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    Twitter has big plans

    Twitter's Biz Stone Talks About Growth and Local Ads - NYTimes.com

    I have to admit I didn't see the point of Twitter, and thought it would be a soon forgotten fad. How wrong I was!
    Speaking gibberish on internet talkboards since last Michaelmas. Plus here on Twitter

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    I don't see the point in Twitter.

    Mind you I don't see the point in any of the social networking sites, so I'm a confirmed luddite

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      #3
      Originally posted by TykeMerc View Post
      I don't see the point in Twitter.

      Mind you I don't see the point in any of the social networking sites, so I'm a confirmed luddite
      I hate Facebook. I hate the stupid games and distractions and stuff like Farmville, and the slugs who spend 20 hours there just to snare you in a "chat" the second you log in just to read your messages. But it's become essential to keep in touch with certain friends. So reluctantly, I'm in, for good.

      Twitter suits me better. Vanity publishing (in my case); a chance to keep up with developments elsewhere if you follow the right Twitterers.
      Speaking gibberish on internet talkboards since last Michaelmas. Plus here on Twitter

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        #4
        Originally posted by MrMark View Post
        Twitter's Biz Stone Talks About Growth and Local Ads - NYTimes.com

        I have to admit I didn't see the point of Twitter, and thought it would be a soon forgotten fad. How wrong I was!
        Hope I'm still on your ignores list.

        Just reading your twitter. You seem like an old fashioned socialist.

        " No jobs around - so let's punish the unemployed with a form of slavery BBC News - Long-term jobless 'could face compulsory manual labour' Fail. 12:46 AM Nov 7th via web "
        Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.

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          #5
          Twitter is aptly named, only a twit would think anyone cares about what they ate for dinner.

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            #6
            Originally posted by MrMark View Post
            Twitter suits me better. Vanity publishing (in my case); a chance to keep up with developments elsewhere if you follow the right Twitterers.
            If you pick who you follow carefully there are some good links to technical info. And some amusing one liners too,
            Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.

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              #7
              Originally posted by TykeMerc View Post

              I don't see the point in Twitter.

              Mind you I don't see the point in any of the social networking sites, so I'm a confirmed luddite
              WHS

              Mind you, one could argue CUK is a anonymous social networking site of a kind
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                #8
                Originally posted by Sysman View Post
                If you pick who you follow carefully there are some good links to technical info. And some amusing one liners too,
                WHS. People who say they can't see the point of twitter usually haven't used it, or have seen other people using it like sheep. If you choose to follow a bunch of "celebrities" and the kind of moron who never posts about anything other than what they're eating then obviously it's going to show you nothing but garbage. To diss the medium on that basis is like complaining that the radio is pointless when you only ever tune it to the local pop-for-housewives station (pre-emptive non-apology: that's how such stations describe themselves behind closed doors), or that TV is rubbish when you only ever tune it to ITV3 (or ITV1, come to that).

                If you instead choose to follow people you'd find interesting to talk to in everyday life (whether or not they're famous) then you'll pick up on interesting stuff. Most of the people I follow are people I know or have worked with, so the only stuff I see comes from them except for the odd occasions when they retweet something by somebody else - if it's worthwhile and a look at that person's other tweets suggests they're usually posting more signal than noise, I'll probably start to follow them too, which is the social bit of it.

                Apart from tech feeds like MS's IE Team or the iPlayer Team at the Beeb, the only people (or entities) I follow who could be described as well-known are @bengoldacre, @timberners_lee, @Big_Ben_Clock, @VizTopTips, and @AlQaeda (just in case).

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