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alphabassettgrrl · 07-28-2008, 10:08 AM

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

Cadaverous Pallor · 07-28-2008, 10:09 AM

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

LSPoorEeyorick · 07-28-2008, 11:16 AM

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 · 07-28-2008, 11:45 AM

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 · 07-28-2008, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex

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.

Alex · 07-28-2008, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

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.

Tom · 07-28-2008, 01:04 PM

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

innerSpaceman · 07-29-2008, 09:17 AM

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.

LSPoorEeyorick · 07-29-2008, 11:55 AM

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

€uroMeinke · 07-29-2008, 07:02 PM

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

07-28-2008, 10:08 AM	#1
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07-28-2008, 10:09 AM	#2
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LSPoorEeyorick scribblin' Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: in the moment Posts: 3,872	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.
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07-28-2008, 11:45 AM	#4
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	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.
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07-28-2008, 01:04 PM	#7
Tom Valued member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 541	I am on. Sigchicken is my name in the twitter world.
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07-29-2008, 09:17 AM	#8
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	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.
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07-29-2008, 11:55 AM	#9
LSPoorEeyorick scribblin' Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: in the moment Posts: 3,872	Ha ha - our earthquake twitters bumped everything off my front page, all within 1-2 minutes.
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07-29-2008, 07:02 PM	#10
€uroMeinke L'Hédoniste Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A.S.C.O.T. Posts: 8,671	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 __________________ I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance. Friedrich Nietzsche
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