think the secret to enjoying twitter is following a bunch of high volume ppl (in both senses of the word) who are funny. in other words treat it like a chatroom
this is exactly how i treated it three years ago and it no longer functions for me in this way
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Saturday, 21 November 2015 21:20 (eight years ago) link
had to unfollow her cuz it was #2much
lol same
― mookieproof, Saturday, 21 November 2015 21:45 (eight years ago) link
i did not but curiously it did make me weary of reading the toast again
― j., Saturday, 21 November 2015 21:47 (eight years ago) link
what does that mean
― 龜, Saturday, November 21, 2015 3:16 PM (35 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lagoon and twitter user desusnice both make me laugh a lot on twitter thats all
― Rich Homie Quan Poor Homie Quan (m bison), Saturday, 21 November 2015 21:52 (eight years ago) link
back when i was first addicted to twitter (as a consumer and not a content creator) i would obsessively read my timeline and read all of it and never miss like get up in the morning and read all the tweets from last night
Six months in and I do scroll through about 12 hrs worth of timeline in one go - RT anyhing I want to read (RTs no endorsement indeed!)(a review of a book, an interview), or any particular bits of poetry I like - both from twitter dead poet accounts or ppl using twitter creatively (someone like Elisa Gabbert is pretty much the best I've seen at this).
With writers/media = if they use it to promote their work and just that I don't follow.
Thinking about it I don't know how widespread that is. Maybe I am lucky with the ppl I follow and don't happen to know as most ppl real tweet what they love or hate and its all tied in to what they are interested in.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 22 November 2015 09:15 (eight years ago) link
elisa is the best
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Sunday, 22 November 2015 15:39 (eight years ago) link
if somebody started a bunch of ilx threads led by her sort of quirky, deadpan pensée they would be clowned remorselessly tbrr
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 22 November 2015 16:36 (eight years ago) link
? i guess so. her books are great, i've always enjoyed her on twitter
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Sunday, 22 November 2015 16:38 (eight years ago) link
her tweets are great imo - never read her books.
― doing my Objectives, handling some intense stuff (LocalGarda), Sunday, 22 November 2015 16:39 (eight years ago) link
the self unstable is a really tiny book of compressed, mini-essays that also kinda function as poetry. it rules imo
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Sunday, 22 November 2015 16:42 (eight years ago) link
I feel like twitter is where I practice my more ephemeral thoughts and read about or engage on issues that might be important without getting really emotionally lit up
good practice for not fixating on thoughts
― μpright mammal (mh), Sunday, 22 November 2015 16:51 (eight years ago) link
will try to check that out, sounds good xpost
― doing my Objectives, handling some intense stuff (LocalGarda), Sunday, 22 November 2015 16:53 (eight years ago) link
Elisa Gabbert is the very center of my idea of what Twitter is good at.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 23 November 2015 00:30 (eight years ago) link
jeez i am on the wrong side of history huh
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 23 November 2015 00:34 (eight years ago) link
she's @egabbert? seems like p unremarkable twitter to me
― flopson, Monday, 23 November 2015 01:09 (eight years ago) link
yeah i gave her a follow and was immediately suggested to follow a bunch of vaguely literary margot tenenbaum-lookin' sarah lawerence grads
― LEGIT (Lamp), Monday, 23 November 2015 02:08 (eight years ago) link
and read about or engage on issues that might be important without getting really emotionally lit up
teach me
― 0 / 0 (lukas), Monday, 23 November 2015 04:26 (eight years ago) link
same
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Monday, 23 November 2015 04:51 (eight years ago) link
I am always emotionally lit
was immediately suggested to follow a bunch of vaguely literary margot tenenbaum-lookin' sarah lawerence grads
you say that like it's a bad thing
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 23 November 2015 05:05 (eight years ago) link
xp i recommend getting your hopes and dreams repeatedly dashed until you are dead inside
― Eugene Goostman (forksclovetofu), Monday, 23 November 2015 06:00 (eight years ago) link
a bunch of vaguely literary margot tenenbaum-lookin' sarah lawerence grads
You rang?
― voodoo rage (suzy), Monday, 23 November 2015 06:44 (eight years ago) link
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 22 November 2015 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Twitter has a likeness to ilx but its not ilx. She is much better than quirky and she writes longer pieces, like this one
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 23 November 2015 10:49 (eight years ago) link
/a bunch of vaguely literary margot tenenbaum-lookin' sarah lawerence grads/You rang?
― iatee, Monday, 23 November 2015 13:40 (eight years ago) link
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Sunday, November 22, 2015 11:05 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
my immediate thought was "who is going to be the first person to jump on this as an aspiration" and lo and behold
― μpright mammal (mh), Monday, 23 November 2015 14:47 (eight years ago) link
lamp what is your twitter i want to follow u
― goole, Monday, 23 November 2015 17:28 (eight years ago) link
@on3ness
― LEGIT (Lamp), Monday, 23 November 2015 18:02 (eight years ago) link
:]
― lag∞n, Monday, 23 November 2015 18:25 (eight years ago) link
\o/
― goole, Monday, 23 November 2015 18:26 (eight years ago) link
i follow lamp he's @ristolable
― 龜, Monday, 23 November 2015 18:55 (eight years ago) link
i love to read lamps tweets at account @robdelaney
― lag∞n, Monday, 23 November 2015 19:22 (eight years ago) link
for a while my tinder bio was "follow me on twitter @kingsthings" and it did great
― goole, Monday, 23 November 2015 19:23 (eight years ago) link
better than this anyway
did you get any dates or just twitter followers
― μpright mammal (mh), Monday, 23 November 2015 19:32 (eight years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CUiXeQ6WIAABTU6.jpg
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 24 November 2015 00:37 (eight years ago) link
i howled irl at that
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 24 November 2015 03:43 (eight years ago) link
bravo
― Amira, Queen of Creativity (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 24 November 2015 03:53 (eight years ago) link
_/a bunch of vaguely literary margot tenenbaum-lookin' sarah lawerence grads/You rang?_btt b
You rang?_btt b
haha this was not meant to be an obscure acronym I was just reading this thread and then put my phone in my pocket
― iatee, Tuesday, 24 November 2015 04:36 (eight years ago) link
take heed my man this is how classic abbrevs began
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 24 November 2015 05:53 (eight years ago) link
Bite the Twinkie, babycakes.
― Three Word Username, Tuesday, 24 November 2015 06:42 (eight years ago) link
According to our friends at Urban Dictionary, iatee appeared to be accusing me of indulging in jazz cigarettes.
Depending on the time of day I wrote the above, GUILTY M'LUD.
― voodoo rage (suzy), Tuesday, 24 November 2015 08:09 (eight years ago) link
be that tenenbaum, bae
― los blue jeans, Wednesday, 25 November 2015 01:18 (eight years ago) link
h8 twitter
― thwomp (thomp), Wednesday, 25 November 2015 03:07 (eight years ago) link
lol
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― flopson, Tuesday, 1 December 2015 15:35 (eight years ago) link
i'll never understand people who proudly publicly call themselves "porn lovers" on social media
― flopson, Tuesday, 1 December 2015 15:38 (eight years ago) link
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― lag∞n, Tuesday, 1 December 2015 15:40 (eight years ago) link
"porn lover. thoughts my own."
― japanese mage (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 1 December 2015 15:42 (eight years ago) link
ppl with professional twitter accounts who list "father of two sons" or something first
― μpright mammal (mh), Tuesday, 1 December 2015 15:47 (eight years ago) link
"retweets do not equal I jerked off to it"
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 1 December 2015 15:48 (eight years ago) link
lag∞n beat me to it, as usual
― μpright mammal (mh), Tuesday, 1 December 2015 15:48 (eight years ago) link