Twitter

€uroMeinke · 06-25-2008, 10:14 PM

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.

BarTopDancer · 06-25-2008, 10:24 PM

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

lashbear · 06-25-2008, 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

Anyone here playing around with this social networking option?

Another one? *sigh*

..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 · 06-25-2008, 10:50 PM

I recently signed up & trying it out.

I'll let you know after a week.

Stan4dSteph · 06-26-2008, 01:49 AM

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 · 06-26-2008, 05:34 AM

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 · 06-26-2008, 06:59 AM

Eliza Hodgkins 1812 · 06-26-2008, 07:04 AM

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 · 06-26-2008, 08:18 AM

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 · 06-26-2008, 08:23 AM

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.

06-25-2008, 10:14 PM	#1
€uroMeinke L'Hédoniste Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A.S.C.O.T. Posts: 8,671	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 would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance. Friedrich Nietzsche
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06-25-2008, 10:24 PM	#2
BarTopDancer Prepping... Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Here, there, everywhere Posts: 11,405	I've resisted thus far. I think I'd forget to update it after a few days. Or minutes. __________________ Spork is the new MacGyver Postcards From My Edge
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06-25-2008, 10:50 PM	#4
Isaac the one n only Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Anaheim Posts: 1,236	I recently signed up & trying it out. I'll let you know after a week. __________________
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06-26-2008, 01:49 AM	#5
Stan4dSteph Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: East Bay Area, CA Posts: 3,156	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.
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06-26-2008, 05:34 AM	#6
BDBopper Not Taking Any Crap! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Cleaning Up America, One Step At A Time! Posts: 1,694	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.
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06-26-2008, 06:59 AM	#7
blueerica Nueve Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 6,497	Huh? __________________ Tomorrow is the day for you and me
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06-26-2008, 07:04 AM	#8
Eliza Hodgkins 1812 Sputnik Sweetheart Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Long Beach Posts: 2,685	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.
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06-26-2008, 08:18 AM	#9
Cadaverous Pallor ohhhh baby Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parental Bliss Posts: 12,364	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. __________________ The second star to the right shines in the night for you
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06-26-2008, 08:23 AM	#10
mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	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. __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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