Twitter C/D

its fun to research a twitter drama

i'm on it a fair bit for work-related purposes and it's very useful but exhausting

mordy otm tho -- rss is the best thing the internet ever did

fees also the best thing for the stomach

feeds

this reminds me I've been looking fwd to a lag∞n breakdown of: http://www.playboy.com/articles/why-stealing-jokes-on-social-media-is-a-bigger-deal-than-you-think

oh god the joke stealing stuff is so annoying

i mean the incessant accusations, not the actual theft

somebody (im assuming from weird twitter) C+P'd that entire article to medium, lol

which is good bc for some reason when i try to google that article it never comes up in search results .. playboy has terrible SEO lol

that ppl can make a living tweeting jokes -- their own or others' -- is a twist of late-stage capitalism i was not expecting

found another example of ppl having a negative experience with twitter lol

https://twitter.com/larryislegend/status/603699435588100097

if ur directing a complaint @ their account using it like customer service fine

I'd been having months of problems with ACA health insurance bureaucratic nonsense until l started tweeting at @coveredca. Everything was cleared up in a week afterward.

I hate having to yell like that, but it did work.

i think it's ridiculous that major corporations believe twitter complaints are much more important than traditional customer service but as long as they do i will use whatever venue works

that's awesome xp

this reminds me I've been looking fwd to a lag∞n breakdown of: http://www.playboy.com/articles/why-stealing-jokes-on-social-media-is-a-bigger-deal-than-you-think

― Keith Mozart (D-40), Wednesday, May 27, 2015 6:55 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

“Lately I’ve been posting for different apps, and it can range from anywhere from $500 - $1,000 per post — it’s awesome,” Asa said. “I actually did an app tweet last week and I ended up getting the app 20,000 downloads off one tweet.”

lol next level wld be to then employ bots to download the app

oh another thing i don't like about twitter is when someone you are cottoning to as a person worthy of respect and admiration tweets something that can't be overlooked for its dumbness and you're like, dammit, i wanted you to be cool

Counterpoint: Cheryl Lynn just called out Anita Baker on twitter over some seemingly petty shit and got blocked by her. It is now forever classic.

Twitter is where everybody can get petty it's great

i don't know where all this drama stuff is happening on twitter, everyone i follow just tweets jokes about poop and pee

riker/moscaddie/iankarmel exchange

this made me pass out

From laughing so hard?

"White people went in on nazis already. Black people did too. It was called World War 2."

that was solid as hell

could we use this thread to recommend some Good twitter follows?

please follow me @fldlxnc

I'm not a good person to ask tho because I only follow jokemen, poc and music writers

i recommend https://twitter.com/on3ness he is really good u shd follow him

i only follow people who've made 100k+ tweets #commitment #dedication

thats a whole lot a tweets i tell u what

That reminds me @fivefifths is an excellent follow

the only rule for suggestions is no music writers

i used to follow @fivefifths i dont remember why i unfollowed, prob for talking abt super heroes or star wars thats usually why

xxp cosign I've been hoping he'd follow back for months bc we have mutual friends

https://twitter.com/solar_pioneer/status/603816791459041281

this is v good

i unfollowed everyone (save my bot, my magazine, and two zombie accounts that i can't unfollow) yesterday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diYAc7gB-0A

gonna follow a bunch of people back soon but man it's nice being weaned off the constant updates.

it is definitely like the modern day idiot box - you just have to be able to switch it off - everything becomes equally hysterical and irritating. i only really read it at work (less boring than work) with the odd tweet when at home.

opting out of twitter from jump continues to feel like the right call for my life

there are some really good things about it too - it brings me closer to communities of people talking about things i'm interested in - or allows me to discover knowledge on more particular interests, but it is hard to fence off the useful info and stop everything else crashing in

just let the cascade wash over you

how's twitter working out for everyone

twitter is 100% good content

i love tweets and retweets

just a few months into having a twitter account but i am still finding it a useful networking tool in my field. my unfiltered feed is 60% worthless though, i find it more useful to check in on individuals i like

Mute the 60% that sucks if you don't want to get hit with the guilt of an unfollow

feels great to unfollow

empowering

also if somebody notices it's happens in a kind of neurotic shame-zone dedicated to monitoring one's own popularity & so you know it's hard to really casually mention you noticed

i've had *enough* conversations about unfollowing in my life

Mute the 60% that sucks if you don't want to get hit with the guilt of an unfollow

― 龜, Tuesday, June 9, 2015 1:11 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

feels great to unfollow

― tender is the late-night daypart (schlump), Tuesday, June 9, 2015 1:13 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

always unfollow

shdnt be able to mute ppl u follow imho, its a violation

it is a weird 'have it both ways' and i have never done it on principle. but i guess it helps if there are people you don't want to see who you don't want to deal with with them knowing you unfollowed them, though, unfortunately there is social ugliness on twitter that it can be better not to allow to escalate for some people. especially given how badly Twitter seems to handle issues of stalking, harrassment, etc.