My issue is that retweets are really really horribly annoying.
― Suppositori Spelling (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 10 January 2011 08:53 (thirteen years ago) link
not always.
the button gets rid of RTs from specific users, not across the board
― lex diamonds (lex pretend), Monday, 10 January 2011 08:58 (thirteen years ago) link
http://idea-sandbox.com/blog_images/transformer.jpg
― À la recherche du temps Pardew (jim in glasgow), Monday, 10 January 2011 08:59 (thirteen years ago) link
That's what I mean, I have to switch off like 150 users' retweets.
Auto retweets are bloody stupid anyway.
― Suppositori Spelling (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 10 January 2011 09:01 (thirteen years ago) link
annoying RTs: artists who RT every bit of praise they receive, and people who RT people like kanye/other famous people who, if i wanted to see their tweets, would be FOLLOWING MYSELF.
other RTs: fine and often helpful
pro-tip - if you follow annoying people, twitter will be an annoying experience for you. if you follow smart, witty, likable people, it won't.
― lex diamonds (lex pretend), Monday, 10 January 2011 09:01 (thirteen years ago) link
same with fbook! i don't get people who are all GRARRRRR I HATE EVERYONE ON SOCIAL NETWORKS. hide them! block them! unfollow them! get better friends!
― lex diamonds (lex pretend), Monday, 10 January 2011 09:03 (thirteen years ago) link
the crucial element that twitter needs to cop from facebook is the ability to "follow" someone w/o seeing their tweets, just like facebook allows you to be friends w/ someone w/o seeing them on your news feed
― J0rdan S., Monday, 10 January 2011 09:04 (thirteen years ago) link
why would one do that on twitter, tho? unfollowing isn't as personal as unfriending
― lex diamonds (lex pretend), Monday, 10 January 2011 09:06 (thirteen years ago) link
See I do do that, and I thought I was doing all right, but coming back to it has proved me incorrect. Retweets are still shit btw.
― Suppositori Spelling (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 10 January 2011 09:17 (thirteen years ago) link
RT @Suppositori Spelling (Autumn Almanac) Retweets are still shit btw.
― J0rdan S., Monday, 10 January 2011 09:21 (thirteen years ago) link
i dont get why retweets are shit
― max, Monday, 10 January 2011 09:22 (thirteen years ago) link
are people retweeting things you dont like
why dont you just unfollow these people
See THAT type I don't mind so much because at least you've the opportunity to comment. If it's just clicking the retweet button all you're doing is generating noise and shitting up my feed.
― Suppositori Spelling (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 10 January 2011 09:23 (thirteen years ago) link
why do i get the feeling that anyone saying anything at all that doesn't directly pertain to autumn almanac would be classed as "shitting up my feed"
i appreciate the vast majority of RTs that my friends/followees, who are mostly capable of using the RT function judiciously, bring to me
― lex diamonds (lex pretend), Monday, 10 January 2011 09:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Wow, read what I said earlier and chill ffs.
― Suppositori Spelling (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 10 January 2011 09:29 (thirteen years ago) link
i still dont understand whats annoying about retweets
― max, Monday, 10 January 2011 09:30 (thirteen years ago) link
it doesn't strike me that i'm the one who needs to chill!!
― lex diamonds (lex pretend), Monday, 10 January 2011 09:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Does anyone else use the Android app and can work out how to unfollow people in it, or can you only do that via the website?
― James Mitchell, Monday, 10 January 2011 09:36 (thirteen years ago) link
I use twidroyd and It's pish easy.
― À la recherche du temps Pardew (jim in glasgow), Monday, 10 January 2011 09:38 (thirteen years ago) link
I use TweetBird on the iPhone to manage followy stuff. It's great but takes up 23762874628743628374623874Mb of RAM for some reason.
― Suppositori Spelling (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 10 January 2011 10:04 (thirteen years ago) link
Wait, TweetBird? I meant Birdbrain.
― Suppositori Spelling (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 10 January 2011 10:05 (thirteen years ago) link
It's great but takes up 23762874628743628374623874Mb of RAM for some reason.
it remembers things that you get angry about
― basically just a 2/47 freak out (sic), Monday, 10 January 2011 12:14 (thirteen years ago) link
loooooool
― Suppositori Spelling (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 10 January 2011 20:33 (thirteen years ago) link
Just opened Twitter to another hashtag game. I don't think I can do it anymore.
― Suppositori Spelling (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 10 January 2011 20:34 (thirteen years ago) link
maybe you could bring back letter writing as a thing? :)
― VegemiteGrrrl, Monday, 10 January 2011 20:42 (thirteen years ago) link
Dear Grrrl,
The weather is very #humid today. Lots of #rain. The #trains are under some pressure #train #metro #publictransport
I have included a load of quotes from other people. Enjoy them! #quote #quotes #enjoyment
Luv,Adam_29073TELEX: 032 49-4221
― Suppositori Spelling (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 10 January 2011 21:15 (thirteen years ago) link
why do you follow people you obviously don't like?
― lex diamonds (lex pretend), Monday, 10 January 2011 21:19 (thirteen years ago) link
There are people I like (who I follow) and people I don't like (who are retweeted). Hence ideal solution being to just not use it.
― Suppositori Spelling (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 10 January 2011 21:21 (thirteen years ago) link
All right, not so much 'don't like' as 'don't care about'.
― Suppositori Spelling (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 10 January 2011 21:22 (thirteen years ago) link
Dear Adam
Yes I have heard about the train problems #fatcontrollerindeed Humid? In Melbourne? #surelyyoujest. It is cold as a witches tit here today #lolDadjoke
love and #####VG
PS: Are you on twitter? ####
― VegemiteGrrrl, Monday, 10 January 2011 21:24 (thirteen years ago) link
NO I AM NOT GAAARRRRGHHHGHH
― Suppositori Spelling (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 10 January 2011 21:25 (thirteen years ago) link
Would you like to play a hashtag game with me by mail?
### VG
― VegemiteGrrrl, Monday, 10 January 2011 21:27 (thirteen years ago) link
<3
o_O
― Suppositori Spelling (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 10 January 2011 21:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Dear Adam,
I found this great letter written by someone else that I thought was really funny, so I've included it below:
Dear VGWhat's the deal with supermarkets! They're so weird!## Jerry Seinfeld
See isn't that hilarious!Thought you would enjoy it.
― VegemiteGrrrl, Monday, 10 January 2011 21:32 (thirteen years ago) link
See, do that 18,000 times every hour and you're some way to understanding why I am a grumpy old man itt.
― Suppositori Spelling (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 10 January 2011 21:34 (thirteen years ago) link
There is no hope.
― VegemiteGrrrl, Monday, 10 January 2011 21:35 (thirteen years ago) link
;_;
― Suppositori Spelling (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 10 January 2011 21:35 (thirteen years ago) link
hold me I'm scared
― VegemiteGrrrl, Monday, 10 January 2011 21:36 (thirteen years ago) link
I am a reformed retweeter btw.
― Suppositori Spelling (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 10 January 2011 21:39 (thirteen years ago) link
#disclosure
I feel so betrayed
― VegemiteGrrrl, Monday, 10 January 2011 21:40 (thirteen years ago) link
just unfollow the people whose tweets you don't enjoy ffs.
― basically just a 2/47 freak out (sic), Monday, 10 January 2011 23:13 (thirteen years ago) link
I can't think of any of my friends who consistently tweet good stuff but retweet bad stuff. BUT I HAVE FAITH IN AUTUMN ALMANAC'S PLIGHT.
― Alba, Monday, 10 January 2011 23:26 (thirteen years ago) link
― Suppositori Spelling (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 11 January 2011 00:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Also, when you block someone you get their tweets through other people's retweets, which is really bloody annoying.
― Suppositori Spelling (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 11 January 2011 00:30 (thirteen years ago) link
have you considered just, like, getting over it
― max, Tuesday, 11 January 2011 00:43 (thirteen years ago) link
It clearly is that.
― À la recherche du temps Pardew (jim in glasgow), Tuesday, 11 January 2011 00:43 (thirteen years ago) link
can we not leave a guy to his IA?
― VegemiteGrrrl, Tuesday, 11 January 2011 00:51 (thirteen years ago) link