Twitter C/D

Yeah, but with IRC or MSN or AIM you can't whore your lifecasting out to EVERYBODY!

I don't want to broadcast to everybody. In fact, I'm considering making my feed friends only. But it is nice to be able to have a conversation with a whole bunch of my friends at once without the disconserting TOO FAST TOO MANY PEOPLE TALKING AT ONCE AIM chat phenomenon which really puts me off it. I like the fact that it's *not* realtime. It happens at your own pace.

Twitter (and to a lesser extent all social networking) reminds me of this Theodore Dalrymple quote.

"No one seems to have noticed, however, that a loss of a sense of shame means a loss of privacy; a loss of privacy means a loss of intimacy; and a loss of intimacy means a loss of depth. There is, in fact, no better way to produce shallow and superficial people than to let them live their lives entirely in the open, without concealment of anything."

The idea of turning yourself into a miniature reality show star by revealing all of your little, private moments before the world is a method for shallowing even the most intriguing of people. The key to having a successful and trendy "web 2.0" site seems to start by asking yourself "What will feed into people's solipsism?"

Or maybe just a useful way of revealing that the most "deep" and "intriguing" people aren't all they're cracked up to be.

Ha ha, I never pretended to be deep or intriguing. I'm pretty honest and open that my only interests are bubblegum records, gay pr0n and drawing paisley.

Or maybe just a useful way of revealing that the most "deep" and "intriguing" people aren't all they're cracked up to be.

That's like the argument that tabloid culture is great because it proves that "celebrities and politicians are human too." To twitter is to indulge in Voltaire's secret to being a bore.

for realz? http://twitter.com/larry_david

# @tinafey I love what you're doing on SNL. Pretty good.7:26 PM Oct 8th, 2008 from web in reply to TinaFey

pritty, pritty, pritty...

That's like the argument that tabloid culture is great because it proves that "celebrities and politicians are human too." To twitter is to indulge in Voltaire's secret to being a bore.

― Cunga, Thursday, March 12, 2009 9:56 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

what about to pompously lecture everyone about twitter on a message board, what's that all about

I have two running:

Personal: https://twitter.com/krakow81

Crimson Glow Photography: http://twitter.com/itsnotred

Not enough of a network of people I know, or care about, on there as yet to really make it worthwhile, but maybe it will improve.

I also use the twitter gadget for gmail mainly, rather than the actual twitter site, since my gmail is almost always running. Very handy.

Oh yeah, there was an article and cover piece on twitter in Shortlist magazine the other week - going big time!

<3 s1ocki

what about to pompously lecture everyone about twitter on a message board, what's that all about

Because having discussions with an online community about all sorts of topics is the exact same thing as spewing your ennui to the entire world at an alarming pace. No qualitative difference could hope to be discerned.

spewing your ennui to the entire world at an alarming pace.

If you seriously think this is all Twitter is about you are more hilarious than I imagined.

Also for people who, for some reason, can't figure out what RSS is.

saw someone referring to the "twitterverse" today.

seriously. just don't do that.

twit-o'sphere

twitterdom

twittertopia

twiiteronia

"tweeps"

The LA Times piece, one of many over the past few weeks, harassed me onto Twitter.

My Twitter tweets

twitter more like twatter

― groovy groovy jazzy funky pounce bounce dance (special guest stars mark bronson), Wednesday, February 18, 2009 3:51 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

http://gawker.com/5175472/stephen-colbert-admits-he-has-twatted?autoplay=true

good work internet commenter

lol all my friends are unfollowing my ex on twitter

Both Gradski and Passantino are now on Twitter - proof that it has indeed jumped the shark.

would follow buttez tweets

u can if u think u can

Actually, I should set up a separate Butteztwitter. It would work in the format.

ok, so, no one seems to know this. if you reply to someone who isn't following you, and your own twitter is locked, can they still see that reply?

yeah was wondering too. they probably do. otherwise aplusk isn't getting my messages. HEEEEEEEEEEEEEELP hahahah

If you reply to someone who isn't following you = they don't see it unless the click on the Replies link.

I quite like twitter.

Fake Christopher Walken is pretty fun

http://twitter.com/cwalken

^ Yes, this is brilliant.

If you reply to someone who isn't following you = they don't see it unless the click on the Replies link

If they're using TweetDeck they see it. At least, I do: I've had a couple of replies from people who've seen stuff on the public feed or via a search, and they've shown up in TD.

yeah, but if your twitter is locked?

OMG...

Just downloaded TweetDeck....some dude has been spreading my Smurf joke!

"What is a smurf's least favourite email service? Gargamail"

yeah, but if your twitter is locked?

Dunno! Never locked mine. I'd be surprised if it made any difference ...

... but if your updates are protected, why would someone you're not following reply to you anyway? That'd be weird.

Actually, Lex, hang on: I don't follow you, do I? (Which is an oversight on my part: a Lex Twitterfeed would be good). So let's test this out. Send me a reply to @weesimon and I'll see if I can see it. (NB: post here when you've done it! Oh, and I'm going out soon, so this isn't going to work so well if you're not about.)

but if your updates are protected, why would someone you're not following reply to you anyway? That'd be weird

Also, yes, this isn't the point: not sure why I posted this.

will do this!

& indeed have done it

bated breath

No sign of it :(

Guess that's your answer, then. Bit crap, that.

ah well. as expected i guess. might have to unlock, hmm

I'm surprised, actually. I thought it'd work.

Incidentally, I've just this second sent you a follow request :)

... and your reply's now come through. So that's our answer, then.

POWER FORCE TWITTER BLACK BELT?

Best tweet ever twatted:

wat button wins australia gp oh klik brits lose hour n wake up bukin kote wether sat dun she aint good now ho puk out to town troxy pete o

Twitter seems like a silly fad to me. But I am a sour-dispositioned old fogey who doesn't even carry a cell phone, so my thoughts on it are not relevant.