Anyone getting addicted to Twitter ?

Ally Dick · 22-08-2011 11:13PM #1

When Facebook and Twitter first came out, I thought to myself, this is absolute nonsense. Then after a while looking at them, I began to get hooked. Over the last day or two, I've started to read some postings on Twitter that have made me fall off the seat laughing. There are some really funny people out there. Should be called Titter instead of Twitter. Anyone else having a laugh on Twitter ?

Temptamperu · 22-08-2011 11:15PM

I joined twitter but i havent been on it since the first week.

flutterflye · 22-08-2011 11:16PM

Effing tw@tter is what's wrong with society.

Mickjg · 22-08-2011 11:17PM

I loath @Twitter.

#filledwithhate

jive · 22-08-2011 11:17PM

nope

later12 · 22-08-2011 11:18PM

What i like about twitter is that it trains you to be concise in your opinions.
I notice on boards sometimes I have a problem whereby I might use three sentances where one would suffice; twitter can help you in dealing with that.

Deliberately being succinct in this message now...

Danbo! · 22-08-2011 11:19PM

I thought the idea of twitter was stupid when it came out at first, and I still don't quite understand how it became popular so quick, but I recently joined, not to tweet, but it's a great way of getting all your news sources in one place, just the headlines, no bull**** - be it world news, tech news, etc.. It's quite handy.

OPENROAD · 22-08-2011 11:20PM

Yes but only to follow certain people, quite like it.

gcgirl · 22-08-2011 11:20PM

Remember the meeting with the IMF broke on twitter, its done a lot to be honest.

GLaDOS · 22-08-2011 11:22PM

If anything important breaks on twitter, someone will post it on boards anyway. It's 90% rubbish I find.

py2006 · 22-08-2011 11:22PM

For the life of me, I cannot understand the relevance of twitter!

Ally Dick · 22-08-2011 11:24PM

I follow the real Bob Mortimer and TheBig Sam (a Sam Allardyce spoof). They're both very funny

Jaxxy · 22-08-2011 11:25PM

I like Twitter. I find it very amusing at times, much like AH.

ScumLord · 22-08-2011 11:26PM

I've never really used or even looked at twitter.

Ally Dick · 22-08-2011 11:27PM

I treat Twitter like an extension of Viz. I only follow funny people who come up with outrageous stuff

later12 · 22-08-2011 11:30PM

Ally Dick wrote: »

I treat Twitter like an extension of Viz. I only follow funny people who come up with outrageous stuff

What's viz?

/scared to have asked that.. so many distractions...

Ally Dick · 22-08-2011 11:33PM

later10 wrote: »

What's viz?

/scared to have asked that.. so many distractions...

An adult comic started in the 80s. Famous for Top Tips - really silly suggestions. Twitter is carrying on the Top Tips traditions. Anyone who says that Twitter is nonsense is probably right. However, it's funny nonsense !

gcgirl · 22-08-2011 11:33PM

Not Cardinal Brady is a good one along with stephen fry

Standard Toaster · 22-08-2011 11:36PM

I use twitter. I'm not addicted to it.

Great for realtime news. All depends on who you follow...will dictate your experience of it.

Eg follow Jedward and lose all faith in humanity in less then 10 tweets >.<

Firetrap · 22-08-2011 11:39PM

No. I closed my twitter account ages ago. Its absence hasn't quite left a gaping hole in my life.

Aldebaran · 22-08-2011 11:40PM

Twitter is fantastic. What many people don't understand, and I was guilty of this when I first joined, is that what you get out of it is related to what you put into it. So it's worth taking the time to find some interesting people to follow who tweet about things related to your interests.

Another thing you need to learn is how hashtags work, these are how you get involved in conversations and discussions that interest you, they are also a good way of gaining new followers. Hashtags are great for live events and live reactions to events, you just have to treat everything you read with a hint of skepticism and over time you will find reliable tweeters that you can trust more than others.

It took me a good few goes to really 'get' Twitter but, once I did, I did find myself getting kind of addicted to it, although I do have a tendency to abandon it for stretches at a time.

ellieswellies · 22-08-2011 11:42PM

More of my friends use facebook, but I prefer twitter (maybe that's why?)

I find that my twitter homepage is full of stuff I actually want to read, wheras my fb homepage is a load of stuff that's completely useless.

orourkeda · 22-08-2011 11:43PM

I prefer twat

Aldebaran · 22-08-2011 11:49PM

ellieswellies wrote: »

More of my friends use facebook, but I prefer twitter (maybe that's why?)

I find that my twitter homepage is full of stuff I actually want to read, wheras my fb homepage is a load of stuff that's completely useless.

Reminds me of that popular saying: 'Twitter makes me like people I've never met and Facebook makes me hate people I know in real life.'

squod · 22-08-2011 11:52PM

Twitter. It's for americans, quears and american quears.

Craebear · 22-08-2011 11:54PM

It's so much better than facebook. I would say twitter actually makes life better. Facebook is a cancer.

Amhran Nua · 22-08-2011 11:57PM

Just don't end up following one of those guys that feels the need to share his last bowel movements with the world, I hate that.

starbelgrade · 22-08-2011 11:57PM

Why anyone would want to go on the internet & read random things that other people have posted is beyond me.

Oscar the grouch · 23-08-2011 01:11AM

Ally Dick wrote: »

An adult comic started in the 80s. Famous for Top Tips - really silly suggestions. Twitter is carrying on the Top Tips traditions. Anyone who says that Twitter is nonsense is probably right. However, it's funny nonsense !

Viz top tip...

DON'T waste money on expensive iPods. Simply think of your favourite tune and I hum it. If you want to "switch tracks", simply think of another song you like and hum that instead.

MungBean · 23-08-2011 01:12AM

Twitter is great for gauging public opinion on live events. Its basically a poll with people saying "I like this" "I hate that". Also good for keeping in the loop of whatever your into.

Whereas facebook is for friends Twitter is more so for connecting with other people of similar interests. You dont have to talk to anyone, be friends with anyone you just have to be interested in what they have to say. Of course theres an awful amount of eejits on it but shur there’s eejits everywhere ya go.

deathrider · 23-08-2011 01:13AM

I use facebook constantly, bute never bothered with twitter. If I've got one, I've no real use for a second one.

wandatowell · 23-08-2011 01:14AM

I like to follow my favourite porn stars on it

deathrider · 23-08-2011 01:17AM

wandatowell wrote: »

I like to follow my favourite porn stars on it

I may have need for it after all.

Not The Real Scarecrow · 23-08-2011 01:29AM

I follow it for guys like this
https://twitter.com/#!/BadTasteJokes

he's got classy tweets like
"I saw CountDown yesterday. He's Dracula's spastic brother. "

Also love the "Not" people on it like notmelgibson and notglendanzig.
Find it handy to get feed from multiple websites with out visiting them all.

deathrider · 23-08-2011 01:33AM

Meatwad wrote: »

...notglendanzig...

That would be Michale Graves then, yeah? :P

Da Shins Kelly · 23-08-2011 02:03AM

I've come to quite enjoy Twitter. Not that I didn't like it before, but I never really used it. I've gotten into it now though, and it can be a very useful tool. It has revealed itself to be an extremely powerful medium through which news travels very fast and has been instrumental in what has happened in Egypt, Iran, Spain and even Libya. While for the most part it is not a site where serious debate and heavy discussion is going to take place (it has never claimed to be such), it has become a very potent force in communication and has played a significant part in social change around the world. I don't really know how anyone could argue that it has not had some positive impact.

later12 · 23-08-2011 02:06AM

Twitter is only really enjoyable when there are recurring hastags like #ge11 (general election), #aras11, #norris, or even #rot11 (rose of tralee).

For most everyday affairs there is no single hashtag for everybody to get behind and this blanks out the smaller events that tend to be picked up by the likes of politics.ie or boards.ie

plein de force · 23-08-2011 02:11AM

later10 wrote: »

Twitter is only really enjoyable when there are recurring hastags like #ge11 (general election), #aras11, #norris, or even #rot11 (rose of tralee).

For most everyday affairs there is no single hashtag for everybody to get behind and this blanks out the smaller events that tend to be picked up by the likes of politics.ie or boards.ie

describes it quite well

i find twitter very handy and oassionally hilarious. thought it was crap at first though

Killer Wench · 23-08-2011 02:37AM

I am following multiple job announcement accounts such as Microsoft and Google jobs. Google regularly sent tweets out advertising available jobs in the Dublin area and I forwarded many of them to friends looking for positions. I wouldn't easily dismiss it.

Example:

googlejobsLife at Google

Have experience in acquisition sales? Our Inside Sales team in Dublin is looking for an Associate Manager: http://t.co/flwRifN

Paarse Krokodil · 23-08-2011 03:09AM

I am well and truly addicted to NOT being on twitter

tolosenc · 23-08-2011 03:21AM

gcgirl wrote: »

Remember the meeting with the IMF broke on twitter, its done a lot to be honest.

What meeting? The IMF are not in the country. I don't know what you're talking about, the country's finances are graaaaaaaaaaand.

simonmln · 23-08-2011 06:22AM

Great for following soccer players the subject of transfer rumours and some journalists seem to know whats going on. I think when the transfer window closes, I may lose interest. Oh, and Text From Last Night is genius.

MGMTea · 23-08-2011 08:00AM

I love twitter

it's great for all the football transfer gossip

plus it's great talking to people from all over the world, I love teh internets

EverEvolving · 23-08-2011 08:36AM

Ya I follow all my favourite comedians on it, Ross O'Carroll Kelly is quite funny on it actually

http://twitter.com/#!/RossOCK

I'm still very new to it and haven't really played around with it yet, just use it for the lols.

Forest Master · 23-08-2011 08:38AM

Where is all this breaking "news" people keep referring to? My feed only has posts by celebs I follow!?

Can someone tell me how to do it right? And what are hashtags about?

craggles · 23-08-2011 08:52AM

Start following ACTUAL JOURNALISTS and it will become very useful very quickly.

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