Twitter
 

Anyone here playing around with this social networking option? 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.

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

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....

I recently signed up & trying it out.

I'll let you know after a week.

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.

Huh?

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.

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.

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.