Twitter

[€uroMeinke]

Anyone here playing around with this social networking option (http://twitter.com/)? I keep running across it and ask myself if I really need that sort of constant barrage of status messages. And yet, it's popularity and use means I may sign on to better understand how it might be used or abused in the workplace, since keeping up with such things is part of my job duties.

[BarTopDancer]

I've resisted thus far. I think I'd forget to update it after a few days. Or minutes.

[lashbear]

Anyone here playing around with this social networking option (http://twitter.com/)?
Another one? *sigh* :rolleyes:

..I'll see if it works at work.

ETA:
OK, not blocked, but I don't know if I want to join a site where I have to let people know when I'm reading a mag, eating soup, or wiping my bum....

[Isaac]

I recently signed up & trying it out.

I'll let you know after a week.

[Stan4dSteph]

it's kind of fun, but the IM feature is currently not working, so I can't really keep up with it. I don't have free texting on my cellphone.

[BDBopper]

I've tried it. It's okay. However they have outtages all the time. I think Twiter is something that is on the way down instead of up.

[blueerica]

Huh?

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

I signed up for work. When I realized it was just a site for posting status updates, I didn't really get it. But I don't (as yet) have a smart phone. So when I sign in to leave a status update, what comes to mind is, "Sitting in front of a computer..." Some people use it to post status updates to their Facebook while they are on the go. Maybe I'll have more fun with it when I have a new phone, but I don't currently understand the appeal other than "Twitter" is a cute word. Heh.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Twitter is definitely on the way up. It's seriously a new way of staying in contact. The hype says that people that subscribe to each other's Twitter streams are so up to date on each other's doings that they get to know each other in a whole new way.

I kind of want to check it out but I've been resisting in an "I'm too old for this" fashion. I thought Facebook might fill this niche for me but it hasn't. If this is something I can do from my phone it makes it much more viable for me. To be honest, if others here are even vaguely interested, it bumps my interest up a few notches.

[mousepod]

I'm vaguely interested. But I never update my Facebook or myspace... too many cute apps that just don't ring my bell, float my boat, or tickle my fancy.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I'm vaguely interested. But I never update my Facebook or myspace... too many cute apps that just don't ring my bell, float my boat, or tickle my fancy.That's the thing - this is entirely stripped down, no apps or cutesyness (I'm in total agreement, btw)

[Alex]

I have a few friends who use it and have it echoed to their LJ so I see it.

I have yet to see a single Twitter post where I've said "wow, glad to know that."

But then I don't have any desire for people to know what I am doing at every given moment. Nor do I have an active spontaneous social life that would need to be updated on the fly. When I go out for dinner with friends I am not hoping that others will find out and tag along.

The site is blocked from work so no work value there (though I'm constantly on the work filtered IM so they have constant immediate access anyway).

But then I've never even been to the Facebook web site so I am definitely now in the "too old" school of internet users. Left in a corner mumbling that things were better with telnet, DOS command lines, and gopher was the pinnacle of networking on the internet.

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

It feels a bit like stalking, or reading a laundry list journal where the person only writes:

7:00 a.m. I woke up.

7:30 a.m. I am finished getting dressed and now I am eating a bagel.

9:00 a.m. Back at the office. Bah. Traffic was horrible.

I too don't have a desire for people to know what I'm up to every hour of the day; I'm sure it would bore. And I lack the desire to know what you're all up to every hour of the day. I suppose it could replace the postcard if one is away on vacation. I keep waiting for the day when most people use Evite for wedding invitations to save some money.

But some use Twitter to post humorous 1-line observations, and they can be playful and fun. I don't much like the idea that a friendship between two people can be reduced to 1 sentence. And why bother when you can come to the LoT to carry on an actual conversation, or read a thoughtful blog post with the ability to respond, as if there was a pony express dialog taking place (albeit in "public").

MySpace has become a place I go to find new music.

Facebook is something I mostly use for work, though I am having more fun playing around with it than I thought, and long lost acquaintances who didn't find me through MySpace and Friendster have contacted me on Facebook. Mostly it feels like yet another place where everything seems to happen at once but nothing is really happening at all. I do enjoy Text Twirl and Scrabulous, though. Some of the game apps are amusing.

[Alex]

I keep waiting for the day when most people use Evite for wedding invitations to save some money.

There was a long article in USA Today about electronic wedding invitations. It was the weekend edition out when we were at Kings Canyon (someone left that section in the snack bar and I read it when I was eating breakfast Saturday morning).

Apparently Evite is considered kind of crude for it but there are several "classier" services available. Experts were split on whether this marked the end of civilized society or not.

[Alex]

Don't really know what it means but Wil Wheaton (of Star Trek fame) posted this (http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/wwdnbackup/2008/06/moon-over-a-rui.html) on his blog today:

Twitter (http://twitter.com/) is riding the failwhale to failtown. I love Twitter, and watching it die a slow death is breaking my heart. Now that replies and tracking are down, what's the point?

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Yeah, I don't agree with CP that it's on the way up. I think it was trying to be on the way up, and might've been interesting (if you were a jetsetter or, like mp, went to concerts all the time, etc.) but like Friendster, it doesn't have the technology to keep up with itself.

[Kevy Baby]

Maybe I am showing my age and curmudgeonliness, but what is the point for a boring old guy like me? I am really not interested in knowing where all of my friends are at every minute of every day. And I guarantee that my life is nowhere near interesting enough for someone to want to know what I am doing right now.

What am I missing?

[LSPoorEeyorick]

I am mostly interested in the tweets done by people on the move - Pop Candy Blogger Whitney Mathison tweets while she is at conventions, etc, so she can say "just bumped into this famous celebrity and they said this interesting thing." Otherwise I am not that interested in it.

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Experts were split on whether this marked the end of civilized society or not.

Oy vey. And hah!

If it saves money to print up a save the date card for people's fridges (if civilized people insist on having something in print) and have the bulk of the info and responses online, I say more money for vacations, etc.

Granted, I don't want to get married, so maybe I'm not the best judge.

[BarTopDancer]

I think wedding invitations of the future should just go on people's calendars automatically.

And before you plan the date you can use the software to scan the calendars of your guest list to find the date most people [who you want to attend] are free. You could also set it to find the dates that the people you don't want there but have to invite are busy.

[Kevy Baby]

I am in favor of good ol' fashioned engraved wedding invitations (which you actually don't see much any more). But I am biased.

[lashbear]

Besides, who needs Twitter when we have the Soooo thread ??

[FEJ]

Besides, who needs Twitter when we have the Soooo thread ??

I had the same thought here a few months back. (http://www.loungeoftomorrow.com/LoT/showthread.php?p=201877&highlight=twitter#post201877)

I use Twitter a lot. I get updates on basic things, plus use it to promote my own blog. I know a lot of others that use it for promotions or alerts. Yesterday while in LA I was able to get some information just by asking the cloud a question.

Sean Bonner wrote a good post on how he uses Twitter (http://blog.seanbonner.com/2008/06/22/how-i-use-twitter-pt-2/) (and it has links to other Twitter based articles)
The LA Fire Department (http://twitter.com/lafd) uses it to alert of fires, and used it a lot when we had the wildfires.

Nano-blogging or Micro-blogging as it has become known as is the way things are heading. While message boards are fun and informative, the on the fly conversations and events seem to be catching on.

While it is having its growing pains, I think it will survive. I wrote a post (http://fejsez.com)on my blog about it yesterday in fact. The only other one I use regularly is Brightkite (http://www.brightkite.com)

Once more GPS enabled phones are out, I think location based social networking (like brightkite) will really take off. It also helps with the geo-tagging of pictures and events.


I know a lot of people who are frustrated with Twitter, but also know too many people to try and get everyone on another service. And posting the same updates on multiple services gets really old to those who follow you on multiple services. I have tried others.
Each of them has its own purpose.
Pownce (http://pownce.com) is good for sharing files and music, but not as good with the text updates.
GO!TeamInternet (http://goteaminternet.com) is just too much to set up and doesnt seem fluid to me.
Even the new ones like Plurk (http://www.plurk.com) are bound to run into issues as they get more users. I really don't like the feel of it either.

To follow me on any of those, check the link on my site under "Social Networking"

[FEJ]

Anyone here playing around with this social networking option (http://twitter.com/)? I keep running across it and ask myself if I really need that sort of constant barrage of status messages. And yet, it's popularity and use means I may sign on to better understand how it might be used or abused in the workplace, since keeping up with such things is part of my job duties.


You can chose who you get updates from, and also which of those updates you get to your mobile device, if you so chose. Also it is real easy to turn the mobile updates off/on with an "off" or "on" text message.

Twitter would actually be great for Disneyland updates. Create LoT account and update where the group will be, or anounce an impromptu Swanking. The updates can be locked so only those approved can see them. Direct messages can be sent to those who are being followed also.

my $0.02

[Ghoulish Delight]

I think I need to avoid twitter as I don't trust myself enough to resist the urge to sneak a peak at my phone during a meeting so I don't miss a € one liner.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Besides, who needs Twitter when we have the Soooo thread ??Seriously - and I often skip reading that thread and barely post in it, so what does that say? heh

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

Twitter would actually be great for Disneyland updates. Create LoT account and update where the group will be, or anounce an impromptu Swanking. The updates can be locked so only those approved can see them. Direct messages can be sent to those who are being followed also.

my $0.02

Isn't that was NotAfraid is for?

[innerSpaceman]

Considering my recent el jay rant about the inanity of facebook, something tells me twitter isn't for me.

[€uroMeinke]

I am intrigued by some of the applications Fej lays out. My original inquiry stems from reading an article on Google looking to the phone becoming the most common tool for accessing the internet. Twitter seems uniquely designed for "phone browsing" though both MySpace and Facebook have greatly improved their mobile interfaces.

I'm still at odds about the willfull loss of privacy - and wonder when the google earth integration and cell phone GPS will let you see your friends moving about a virtual globe in real time. I haven't check out all the links yet, but it seems that's already in the works.

Perhaps I'm also attracted by the fact that I've started and ditched a half dozen blog entries in the last week and like the idea of distilling things into a series of real-time one-liners. Of course, we all know some people's writting is more compelling than others, and my self consciousness might prevent me from keying in 140 characters that seem dull - I have a facade to maintain afterall.

Anyway, still on the fence, but maybe when I get my new cell phone I'll add this to my list of applications.

[Not Afraid]

12:15 - took a giant poop

3:45 - changed my tampon

4:15 - Embarrassing burp in front of a client

7:23 - Thurston took a giant poop

9:34 - Thurston peed

[mousepod]

ok... i'm pocketsymphony on twitter. let's see what happens...

[€uroMeinke]

I'm Zenarchist

[flippyshark]

My Space, Facebook, Twitter - all of these things seem like work to me. Homework, even. And my phone? I mostly want to use it to actually call people. (I am looking forward to getting a G3 iPhone, which will be a big leap for me. My current model has zero bells and whistles. Maybe that will change my current attitude.) Anyway, as soon as someone mentioned "constantly updating," I knew Twitter was not my bag.

2:12 AM - post awkward not-well-thought-out resistance to Twitter.
2:13 AM - Remove cat from keyboard (repeat every two minutes)

[Kevy Baby]

Seriously - and I often skip reading that thread and barely post in it, so what does that say? hehYou're just going to have to read it to find out.

From the beginning so that you have everything in context.

12:15 - took a giant poop

<snip>

7:23 - Thurston took a giant poopWhose poops are you guys taking?

[innerSpaceman]

My Space, Facebook, Twitter - all of these things seem like work to me.
Exactly.

As long as I've got more meaningful ways to connect with friends on the net, these so-called social networking panaceas will be meaningness drudgery to me.

And I don't see the phone becoming the gateway to the internet for me either. I don't have much of an appetite for the net when I'm on-the-go, and I wouldn't much care to carry around a device large enough to have a screen suitable for that purpose.


For once, I'm satisfied being old enough to be horribly backwards.

[Ghoulish Delight]

I'm still at odds about the willfull loss of privacy - and wonder when the google earth integration and cell phone GPS will let you see your friends moving about a virtual globe in real time. I haven't check out all the links yet, but it seems that's already in the works.Google Android (http://code.google.com/android/what-is-android.html). It's definitely in the works.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

ok... i'm pocketsymphony on twitter. let's see what happens...

I'm ZenarchistHaha, that pushed me over the edge. jenniesloan77

[Ghoulish Delight]

Y'all broke twitter. I can't get the page to load.

[mousepod]

It's been down for about an hour. I guess we weren't the only new joins this week...

[mousepod]

With the current Twitter outage, I thought I'd try out the new site "down for everyone, or just me?" (http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com). The site was created in March, but started getting big press this week.

In a beautiful web coincidence, I got a 502 server error.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Sigh. I'm in. dudecantdraw

[keith - SuPeR K!]

I love twitter! Since I don't have an unlimited txting plan on my phone I just use the mobile browser interface to view and post tweets. Different people use it in different ways and it's interesting to be able to hear about what my friends are doing- especially those in other states. I've learned of rad bars and places I want to check out when I visit the cities where my non-Vegas friends live. It's also nice to be able to update my Facebook status on a whim. Now if only MySpace would allow Twitter to update my status as well... I can dream!

http://twitter.com/keithsuperk

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Like SuperK said, if you have the web on your phone there's no need to use texts, which is good news. Already I think I'll use it...whether anyone will deem my messages interesting is up for debate.


Do I really have to call them "tweets"??

[innerSpaceman]

Doesn't using your phone to access the web cost way more than texting on a non-web phone???

[Kevy Baby]

Doesn't using your phone to access the web cost way more than texting on a non-web phone???I believe all web access plans are unlimited access. I know mine is on T-Mobile. And I don't have unlimited text messaging ($0.10 per text I believe).

[BarTopDancer]

Depends what kind of phone you have.

My BB with data and texting costs less then my regular phone with texting.

[Ghoulish Delight]

We happen to have both unlimited web and text access.

[€uroMeinke]

Technology is failing me today - Our Portal is down, I can't seem to update twitter, but I can sign into LoT. It must be a sign.

[Kevy Baby]

Technology is failing me today - Our Portal is down, I can't seem to update twitter, but I can sign into LoT. It must be a sign.Merging Traffic Ahead?

[innerSpaceman]

So my unlimited texting costs $5/month. What does web access cost??

[Ghoulish Delight]

I think we're paying $15/month for unlimited data.

[Isaac]

Grrrr.

I can't access twitter from Wachovia cause it's 'adult content'. :rolleyes:
Takes too long to load on my razr v3i.

Maybe I will get an iPhone.

[BarTopDancer]

Depends on the provider.

My basic phone service is $39.99 a month. I pay $19.99 a month for unlimited texting and data. But remember, I have a Blackberry.

I think PDA phones have different data rates then regular phones.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

And....my phone is dead. :) Guess I'll have to charge it more often...

[innerSpaceman]

Wait. If you're phone is dead, how did you access the internet???














oh.

[Kevy Baby]

My basic phone service is $39.99 a month. I pay $19.99 a month for unlimited texting and data.I *think* I pay $40/mo for phone internet.

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Do I really have to call them "tweets"??

Better than twats...

[lashbear]

OK, darn you all. Lashbear (well, duh !)

[lindyhop]

This is from someone who can't use her Bluetooth without accidently calling the mean Voice Recognition Lady, but I have to ask...

Are Twitter users known as twits?

:evil:

[Isaac]

The terms 'knit twit' and 'twit wit' comes to mind.

;)

[BarTopDancer]

I *think* I pay $40/mo for phone internet.

I have unlimited texting ;)

ETA - I also have a BB and their data plans are different then the other PDA plans.

[NirvanaMan]

I've been on it for a while and follow it for the benefit of my career, but on a personal level, I find little value in it. But I never update my facebook, don't LJ or any of that stuff. I guess I feel I am too busy doing boring unintersting work stuff to have time to post about doing boring uninteresting work stuff.

[Not Afraid]

Damn.

Damn.


DAMN.

NotAfraid

[€uroMeinke]

So one day in and I get tweets about a theme park decapitation well before it hits the normal media - I guess I'm sold on this one.

[mousepod]

Watching €uro and NA stand next to each other at the Viper Room as they simultaneously Tweet: priceless.

[flippyshark]

People next to me at movie theater tweeting during WALL-E: infuriating

[Alex]

In looking into it I found out that someone I wish I interacted more frequently with, even if it is just this, is on there. So I've joined just so I can interact there. Time will tell if I actually use it regularly for myself. If I do, it will probably be becasue LJ, my normal outlet, is blocked at work.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

My phone died, again. I'm not even twittering that much, but now I seem to care when my phone is unavailable. Hmm.

[FEJ]

So one day in and I get tweets about a theme park decapitation well before it hits the normal media - I guess I'm sold on this one.

I thought you would like that one.

[Brigitte]

I'll bite, I'm mickeyfan97.

[€uroMeinke]

So, I'm sort of surprised that I would attract any follower I didn't already know personally - is there something I don't know about the Twitter stalking community?

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

I signed up - we'll see. I'm bornieo

[Stan4dSteph]

So, I'm sort of surprised that I would attract any follower I didn't already know personally - is there something I don't know about the Twitter stalking community?Some people use it for marketing reasons. You can block stalkers if you want, or make your posts friends-only. It seems that most of the people I might be interested in twittering with are posting when I'm asleep, so I miss most of the action.

[Motorboat Cruiser]

Well, since I just got a myspace page up a few weeks ago, I calculate that I'll likely be using Twitter no sooner than 2010. That's how "cutting edge" my lifestyle apparently is.

[Kevy Baby]

Well, since I just got a myspace page up a few weeks ago, I calculate that I'll likely be using Twitter no sooner than 2010. That's how "cutting edge" my lifestyle apparently is.I am more Luditey than you: I have no:

Myspace
Live Journal
Skype
Twitter
Life

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Twitter is the new Haiku.

How much can you pack into 140 characters?

[Lauragar]

Here is my two cents on the twitter matter:

My better half uses it to keep up with his contact at SND (society of newspaper design). He also used it to update these contacts (friends) during the WB repo cruise. You can do a private post to only your fiends. Its like a public blob, but you can make it private.

I'm just getting into posting and LoT is my first and will stay my first and only.

Hope this helps.

[BarTopDancer]

I scummed to peer pressure. DucksChickie. No idea if I'll update it on a regular basis. I suppose it wouldn't be much harder to update them MySpace and Facebook. Since I think Twitter would update Facebook. I should look into that.

[BarTopDancer]

I already find it annoying to get updated on my phone through SMS.

Will stick to checking the site via mobile web.

[Kevy Baby]

I scummed to peer pressure.How did I miss this the first time?

[Ghoulish Delight]

Yeah, I never turned the sms updates on.

[Gemini Cricket]

I signed up with Twitter and have no idea what it is.
:D

[Not Afraid]

So, what's your name Mister?

[Kevy Baby]

I signed up with Twitter and have no idea what it is.
:DYou have no idea what Twitter is or what you name is?

[Morrigoon]

One person on my LJ flist recently started posting Twitter updates. Based on my experience thus far... well, let's just say I didn't even bother clicking on this thread till today when I saw it had gone on for 3 pages. But I'm game, I'll give it another chance.

Morrigoon

[Gemini Cricket]

So, what's your name Mister?
GeminiCricket

Don't you know me, NA? Do you have amnesia?
:D


Just kidding, but it is GeminiCricket.
:)

[Not Afraid]

GeminiCricket

Don't you know me, NA? Do you have amnesia?
:D


Just kidding, but it is GeminiCricket.
:)

Now, post something fascinating....... or something about your bodily functions.

[Gemini Cricket]

Now, post something fascinating....... or something about your bodily functions.
I once pooped in a zen garden.

[Morrigoon]

Twitter is the new Haiku.

How much can you pack into 140 characters?

You've inspired me. In order to justify my signing up for yet another social networking site, I've decided to try to write my updates in haiku.

(That'll last, what, a day?)

[innerSpaceman]

Do any of these social networking annoyances help you meet NEW people???


I don't need less expressive or useful ways to keep up with the people i already know (though cloning would be the biggest boon to my misteps in that area) ... but meeting new people would make some of this junk perhaps worthwhile.

[€uroMeinke]

Do any of these social networking annoyances help you meet NEW people???


Sure you can browse people tweets - search on them by location, see who tweeting about you and stalk them

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Sure you can browse people tweets - search on them by location, see who tweeting about you and stalk themSounds like work to me

[Not Afraid]

Twitter is down for maintenance. What will we do?

[Morrigoon]

LoT?

[€uroMeinke]

Have we twit our last **** for the day?

[Snowflake]

Have we twit our last **** for the day?

Sigh, snowflake is taken, dammit.
Rudyfan is me, duh

[Isaac]

Do any of these social networking annoyances help you meet NEW people???
Dunno if Twitter will do that but you can try.
I've met an unsually large number of young men thanks to other message boards, Facebook, and especially MySpace. Just give it a try iSm.


Here's just a few of the guys that I found online (or did they find me ?) over the past few months:
NICK
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v686/zapppop/met%20online/nick.jpg


KENNY
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v686/zapppop/met%20online/kenny.jpg


MIKE
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v686/zapppop/met%20online/mike.jpg


MATT
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v686/zapppop/met%20online/matt.jpg


JOE
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v686/zapppop/met%20online/joe.jpg


HENELI (AKA HENRY)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v686/zapppop/met%20online/henry.jpg


STEVE
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v686/zapppop/met%20online/stevenb08.jpg


JAVIER
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v686/zapppop/met%20online/javier.jpg


RAUL
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v686/zapppop/met%20online/raulgreen.jpg


PAUL
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v686/zapppop/met%20online/paul.jpg


BRENT
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v686/zapppop/met%20online/brent.jpg


Now will you consider social networking ?

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

They all have the same haircut...

[Isaac]

LOL!

I never realized that !

[Cadaverous Pallor]

As I've never dated online, I'm curious - Did they really look like their photos?

[innerSpaceman]

And you're still single, why????



(Ok, so we'll have a bit to talk about on the ride to Vegas.)

[Isaac]

As I've never dated online, I'm curious - Did they really look like their photos?
Of the ones I've met, pretty much. Usually they look better in person.And you're still single, why????
...because that's what I want right now. If you like, you're welcome to my disgard pile. LOL!

[mistyisjafo]

I'm already a member of a million other sites. I can't take it! Make them go away!!

[Not Afraid]

So, if you meet someone on Twitter and fall in love will you be Twitterpated?

[blueerica]

Twitter-related news story. (http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/07/10/maree.freed/index.html)

[blueerica]

And I've decided to sign up. I'm on there as blueerica.

[katiesue]

I'm in - Snoozinvil

[€uroMeinke]

And I've decided to sign up. I'm on there as blueerica.

Hmmmm - didn't think Ericalive was you

[Gemini Cricket]

So, our mousepod has explained Twitter to me and now I'm Twitterfied. I still don't now if I completely get it, but oh well. I can be tracked now...
lol!

My twitter name:
GeminiCricket

Pretty original, eh?
:D

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Changed mine to codexjen

[Kevy Baby]

Been twitterified. If you can't figure out my user name (hint: just remove the space), you do not deserve to tweet me.

HEY GC: since you are private, I was unable to add you.

[Gemini Cricket]

HEY GC: since you are private, I was unable to add you.
No dorks allowed.
:p

[Kevy Baby]

No dorks allowed.
:pI must not be a dork then because I can see you now :snap:

[Gemini Cricket]

I must not be a dork then because I can see you now :snap:
No, you still qualify for dorkitude. I just felt sorry for you.



:D

[Kevy Baby]

Who is mickeyfan97?

[innerSpaceman]

Oh, this sucks. Everyone's on twitter but me. I don't have internet on my portable device. I have no desire to really telegraph my every move, even when it might be mildly interesting.

But I get the feeling all my friends are cyber-hanging out all day, and I'm exlcuding myself and missing out on lots of fun.


This is making me very :(

[Gemini Cricket]

Only cool people Twitter, Steve. Just an fyi.

:D

[Kevy Baby]

Oh, this sucks. Everyone's on twitter but me. I don't have internet on my portable device. I have no desire to really telegraph my every move, even when it might be mildly interesting.

But I get the feeling all my friends are cyber-hanging out all day, and I'm excluding myself and missing out on lots of fun.We don't want you to sign up as we are talking about you. :D

[LSPoorEeyorick]

My mobile web is almost never able to log me in to Twitter. But I post by text or online, and check online. So, Steve, you should certainly be OK to use it. (I don't enjoy when people tweet about, say, bowel movements. [how many will we get now after I've said this?] but I do enjoy seeing people's patterns, their immediate updates, and the strange things they see, etc.)

[BarTopDancer]

I mostly update from the web.

You can also update via text, you don't need mobile web.

H, are you trying to go to m.twitter.com (without the wwws)?

[DreadPirateRoberts]

(I don't enjoy when people tweet about, say, bowel movements. [how many will we get now after I've said this?]

I suggest you not follow KevyBaby. :)

[Not Afraid]

I prefer posting about dog and cat bowel movements as well as stray hairs found in inconvenient places.

[Not Afraid]

Who is mickeyfan97?

Bridgette.

[Kevy Baby]

Bridgette.TY

[BDBopper]

Well now that Twitter is back on the rise I am on there again. I'm BDBopper if you want to follow me.

[innerSpaceman]

The thing is, if I can't post from my mobile, I will have nothing to post. You see me on the LoT all day ... i am in front of a computer at work and at home 90% of my weekday life. But nothing is going on except that I'm stuck at work or sitting at home. Perfect for random and general topics such as are found here on the LoT.

But not good for twitter updates. I'm still sitting here at work? I'm posting on the LoT? What kind of boring sh!t is that?

No, I'm afraid the only fun stuff I could twitter about would be when I'm on the go.

I guess I could add internet to my mobile device, but ... and please get out your violins now ... I'm in such poor financial shape that $10 extra a month on some bill is an extravangance I can't justify.


:(

[Ghoulish Delight]

The thing is, if I can't post from my mobile, I will have nothing to post. You see me on the LoT all day ... i am in front of a computer at work and at home 90% of my weekday life. But nothing is going on except that I'm stuck at work or sitting at home. Perfect for random and general topics such as are found here on the LoT.If you can send text messages you can post from your phone.

[Brigitte]

I'm mickeyfan97 :) I only post the most riveting things that happen around here though ;)

[Gemini Cricket]

So if you're on Twitter, does that make you a twit?

[Kevy Baby]

It was decided that a previous tweet would be called a twät

[Kevy Baby]

It is really weird getting all these emails saying that so and so is "following you." I keep looking behind myself to see who is stalking me.














Yes, I know I can turn the notifications off, but I am too insecure and need to know who loves me and who is snubbing me.

[Brigitte]

Aww :)

I've had a couple people randomly follow me, which is a bit odd, I blocked the ones I didn't know, so if it was someone here, sorry, let me know who you are next time ;)

[Gemini Cricket]

Let's dance, you can do a little two-step
I'll go anywhere that you step to, 'cause I'm following you.
My feet might be falling out of rhythm,
Don't know what I'm doing with them, but I know I'm following you.

[lashbear]

I love that song ! I really must get the Dick Tracy album one day... just to get that one and "I'm going bananas"

[€uroMeinke]

No, I'm afraid the only fun stuff I could twitter about would be when I'm on the go.



Don't worry about it, Isaac, Kieth and Leigh Ann have got you covered

[Isaac]

Don't worry about it, Isaac, Keith and LeighAnn have got you covered

That depends on what your definition of fun is.

[CoasterMatt]

Even I signed up, not that I'll ever use it

[Morrigoon]

I'm debating giving up on the haiku. (Big surprise, right?) Just a lot of trouble and it keeps me from updating.

[€uroMeinke]

I'm debating giving up on the haiku. (Big surprise, right?) Just a lot of trouble and it keeps me from updating.

How about switching to Iambic Pentameter?

[Gemini Cricket]

How about switching to Iambic Pentameter?
Or how about onomatopoeia?

[DreadPirateRoberts]

I'm debating giving up on the haiku. (Big surprise, right?) Just a lot of trouble and it keeps me from updating.

my dear morrigoon
why give up on the haiku?
no one else does it

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I'm debating giving up on the haiku. (Big surprise, right?) Just a lot of trouble and it keeps me from updating.When I said "haiku", I meant that Twitter is a form as haiku is. As I said, Twitter has its own limitation - 140 characters.

[innerSpaceman]

Don't worry about it, Isaac, Kieth and Leigh Ann have got you covered

That depends on what your definition of fun is.
Does this mean I have to sign up, if only to defend myself??


Or do I cede twitter to zapppop, while I claim the high ground of el jay?


(It has already been determinined that the LoT is the Switzerland of CyberWorld.)

[Gemini Cricket]

(It has already been determinined that the LoT is the Switzerland of CyberWorld.)
Well, yes and no...

[CoasterMatt]

(It has already been determinined that the LoT is the Switzerland of CyberWorld.)

Gimme some fondue already then!

[BDBopper]

Believe it or not I have never had fondue before. I bet it is fantastic

[Kevy Baby]

Believe it or not I have never had fondue before. I bet it is fantasticOr it could suck ;)

[Moonliner]

It also tends to be a bit cheesy.

[BDBopper]

It also tends to be a bit cheesy.

Groan! :eek:

[innerSpaceman]

Oy, I'm such a cloying, pathetic follower.


ZliKiSm




but twitter has already "told" me I can't text them with my "current" cell phone plan ... so I already doubt I'll be using this much, because my own-the-go ability has been pre-stifled.

[Kevy Baby]

Oy, I'm such a cloying, pathetic follower.


ZliKiSmI guess we should stop talking smack about you there then

[BarTopDancer]

@ KevyBaby why start now?

[Prudence]

I'm such a follower.

I'm also ethelberga.

[Kevy Baby]

@ KevyBaby why start now?This post made me crack up the first time I read it and again now. Visible mojo.

[Kevy Baby]

I'm also ethelberga.Are you sure? I could not find you as either Prudence or ethelberga

[innerSpaceman]

Ok, I'm liking Twitter. So now I must dump T-Mobile and get a service that let's me twitter from my phone (and, ya know, call directory assistance. Sheesh.)

[Gemini Cricket]

Are you sure? I could not find you as either Prudence or ethelberga
I couldn't find ya either.

[Prudence]

I'm positive. I hadn't put in an update yet, though. Maybe that was an issue?

[Kevy Baby]

You should still show up. Is the spelling correct (ethelberga)?

[Prudence]

Yeah. I just started following you, btw, so hopefully I'll appear there. None of you were showing up in a search either, so I added folks by skimming through other people's lists of followers and whatnot.

[Kevy Baby]

Yeah. I just started following you, btw, so hopefully I'll appear there. None of you were showing up in a search either, so I added folks by skimming through other people's lists of followers and whatnot.And there you are. Not sure what is happening with Twitter today. I tried searching for people I know exist and Twitter sez they don't.

[Gemini Cricket]

If I see the whale with the birds one more time, I'm gonna riot.
:D

[Ghoulish Delight]

I believe if she has "protect my updates" clicked, her username won't show up in a search, you'll only find her once she adds you.

I believe.

[Gemini Cricket]

I believe.
I believe too, GD. I do.

[Kevy Baby]

I think it must be a Twitter problem. She is not locked. Earlier, I couldn't locate anyone in a search (but that is not a problem anymore). It could just be that the Twitter search database is slow in indexing.

[Prudence]

I don't have updates protected yet - although I will soon for obvious reasons. I wanted to get y'all added first.

[Kevy Baby]

Twitter is currently down for maintenance.
We expect to be back in about an hour. Thanks for your patience.

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

[Kevy Baby]

I think the update broke Twitter. It says I am following no one and only one person is following me.

[katiesue]

I'm having the same problem. I'm unfriended :(

[Isaac]

And there you are. Not sure what is happening with Twitter today. I tried searching for people I know exist and Twitter sez they don't.

Maybe no one likes you.

LOL J/K ;)

[Alex]

Interesting. I've lost all my connections but if I search them out I see they all still have all of theirs except for me.

[katiesue]

It's a conspiracy I'm sure of it!

[Kevy Baby]

Interesting. I've lost all my connections but if I search them out I see they all still have all of theirs except for me.I did the same search, but most of people I looked at had the same problem. Fej was one of the people with a lot of followers/followees.

BTW Alex: what is your Twitter handle?

[Alex]

Not to be rude, but I'd rather not say. I'm not looking to expand my circle of participation beyond what it already is.

Interestingly, I just went to another one who still has their followings/followers and I'm listed there but they still aren't listed on my page.

[BarTopDancer]

I show 2 followers and 2 following. But all my friends are listed below and all the updates are there.

[innerSpaceman]

Hmm, I didn't delve, but I just twittered, and it seemed like there were updates from most of my usual followees.

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

I show 2 followers and 2 following. But all my friends are listed below and all the updates are there.

I have 6 and am following 6, but all are still pictures below. Can't see their updates, though. Ah me, oh my.

[DreadPirateRoberts]

Did you see this (http://status.twitter.com/post/43329900/updated-follower-following-counts)?


We’re still in the process of recovering from the missing follower/following problem that occurred earlier today. Over the next several hours, you may see inaccurate counts or timeline inconsistencies as the correct data is propagated to all parts of the system.

One thing to note: Even after this recovery is complete, your counts may appear lower than previously. In almost all cases, this is not due to missing data. The counts we display on your profile page are not always up-to-date. For example, when we remove spammers from the system (which we’ve been doing a lot lately), the follower counts are not updated in real-time.

As we push out the changes to fix this afternoon’s problem, the counts will be updated to reflect the latest numbers

[Kevy Baby]

Not to be rude, but I'd rather not say. I'm not looking to expand my circle of participation beyond what it already is.I'm not hurt. No.

I'm fine



<sniff>



Really... it's not a problem




<sniff sniff>






My feelings aren't hurt

[innerSpaceman]

OMG, if twitter fails, how will we know what the rest of us are up to each 10 minutes or so?

We can't go back to no cell phones. Can we go back to no twitter???

[Prudence]

Add me back, people! First you get me addicted, then I'm rudely cut-off with nary a warning!

[Ghoulish Delight]

It's still showing everyone's updates on the front page but I'm having to go back in and click follow for everyone.

[BarTopDancer]

I'm just leaving it alone until at least tomorrow. hopefully they'll have it back up to normal then.

[innerSpaceman]

When they first came back up, i had all my followees still faithful. It was only after i read about the troubles in this thread that most of them went astray.


I blame the LoT.

[blueerica]

I noticed that I am blocked out due to too many tweets a lot of the time.

No observation other than that.

I will go back in and check at some point.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Interesting - a few of my followers show up on the list. Not all, not none, but a few.

[innerSpaceman]

Yeah, and, well ... with how dreary most of my tweets have been this horrible week for me, I suspect a fair number of people will not re-enlist to follow me.


Sigh.



What does the U.S. Military do about this problem??

[Kevy Baby]

To test, I posted a Tweet for €uroMeinke (he used to follow me, but doesn't show as following me now). Let's see what happens.

[Alex]

I am getting twits from some of the people I follow even though they don't appear on my home page list. But they do not, in return, get tweets for me.

At least not with the one person I've tested with.

[mousepod]

My homepage says I'm following one person (who I added on Saturday), but since midnight, I have gotten tweets from LSPE, GeminiCricket, €uro, Kevy, CP, FEJ... and a couple of others.

[innerSpaceman]

Um, if the LoT were this buggy, we'd be out of business in a week.


F A I L

[katiesue]

On my profile everyone I was following still had the photo at the bottom of the profile thingie. I clicked on each one and added everyone I was following back.

[Kevy Baby]

On my profile everyone I was following still had the photo at the bottom of the profile thingie. I clicked on each one and added everyone I was following back.Did the same thing.

[innerSpaceman]

Nope, doesn't work for me. Only the four "leftovers and two new adds of this morning have their pics at the bottom of my profile.

Ugh, I'm going to have to comb thru this thread to get the names of everyone I used to stalk ... er, follow.

[Kevy Baby]

Nope, doesn't work for me. Only the four "leftovers and two new adds of this morning have their pics at the bottom of my profile.

Ugh, I'm going to have to comb thru this thread to get the names of everyone I used to stalk ... er, follow.Hmm...

Earlier, I posted a test Tweet and asked Chris to respond. He has posted two tweets since then, but has not responded to me.

However, MousePod (who is not currently listed as following me) DID see the test. KatieSue also saw the post, but she is listed as a follower.

[alphabassettgrrl]

I've been wondering what the deal was with Twitter. Hmmm... Not planning to sign up. We'll see, but no plans. The advantage here is that it can be just text, right? That's more appealing than the myspace app things which annoy me.

[Ghoulish Delight]

On the plus side, the mysterious spammer that I had blocked but still showed up on my follower page is gone.

[BarTopDancer]

Now I have 6 pictures but it shows I am following/followed by 9 people.

[blueerica]

I started to re-add everyone... then I realized I was simply to lazy to go on with it. :) I'll wait until its fixed more before I take that kind of time out of my day off... hehe..

[innerSpaceman]

Ok, I'm getting updates from people who's pictures don't show as my followees. Just to be on the safe and pain-in-the-butt side, I re-added everyone who's pictures don't show. Sorry if this causes any inconvenience ... tho i guess it shouldn't.


This is why I'm a late adopter. I like the kinks to be worked out.








(Sometimes I like them to be worked out on me .... but that's a different story.)

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Eh, I'm not touching anything for a few days at least.

[innerSpaceman]

Your husband won't be happy to hear that.

[Kevy Baby]

This is why I'm a late adopter. I like the kinks to be worked out.Yeah, but by then, it will be passé

(Sometimes I like them to be worked out on me .... but that's a different story.)Hmm... maybe I'll give you a call.

[Kevy Baby]

Weird. MOST of the people who used to follow me are back (I manually added back in all the people I wanted to follow). There are two people who I follow that are still showing as not following me (I'm pretty sure those used to follow me).

So, I *think* they fixed things. Mostly.

[€uroMeinke]

Well, that explains a lot

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Your husband won't be happy to hear that.See, it's this game you play, where your hands are restrai.....




eh never mind

[Stan4dSteph]

Apparently the problems are due to their efforts to boot twitter spammers. Rather inelegant execution, IMO. I had to readd a bunch of people. I hope it sticks today, since I can't access twitter from work.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Ironically, if that was their plan, they've even failed at that. The one spammer that I had blocked but was still showing up in my Followers is indeed gone...only to be replaced by another one.

[Kevy Baby]

Ironically, if that was their plan, they've even failed at that. The one spammer that I had blocked but was still showing up in my Followers is indeed gone...only to be replaced by another one.I guess I am not that interesting. No one is stalking me.

[innerSpaceman]

Whoa, twitter just wigged out on me. For some reason, I had to sign in again, and it took me to some code page with no way out. WTF?


Can we just tweet on the LoT and have done with it??

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Whoa, twitter just wigged out on me. For some reason, I had to sign in again, and it took me to some code page with no way out. WTF?


Can we just tweet on the LoT and have done with it??This happened to me, so I just typed in twitter.com again and BAM, it's all back to normal, I think.

Yes, you can tweet on the LoT, it's called the Soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo thread.

[Kevy Baby]

Yeah, but if post there, Alex might see it. If I tweet on Twitter, I know he won't see it.

[innerSpaceman]

Fixed for me, too. But I don't feel like tweeting today. It may, as my early-morning tweet says, be my first drama-free day in a long while, but I'm so sad from yesterday and I want to wait till my tweets can be more upbeat.


(I've no such compunction about LoT posts apparently)

[BarTopDancer]

Looks like it's fixed.

[keith - SuPeR K!]

This thread is amusing.

[Kevy Baby]

This thread is amusing.How so?

I mean, any more than any other thread on LoT?

[Kevy Baby]

For the fans of Eureka, you can follow SARAH (http://twitter.com/_S_A_R_A_H_) on Twitter.

[Alex]

In other words, you can sign up to receive commercials? Spam is getting cleverer.

[Ghoulish Delight]

In other words, you can sign up to receive commercials? Spam is getting cleverer.
People Magazine beat 'em to it by several decades.

[Kevy Baby]

In other words, you can sign up to receive commercials? Spam is getting cleverer.I am hoping that (now that we are past ComicCon) that the Tweets will be interesting. If not, I shall delete.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Anyone else following celebrity or informational twitters? I just signed up for Barack Obama's. Too bad I didn't do it earlier so I could follow his world travels.

[Kevy Baby]

Too bad I didn't do it earlier so I could follow his world travels.You should be able to at least go back and read about it now. Not as much fun as following it in "real time" but could still be an interesting read.

[innerSpaceman]

Wow, I have just as much desire to follow celebrity twitters as I have to read about their personal lives in supermarket newstand rags .... i.e., none.


Are their twitters juicier than ours? Do they post about themselves the same things the press does? Ya know, adultery, wife beatings, breakups, nude bathing???

[alphabassettgrrl]

I don't normally follow celebrity anything but I do confess I have bookmarked Bai Ling's blog.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Twitters are just like blogs - there are some on all fronts.

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Yeah, we're starting to do Twitter feeds for some of our movies now. (That was why I got on Twitter originally.)

I follow Pop Candy blogger Whitney Matheson, for her real-time convention/etc updates. I also follow LAUpdates for info on what's happening around town.

[Alex]

Since Twitter is only of use to me by text message (it is blocked at work) I need to keep the volume down or I'll start missing actual important text messages and phone calls.

All I ask of any data stream is that the contents are of interest to me. When limited to 140 characters, the realm of potentially interesting stuff is drastically reduced. Almost to the point that the only reason it is interesting is because of who is saying it, not because of what is said. There are exceptions (a prominent film critic twittering first reactions while exiting each screening would be interesting to me independent of the exact person involved) but a Barack Obama press aide twittering as Obama isn't one of them. Nor is a fictional character.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

There are exceptions (a prominent film critic twittering first reactions while exiting each screening would be interesting to me independent of the exact person involved) but a Barack Obama press aide twittering as Obama isn't one of them. Nor is a fictional character.A quick defense - The twitters say where Obama is, what he's up to. Not "Gotta pick up drycleaning" or "Stupid line at Starbucks", but "gave speech" etc. It doesn't have to be the man himself twittering. I think of it as news feed.

[Tom]

I am on. Sigchicken is my name in the twitter world.

[Alex]

A quick defense - The twitters say where Obama is, what he's up to. Not "Gotta pick up drycleaning" or "Stupid line at Starbucks", but "gave speech" etc. It doesn't have to be the man himself twittering. I think of it as news feed.

Oh, I know what it is. That just isn't a stream of content that is any interest to me. Obama really twittering what his day is like might be. I don't care that he just landed in Pierre, North Dakota.

[innerSpaceman]

Currently down for "Unplanned" Maintenance. If all my contacts are erased again, I'm going to consider quitting twitter till they get their sh!t together.

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Anyone else following celebrity or informational twitters? I just signed up for Barack Obama's. Too bad I didn't do it earlier so I could follow his world travels.

I just started following Xeni Jardin. She's my boingboing.net crush.

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Ha ha - our earthquake twitters bumped everything off my front page, all within 1-2 minutes.

[€uroMeinke]

The Earthquake made Twitter a hero. Evac'd the building everyone on their cell phones - Disaster recovery people running around trying to get ahold on things - and here I stand, cell phone in hand - refreshing and reporting my Tweets:

Looks like it was felt in Santa Monica...
Brea...
Long Beach...
Preliminary estimates 5.8
Chino Hills...
All MY loved ones are safe...

It was that awesome joy of childish one-upmansship.

What's that - oh I'm using twitter - but it's blocked by our company as a "dating" site - dating and disaster recovery

Heh

I was giddy for hours even if dissappointed that we didn't hit the 6 mark

[swanie]

The earthquake has finally brought me over to the darkside....my ID is swanies.

:)

[JWBear]

Ok.... I'm a twit now. JWBear (What else?)

[Not Afraid]

YAY for Twitter being the ONLY form of communication available post-earthquake.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Funny, I was so single minded about getting home to check on the buns that I didn't think to twitter.

[BarTopDancer]

Twitter and text. The news had someone from VZW on last night and suggested that people become more familiar and comfortable with "alternative methods of communicating via cell phone" for future reference.

[Kevy Baby]

YAY for Twitter being the ONLY form of communication available post-earthquake.Well, there was the LoT as well! It never went down.

[Gn2Dlnd]

I am now twitterpated.

gn2dlnd (What, you thought I'd change it?)

LSPoorEeyorick, did you post a twit id? Wherefore art that?

[innerSpaceman]

It didn't matter that the LoT and Twitter didn't go down in the quake, because my cell phone service and internet access did.

[DreadPirateRoberts]

Well, there was the LoT as well! It never went down.

LoT required dinner and a movie first.

[innerSpaceman]

What's proper twitterquette for not really wanting requesters to follow you and not really wanting to know what they do minute to minute?

I have several people who's follower requests I've simply ignored, as opposed to denied. I'm not sure what to do without causing offense.

[BarTopDancer]

Probably just ignore them without posting them.

One of the updates allows you to accept people to follow you, but you don't have to follow them in return anymore.

[JWBear]

€ and NA aren't following me. I feel like the Plain Jane at the school sock hop....

[€uroMeinke]

I don't see you?

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Well JW isn't following ME, either!

[belleh5]

I am now twitterpated

Me too!! Same name, belleh5.


I had no idea what twitter was, until I talked to Zap earlier on phone......

[JWBear]

Well JW isn't following ME, either!

What's your name on Twitter?