitter that I can see (via Twitter.com/home) is one from four hours ago made by StanfordSteph about not rinsing all the soap out of her coffee carafe.

The post itself isn't weird, it is the fact that either 1) none of the people I am following have Tweeted in the last four hours (highly unlikely - you are a effusive bunch), or 2) Twitter is broken.No one tweeted. We were at Lisa's bday.

[Kevy Baby]

No one tweeted. We were at Lisa's bday.My post was at 10:30 this morning - that means that none of my peeps posted from 6:30 to 10:30


ETA: Taking another look, it appears nobody had anything to say then.

[€uroMeinke]

Perhaps they have you on ignore?

[Kevy Baby]

:sniff:

Nobody loves me

[katiesue]

Perhaps they have you on ignore?

I do ;)

[€uroMeinke]

:sniff:

Nobody loves me

Eh, you've got a mother

[Kevy Baby]

Eh, you've got a motherAt best, she tolerates me.

[Deebs]

:sniff:

Nobody loves me

Again with that avatar? It hurts my eyes. I will pledge my undying love if you retire that thing.

[Ghoulish Delight]

http://www.instructables.com/id/The-Twittering-Office-Chair/

No comment.

[Kevy Baby]

Again with that avatar? It hurts my eyes. I will pledge my undying love if you retire that thing.Fine. I changed it!

[Deebs]

Fine. I changed it!

I love you for-evah and evah!

(In a totally innocent, platonic way -- natch)

I much prefer the naked butt dancing baby to that other mutant thing.

Thank you, Kevy!

[Kevy Baby]

I love you for-evah and evah!

(In a totally innocent, platonic way -- natch)Damn

[second class citizen]

Fine. I changed it!


Now he just needs a nipple ring in the right nipple (was it?) to hang his car keys from.

Thanks for the new shoes, KB. I hope my feet will grow into them, as well as other parts of my anatomy. You know what they say about men with big feet.

[Kevy Baby]

Now he just needs a nipple ring in the right nipple (was it?) to hang his car keys from.Yes, it is the right side that is pierced.

Why I felt compelled to answer that; I don't know.

[Moonliner]

Ever the cutting edge crudmudgeon that I am, I've joined up: TWA_Moonliner.

Follow me and see how wonderful your life really is.

[Moonliner]

So other than Lot'ers who's following who?

To start with I have added:

CNN Breaking News - cnnbrk - Breaking news from CNN
WTOP (local news) - wtop - News from Wtop.com
Daniel Negranue - RealKidPoker - Professional poker player.
Bad Astronomer - BadAstronomer - Astronomy blog
XKCD - xkcdrss - Web comic

[BarTopDancer]

I follow @anaheimducks

[Kevy Baby]

... xkcdrss ...At first I thought this was something about cross-dressing. Which I would expect from you.

[Moonliner]

So if you tweet while in the woods and no one is following you, does it make a sound?

[Kevy Baby]

I still giggle over Euro's query as to whether a past-tense Tweet would be referred to as a ****?

[Ghoulish Delight]

Wow, I used to not follow anyone bot LoTters/friends, but suddenly I've got a pretty hefty list -

TheDoLab
coachella
woot
wootoff
wootsellout
DougBenson
JohnenV (Johnen Vasquez)
Johnny_C (Johnen Vasquez in character as Johnny the Homicidal Maniac)
ThatKevinSmith
smosier (Kevin Smith's producer, Scott Mosier, who has never tweeted anything on the account)
tinytwitter (which is just an account for updates on the twitter client I use on my phone)

[Ghoulish Delight]

So if you tweet while in the woods and no one is following you, does it make a sound?I tried to add you, but you don't come up in a search. TWA_Moonliner, right?

[Moonliner]

I tried to add you, but you don't come up in a search. TWA_Moonliner, right?

TWA_Moonliner - Correct. I was afraid I'd made a typo in my own name. I guess it takes some time to index.

Interesting thing however, I just blocked my first follower. (no not GD)
I'm guessing that anyone can see who is following anyone else? I had a follower from "Bluff Magazine" a poker rag that I'd guess picked up on me from my link to the poker player.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Yes, you can view who is following anybody. But you can set your account to private so that you have to approve any followers before they can see your tweets.

[Moonliner]

Yes, you can view who is following anybody. But you can set your account to private so that you have to approve any followers before they can see your tweets.

As I see you have done. Mr. Draw.

[Not Afraid]

You came up as Steve_C.

[Moonliner]

You came up as Steve_C.

That account was a first try as I was playing around with twitter.

All my witty and charming comments will be flowing from the official TWA_Moonliner account. At least until I can locate the scallywag that took the "Moonliner" name on twitter and set them straight.

[Kevy Baby]

Teeny Weenie Airlines - isn't that what TWA stood for?

[€uroMeinke]

Currently I am following:
http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/135735758/-1_normal.png (http://twitter.com/ALBTMdotCOM) ALBTMdotCOM (http://twitter.com/ALBTMdotCOM) / Julie Rasmussen

http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/130632796/g01770002-005_normal.jpg (http://twitter.com/DitaVonTeese) DitaVonTeese (http://twitter.com/DitaVonTeese) / Dita Von Teese

http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/89916545/twittermain_normal.jpg (http://twitter.com/vermillionlies) vermillionlies (http://twitter.com/vermillionlies) / Vermillion Lies

http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/28166502/dolab1_normal.jpg (http://twitter.com/TheDoLaB) TheDoLaB (http://twitter.com/TheDoLaB)

http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/72834680/coachella_twitter2_normal.jpg (http://twitter.com/coachella) coachella (http://twitter.com/coachella) / Coachella

And Occasionally

kogibbq (http://twitter.com/kogibbq)Korean BBQ Taco Truck

[alphabassettgrrl]

ghincapie
TeamAstana
mickrogers
Levi_Leipheimer
TheRealFloydL
lancearmstrong
LAKingsHockey
jonathancoulton
MinneapolisMN
BarackObama

Plus a few other random people.

[Morrigoon]

Ever the cutting edge crudmudgeon that I am, I've joined up: TWA_Moonliner.

Follow me and see how wonderful your life really is.
I'm not finding you

[Kevy Baby]

I am now being stalked by someone new...

[Moonliner]

I'm not finding you

I found you. Which should make it easier to find me.

[Moonliner]

I am now being stalked by someone new...

You just bring out the best in everyone.

[Morrigoon]

Is anyone here named PUADude? Because otherwise I"m gonna block his @ss (I block followers I don't know, because I have to leave my updates public for the cross-posting stuff to work)

[€uroMeinke]

uh-oh - the robot kitty has lost his claw

http://static.twitter.com/images/please_fix.png

[Moonliner]

Hello LeannTrimble (http://twitter.com/LeannTrimble) nice to have you following me but I wonder who you are....

Huh, you are following over 2,000 twitters. Wow that's a lot to read.

Let's check out your website....

Why it's Revtwt.com (http://revtwt.com)


You enjoy tweeting with your friends, but wouldn't it be great to make a little extra cash on the side while you post on Twitter? RevTwt has the solution: we give you links to post on your Twitter account, and you earn money each time someone clicks on your link!


Ahhhh! You are a Twitter whore.

Blocked!

[Betty]

Twhore?

[JWBear]

Twit?

[Morrigoon]

Spam followers are a primary reason that I protect my updates. Kind of a pain when I want to participate in something like #rejectprop8 and have to temporarily unblock them, but worth it in terms of not constantly getting spam followers.

[Morrigoon]

Twit?

Tw@t?

[Betty]

Tw@t?

winner!

[Gn2Dlnd]

Commodore says: "Twoot!"

[Ghoulish Delight]

Twollop.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Spam followers are a primary reason that I protect my updates. Kind of a pain when I want to participate in something like #rejectprop8 and have to temporarily unblock them, but worth it in terms of not constantly getting spam followers.I use hashtags even though I remain locked. I hope that these tweets are counted towards overall numbers for my topics even though they aren't viewable outside my friends.

If not, oh well, fun anyway, and gets others who aren't locked to use them.

[lashbear]

OK, I'll bite: Hashtags?

[Kevy Baby]

Don't bite hashtags; they leave a nasty aftertaste.

[Kevy Baby]

Thinking that Apple may have their own Twitter feed, I decided to look what the user name "Apple" might have to offer.

If you know some of the history that predated LoT, you too may be amused by the Twitter user "Apple (http://twitter.com/Apple)"

:cakes:

[Moonliner]

Has anyone started a "six degrees of twitter" game yet?

Who can connect William Shatner to Ashton Kutcher in the fewest moves?

"-->" = follows

Shatner --> Elizabeth Taylor --> shannonlynn39 --> Britney Spears --> Ryan Seacrest --> Ashton Kutcher.

Can you do it in less?

[blueerica]

If I become friends with Ashton Kutcher, it would be William Shatner --> me --> Ashton Kutcher.

And yes, I am friended to William Shatner.

[Moonliner]

If I become friends with Ashton Kutcher, it would be William Shatner --> me --> Ashton Kutcher.

And yes, I am friended to William Shatner.

For that to work, Shatner would have to be following you and unless you are really Fran Drescher I don't see you on his list. ;)


And why in the hell is Shatner following the Nanny anyways?

[Alex]

They have the same representation and it is an intern their who actually does all the celebrity twittering?

[blueerica]

For that to work, Shatner would have to be following you and unless you are really Fran Drescher I don't see you on his list. ;)

Ahh, so it has to be mutual... Then I dunno how well that would work. It would have to be just mainly between celebs and people who are in their circles.

[Alex]

Just need to find the celebrities that autofollow everybody and then hook in.

[Moonliner]

Ahh, so it has to be mutual... Then I dunno how well that would work. It would have to be just mainly between celebs and people who are in their circles.

Hummm... Let's test that.

I'll try and connect Disneyphile with Weird Al.

[Not Afraid]

I follow Lance Armstrong. That's it. I'm about 239 degrees of separation from anyone.

[alphabassettgrrl]

I've met Wierd Al. I follow Armstrong, too. I only get weirdos following me.

[CoasterMatt]

I'm a freak. Who's that connect me with?

[JWBear]

Amusing...

http://www.outnext.com/.a/6a00d8341f5c9853ef011570f333dd970b-800wi

[Alex]

Good thing I don't have ADHD.

[Kevy Baby]

Good thing I don't have ADHD.Are you a narcissistic stalker?

[Alex]

Well, I do almost always know where I am. And I'd likely ignore a restraining order requiring me to stay 500 feet away.

So, apparently.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

No wonder I love Twitter.

I guess where "poor body image", "lack of conversation skills" and "mansion envy" overlap you have the Sims. ;)

[JWBear]

No wonder I love Twitter.

I guess where "poor body image", "lack of conversation skills" and "mansion envy" overlap you have the Sims. ;)

You forgot "God complex"...

[Moonliner]

New use for twitter:

(well new to me anyways..... )

Instant movie buzz.

Bruno bites, Beth Cooper seems to appeal to woman more than men etc...

[Moonliner]

*Grrrrrrr*

OK, I give up. I've been trying to keep my profile open assuming that only people that somehow know me would care to follow me.

Obviously that is not the case. Pretty much daily I'm forced to block yet another twit on twitter. I actually spent some time trying to figure out how they were finding me. After all, I'm not what you would call a high profile twitter user.

My first thought was that they were just grabbing all the names from one or more of the high profile people I was following. That is obviously part of it. After following a couple of professional poker players (the World Series of Poker is happening now) I was followed by a number of poker/gaming/gambling related twits. However others seem to come literally out of the blue. Looking at who they were following/followed by showed no clear connection. Then last night I sent a tweet that mentioned "Super Soakers". This morning I find two new followers who, shocker, sell super soakers online. Wow.

It makes me wonder what would happen it I sent a tweet with the word 'Viagra' in it.......

Anyway I'm tired of the constant fight to ban these twits. So I'm going to change my profile to locked. I'm not sure that effect that will have on anyone that is already following me.

[Moonliner]

Viagra Update:

Ok, so I sent a Twit with the word "Viaga" in it at 10:00am.

10:01 - First new follower.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

New use for twitter:

(well new to me anyways..... )

Instant movie buzz.

Bruno bites, Beth Cooper seems to appeal to woman more than men etc...I've been looking at the trending topics lately and it's kind of neat to know what's going on in the world at that moment. I had no idea the men's final at Wimbledon was happening, but after I saw the trend I decided to watch it that day. When authorize.com went down I found out what that was. It's interesting what stuff other people are into that I didn't know existed.

[Moonliner]

11:00 - Still just the one new follower. I'm kinda disappointed.....

[Stan4dSteph]

Twitter is great for finding out about travel deals before they hit elsewhere. Typically you get first crack. JetBlue has a new ID JetBlueCheeps just for super cheap fares, some as low as $9 oneway.

[BarTopDancer]

*Grrrrrrr*

OK, I give up. I've been trying to keep my profile open assuming that only people that somehow know me would care to follow me.

Obviously that is not the case. Pretty much daily I'm forced to block yet another twit on twitter. I actually spent some time trying to figure out how they were finding me. After all, I'm not what you would call a high profile twitter user.

My first thought was that they were just grabbing all the names from one or more of the high profile people I was following. That is obviously part of it. After following a couple of professional poker players (the World Series of Poker is happening now) I was followed by a number of poker/gaming/gambling related twits. However others seem to come literally out of the blue. Looking at who they were following/followed by showed no clear connection. Then last night I sent a tweet that mentioned "Super Soakers". This morning I find two new followers who, shocker, sell super soakers online. Wow.

It makes me wonder what would happen it I sent a tweet with the word 'Viagra' in it.......

Anyway I'm tired of the constant fight to ban these twits. So I'm going to change my profile to locked. I'm not sure that effect that will have on anyone that is already following me.

I (blocked profile) had 2 follow requests after my friend (unblocked profile) mentioned wine and Trader Joes as an @ reply.

[Morrigoon]

Yeah, as a blocked profile I still get 1-2 follower requests per week. Usually t!tty girls (I assume... I refuse to click on their profiles, but their avatars usually involve cleavage)

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Funny, I don't get many spam ollower requests. It's been months since my last. Perhaps because I don't tweet about brand names or something?

[Ghoulish Delight]

Aren't your tweets private?

[Moonliner]

Also funny, I have been followed by exactly zero new twits since I sent the "Viagra" tweet. Even the one twit that followed me one min later removed themselves.

I might be on to something here... :D

[Alex]

Mine are and I still get one or two spam followers a month.

My current issue with Twitter is the people I really do want to follow but that also about half their tweets are just retweets. Once in a while is fine to alert me to someone I might want to follow but after that I grow annoyed.

Does anybody know if a tool that filters out retweets?

I do have a second account that is public and it is amazing how any tweet seems to draw a half dozen marketing twitter account followings. Mentioned Providence once and got three different Providence night clubs following me.

[Moonliner]

Aren't your tweets private?

They would seem to be. I did a search for "lunner" and a number of results came up but nothing from her.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Aren't your tweets private?Ah, I was confusing "blocked" with "private".


Speaking of which - I went private so I can be absolutely sure that I can be honest and real without compromising my job and family relations. But I do feel like I'm missing out on the very public side of it. My hashtags are pointless. If I'm following someone and they aren't following me (celebrities) I can't respond to them. If people are searching for info on something, I'm of no help.

And now there are possibilities like this one (http://www.iphonealley.com/news/twittaround-augmented-reality-twitter-app-twitter-in-3d). Sigh. Unless Twitter adopts a per-message privacy setting, I just won't be able to participate in the next step of net evolution.

[Alex]

Open two accounts and use one for public activities and one for more private with a select list of people allowed to read. A hassle, sure (my phone twitter app handles multiple accounts pretty well since it can keep multiple instances open at the same time) but would allow you a venue for saying "Head Librarian Bob Jones can go blow himself" as well as "Oh, @Wil, you're so dreamy and geeky!"

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Open two accounts and use one for public activities and one for more private with a select list of people allowed to read. A hassle, sure (my phone twitter app handles multiple accounts pretty well since it can keep multiple instances open at the same time) but would allow you a venue for saying "Head Librarian Bob Jones can go blow himself" as well as "Oh, @Wil, you're so dreamy and geeky!"Yeah, I could do that, but just considering it gives me a headache. Already I have a distinction between Twitter and Facebook, as FB includes family and acquaintances and has my real name attached....which means I post very little there. I know I would just use the "real me" one and not have enough energy for the "public me" one. Plus, would my friends have to follow both, or do I have to cross post everything "public"? Wouldn't demanding that my friends follow both seem douchebaggy?

Perhaps a good app would make me feel better about it. Next phone, perhaps.

[Morrigoon]

Funny, I don't get many spam ollower requests. It's been months since my last. Perhaps because I don't tweet about brand names or something?

Do you follow any celebrities? Because I follow a couple: Lily Allen, Grant Imihara, etc. That might be the reason I get more spam followers.

[Alex]

Plus, would my friends have to follow both, or do I have to cross post everything "public"? Wouldn't demanding that my friends follow both seem douchebaggy?


Demanding they do certainly would be douchebagery. Simply saying "some topics I'll discuss under this name, some under this one, follow if you'd like" isn't really. Any more than it is douchebagery for you to post some things on Twitter and somethings on Facebook and some things on LoT. It isn't like following two accounts for creates some great Twitter burden for them.

As for the pain in the butt of separating your speaking between two accounts that certainly is a hurdle (though some good apps will make it much easier).

I would like it if Twitter added some level of finesses privacy control, and it should be relatively simple. Perhaps just if you are set public you can limit to followers only by starting your tweet with @f and if you are followers only you can display a tweet public with @p.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I would like it if Twitter added some level of finesses privacy control, and it should be relatively simple. Perhaps just if you are set public you can limit to followers only by starting your tweet with @f and if you are followers only you can display a tweet public with @p.I think the individual tweet privacy setting is inevitable. If they did it that way we'd lose two (three, with the space) characters per tweet, which sucks.

[Alex]

It need not. Twitter would just have to not count "@p" towards the 140 character limit and then filter it out from what it shows when posted. 140 is not the hard technological limit for SMS message lenght, 160 is.

But any individual tweet privacy setting would have to be included in the tweet or exclude use by SMS users.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

It need not. Twitter would just have to not count "@p" towards the 140 character limit and then filter it out from what it shows when posted. 140 is not the hard technological limit for SMS message lenght, 160 is.

But any individual tweet privacy setting would have to be included in the tweet or exclude use by SMS users.hmm. Sounds complex to me, but what do I know? As it is, Twitter the service doesn't provide much, it's all the apps that make it super useful and fun, so it'd be interesting to see how they might change to accommodate new ideas.

[Morrigoon]

I'm debating the merits of re-disconnecting fb from my tweet feed. I have so many people on facebook now, that it's causing me to self censor (for example, because large amounts of family and business friends of my dad's from my childhood are friended on fb, I don't feel free to tweet about my dad's health, lest it set off a panic storm).

Having them connected is REALLY convenient, especially since I like the feedback that facebook allows for, but in the absence of a per-tweet censor, I'm starting to think I need to limit my tweets to just you guys.

Haven't decided for sure yet...

[Stan4dSteph]

I believe there's an app that lets you tag your tweets with #fb for the ones you want to post to your Facebook page. Otherwise, they don't.

[€uroMeinke]

I use BriteKite which has post level privacy settings, alas the private one's stay only in the BriteKite world were access can be managed, but my public posts there, go to Twitter (which I keep private), and then to Facebook, where you can manage access again. At the moment Facebook is purely personal for me and I use LinkedIn to do any professional social networking.

So far the only "strangers" that have friended me on BriteKite have been real people, who commented on pictures, or were in proximity, so I've been fine with that

[Morrigoon]

I apparently need to explore britekite better. I've only really used it to post photos.

[€uroMeinke]

I apparently need to explore britekite better. I've only really used it to post photos.

That's mainly what I do with it, but it feeds into everything else

[Alex]

hmm. Sounds complex to me, but what do I know? As it is, Twitter the service doesn't provide much, it's all the apps that make it super useful and fun, so it'd be interesting to see how they might change to accommodate new ideas.

True, but then advanced functions only work for people using the same app or groups of apps that agree to work together on a feature.

All the solutions on per-post privacy are going to be pretty much equally complex, you're just shifting around who's doing the work and how universal the result will be.

[Kevy Baby]

The British Government has released a document (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32188200/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/) advising civil servants about using Twitter (you know: the service with a 140 character limit). That document is 20 pages; more than 5,000 words.

[Alex]

You're the second person I've seen point to that article.

I guess I'm not seeing the irony that others apparently find in that. Twitter's own help page is several hundred times longer than the character limit of a single tweet and that's just for the overview page.

[Kevy Baby]

Anyone here claim to be "min3d?"

[Moonliner]

Anyone here claim to be "kimbeekai?"

[Deebs]

That'd be me. I forget that we haven't met in person, so you must not recognize my pic.

[Kevy Baby]

I'm still trying to figure who "min3d" is

[Moonliner]

I'm still trying to figure who "min3d" is

If you look at her facebook (http://www.facebook.com/min3d) photo, I think you might get a clue.


Which would be a first for you.

[Kevy Baby]

Any suggestions for a Twitter client for the iPhone? Twitterific V2 has become problematic (lots of problems being reported today) and V3 is too limited (no multiple account support unless you pay).

I am going to try, of all things, Twitter's own client. We'll see how that goes.

Which client do you use?

[innerSpaceman]

I like Tweetie a lot. Never had a problem with it. I dig that it shows your own tweets in green, and any replies to your tweets in blue - an easy visual cue.

Sigh, and don't know why, but I barely tweet any more. I hope that changes.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Be aware that Twitter is about to make a major change to how clients have to communicate with the server. They've given lots of warning, so most major clients have already switched over to the new way, but if you haven't updated your client in a long time, it might break soon.

[BarTopDancer]

I use Seesmic. Not sure if it's available for the iPhone.

[CoasterMatt]

UberTwitter is freakin' awesome for Blackberry.

Too bad I lost mine. :(

[Kevy Baby]

Be aware that Twitter is about to make a major change to how clients have to communicate with the server. They've given lots of warning, so most major clients have already switched over to the new way, but if you haven't updated your client in a long time, it might break soon.Yeah, that is probably why Twitterific V2 stopped working in the last couple of days.

Tried to find Tweetie last night through iTunes, but I could not find. I am having Susan check for Seesmic and UberTwitter.

[Stan4dSteph]

I use Seesmic. Not sure if it's available for the iPhone.I use Seesmic for iPhone when I need to use multiple accounts (my personal and MP account). Most of the time I use Twitterrific.

[innerSpaceman]

So of course, just like clockwork, Tweetie stops working today - and it's no longer findable at the App Store. I'd never heard of this twitter client problem before reading this thread today, so forgive me if I blame this thread for the whole thing - because I know this wouldn't have happened it I hadn't become aware of it.

Anyway, I guess I'm in the market, so let me go back and read other people's suggestions. Bah.

[mousepod]

I use Echofon (the free version). It cloud-syncs with your iPhone, so when you leave your desktop and move to your iPhone, you don't have hours of tweets to re-read. It also supports location, url-shortening, pics, etc.

[innerSpaceman]

Hmmm, i may try that - even though i've just been informed that Tweetie now goes by the strange and confusing name "Twitter" - but should have triggered an update reminder on my phone just like all the other apps do - - - 17 times per week!

[Not Afraid]

I just use the twitter app. I don't like the ads on Echophone.

[Moonliner]

Beware the Rainbow (http://gizmodo.com/5643732/the-twitter-website-is-under-attack) tweet.

[CoasterMatt]

What about the double rainbow tweet?

[Kevy Baby]

What about the Triple Dog Dare?!?

[innerSpaceman]

Is there any truth to the Twitter Virus rumor I've been hearing today? (I won't log on to Twitter because of it.) Purportedly, you can be "infected" simply by mousing over the virus link in some retweets. Is that kind of thing even possible?

[CoasterMatt]

It's been patched.

[Kevy Baby]

That is what Moonie linked to above (http://www.loungeoftomorrow.com/LoT/showthread.php?p=333808#post333808)