extrahammer Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 Twitter's main attraction is essentially a ripoff of facebook statuses, yes? What's with all the fascination with it then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 It lets you inform the world of your opinion right now. And since everybody is the most important person in the world in their own minds, the rest of the world has to know your opinion right now That and it's the trendy thing right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim in Anchorage Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 Twitter's main attraction is essentially a ripoff of facebook statuses, yes? What's with all the fascination with it then? It's got a supid name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extrahammer Posted August 3, 2009 Author Share Posted August 3, 2009 It lets you inform the world of your opinion right now. And since everybody is the most important person in the world in their own minds, the rest of the world has to know your opinion right now That and it's the trendy thing right now. Yeah but what's the difference between that and a facebook status? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 Yeah but what's the difference between that and a facebook status? Facebook is so last year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 Yeah but what's the difference between that and a facebook status? Or this board... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 I was back visiting for my reunion last weekend. My mother (83) said she had a chipmunk in her house. She said it was in her kitchen "twittering". I said how could it do that with it's little fingers. All of us laughed and so did my mom. You know what...I think she got it even though she doesn't have a computer. Funny thing is, I don't get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extrahammer Posted August 3, 2009 Author Share Posted August 3, 2009 Or this board... Facebook forces you to be more self-centered, a status is generally updated in a 3rd person. Egotistical huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 Facebook forces you to be more self-centered, a status is generally updated in a 3rd person. Egotistical huh? Oh. I don't know... I never used Facebook or Twitter... Even though friends and family have urged me too... I find it a gratutitous waste of time... Oh, wait! At least here, people post news and it is less LAMPY or gratutitous... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extrahammer Posted August 3, 2009 Author Share Posted August 3, 2009 Oh. I don't know... I never used Facebook or Twitter... Even though friends and family have urged me too... I find it a gratutitous waste of time... Oh, wait! At least here, people post news and it is less LAMPY or gratutitous... My point exactly, facebook forces you to be more LAMPY. But I like it because it does let me stay in touch with friends, etc. I just don't understand the hype with twitter. It's essentially a ripoff of facebook statuses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Philster Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 big difference is that athletes and other celebrities spend a lot of time with Twitter. A bunch of them use Myspace as well but not many use Facebook...Twitter is something they can use to communicate with fans directly but it doesn't require as much effort on their parts as Facebook and Myspace do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOBILLS78 Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 Or a mass text message on your phone... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilly Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 Twitter's value is in the form of news updates. I use twitter to follow stuff important to me, and generally get very solid information from it. I actually linked my twitter account with facebook so it updates facebook, though I don't like facebook and don't use it. In that sense, there isn't a ton of differences. From my experience, I've found twitter useful (the content on it is strong), while facebook statuses are mainly "is eating an ice cream cone". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poojer Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 i am trying to use twitter as a tool for my job search, as well as trying to keep up to date on industry news as I am not 'in the middle' of it on a day to day basis. I stated in a previous thread about twitter, I had seen a story about best buy having a job posting for a social media related position and one of the 'requirements' was having 250 followers on twittter. I am in the early stages of twitter and am doing my best to keep it to job search related, business news that is relevant to my job search, and a couple of lighthearted items(ie. the onion) so that people get a more rounded view of me. not sure if it is going to be worth my time to stay focused on twitter, but right now...all i have is time, so the jury is still out. If you use twitter and have some relevance to my field of interest(retail, merchandising, inventory management, supply chain, consumer electronics, etc...please feel free to reach out to me.... I love facebook for non-professional social media...i have gotten and stayed in touch with so many people...it is a pretty cool site for me. just my 2 cents..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 I've actually gotten a couple of notices that people are following my twitterings. That's very interesting seeing........... I'VE NEVER !@#$ING POSTED ANYTHING!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extrahammer Posted August 4, 2009 Author Share Posted August 4, 2009 I've actually gotten a couple of notices that people are following my twitterings. That's very interesting seeing........... I'VE NEVER !@#$ING POSTED ANYTHING!!! Isn't that exciting, people are stalking you before you make your first move! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Isn't that exciting, people are stalking you before you make your first move! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Isn't that exciting, people are stalking you before you make your first move! Ya in Chef's case it is called paranoia with delusions of grandeur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Sure, play dumb now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damj Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 I'm not sure what's sadder ... that people think that others actually care about their EVERY move ... or that people actually do read them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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