Lots of buzz around a new iOS client; have forgotten its name so not that much buzz. Leaf, maybe?
― stet, Thursday, 22 September 2016 09:03 (seven years ago) link
they don't do polls b/c twitter doesn't provide an API hook for polls, because twitter is trying to kill the lingering 3p clients like tweetbot without outright killing them
― slathered in cream and covered with stickers (silby), Wednesday, 21 September 2016 20:50 Bookmark
search is also vaguely crippled for 3ps, i forget how exactly. dont think they gave much heads up for the longer tweets either
normally have fenix on android but i'm using the official client until the latter issue is sorted - it's a lot better than it was but two clicks to get to a list and then a massive uneccessary nav bar permanently taking up the top quarter of the screen is infuriating
― r|t|c, Thursday, 22 September 2016 12:44 (seven years ago) link
new fave acct https://mobile.twitter.com/naked4u2see/― dr. mercurio arboria (mh 😏), Wednesday, September 21, 2016 10:55 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― dr. mercurio arboria (mh 😏), Wednesday, September 21, 2016 10:55 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
The best is this banal tweet in the middle of all the nudity
https://mobile.twitter.com/naked4u2see/status/661236375119753216
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, 22 September 2016 15:08 (seven years ago) link
A few observations from my brief twitsperiment so far:
1) the only way to pick up followers in the beginning seems to be to reply to posters with more followers with retweetable posts. I have landed this trick twice and have a mere 22 followers. 2) but doing this takes an outsized amount of time and effort - finding the right joke right place right time right person combo. 3)I'm sure there's a point where growth could start to speed up exponentially, but only if you're really good at retweetable jokes 4) it seems really exhausting to get to even get to escape velocity 5) beyond the game of followers, it's sort of an annoying format, not that conducive to conversation compared to Facebook of even ilx, harder to read6) the majority of people who do have a lot of followers either have some separate minor notability (journalists, comics etc) or are just really long time users7) for the professionals, the tweets are really partly work and self promotion so there's much more incentive to put in the work 8) one thing I do think it could be really useful is for following specialized or obscure topics, like stuff beyond the same slate and salon pieces everyone already shares on Facebook
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Friday, 23 September 2016 00:05 (seven years ago) link
#1 I mean you cleverly reply to someone popular, they throw you a retweet; a few of their followers also retweet and this leads to a few new followers for you.
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Friday, 23 September 2016 00:09 (seven years ago) link
I want to follow this great experiment.
― Jeff, Friday, 23 September 2016 00:09 (seven years ago) link
I'm pretty bad at twitter and you can count the number of non-ilx non-irl non-bot followers i have on two hands but i still have a good time on it idk. for me the purest narcissistic frisson isn't the one you get from making a good joke and getting a lot of RTs but when an account ur twitter crushing on follows u back
― flopson, Friday, 23 September 2016 00:37 (seven years ago) link
man alive can you not just follow your friends
― slathered in cream and covered with stickers (silby), Friday, 23 September 2016 01:21 (seven years ago) link
I've got 2000 tweets in four years with a whopping 200 followers.id hate to be one of those nightmare people who have to create lists and stuff.
― pplains, Friday, 23 September 2016 01:56 (seven years ago) link
Silby, I'm doing it semi anonymously (not using rn and only mentioned it to two friends), but also not a lot of my friends tweet actively and also I find facebook's format more conducive to conversation with friends.
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Friday, 23 September 2016 03:13 (seven years ago) link
My most successful tweet so far is currently at three rts and 22 <3s
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Friday, 23 September 2016 03:45 (seven years ago) link
u have to enjoy yelling into the void is how i break it down
― lag∞n, Friday, 23 September 2016 03:59 (seven years ago) link
i've been tweeting for a few years and have only hit 22 <3s a few times, you are truly a precocious talent man alive
― lazy rascals, spending their substance, and more, in riotous living (Merdeyeux), Friday, 23 September 2016 10:38 (seven years ago) link
ugh. gl figuring out how to wield twitter like a hedge trimmer or whatever
― r|t|c, Friday, 23 September 2016 11:35 (seven years ago) link
CNBC @CNBC 8m8 minutes agoBREAKING: Twitter moving closer to sale, suitors said to include Salesforce and Google; no sale is imminent -sources http://cnb.cx/2cWsoB5
― lag∞n, Friday, 23 September 2016 13:11 (seven years ago) link
ok worst thing I have found so far is prolific arguers who write a new response every 30s, is there a way to only get tweets and not replies in your feed?
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Friday, 23 September 2016 14:00 (seven years ago) link
lmao google will fuck it up so bad
― goole, Friday, 23 September 2016 15:51 (seven years ago) link
morbidly curious to see it
― lag∞n, Friday, 23 September 2016 16:12 (seven years ago) link
lol but what does salesforce want w twitter
― lag∞n, Friday, 23 September 2016 16:13 (seven years ago) link
Benioff probs just wants to run it as a hobby
― slathered in cream and covered with stickers (silby), Friday, 23 September 2016 16:15 (seven years ago) link
can't wait for twitter hangouts
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Friday, 23 September 2016 16:15 (seven years ago) link
i've been tweeting cryptic nonsense and bad jokes since 2008 and i have a whole 116 followers for my troubles. probably a couple dozen of them are bots
― ciderpress, Friday, 23 September 2016 16:24 (seven years ago) link
― lag∞n, Thursday, September 22, 2016 11:59 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
otm
ive also only made like 600 tweets in 8 years maybe if i tweeted 10x as much i'd have 10x as many followers regardless of the content?
― ciderpress, Friday, 23 September 2016 16:32 (seven years ago) link
I block all bots and bot-like humans that follow me, gotta keep tidy
― slathered in cream and covered with stickers (silby), Friday, 23 September 2016 16:33 (seven years ago) link
i only block promoted tweets i dont like
― lag∞n, Friday, 23 September 2016 16:36 (seven years ago) link
i block the source of every promoted tweet i see in a quest to see more and more obscure ads as time goes on
― ciderpress, Friday, 23 September 2016 16:38 (seven years ago) link
lmao
― lag∞n, Friday, 23 September 2016 16:39 (seven years ago) link
bots don't usually follow you for more than a day
― flopson, Friday, 23 September 2016 16:40 (seven years ago) link
ya same w followback mongers
― lag∞n, Friday, 23 September 2016 16:41 (seven years ago) link
― ciderpress, Friday, 23 September 2016 16:38 (four minutes ago) Permalink
i got one from some random law firm yesterday, felt like a new level.
― savvinesslessness (map), Friday, 23 September 2016 16:44 (seven years ago) link
that was me
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Friday, 23 September 2016 16:46 (seven years ago) link
the most obscure one i've gotten so far was from this ladder and scaffolding company with <50 tweets/followers https://twitter.com/BadgerLadder
― ciderpress, Friday, 23 September 2016 16:47 (seven years ago) link
someone tweeted one that was just a picture of a guy with his truck like it wasnt even an add lol
― lag∞n, Friday, 23 September 2016 16:49 (seven years ago) link
― ciderpress, Friday, September 23, 2016 12:38 PM (twenty minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
im gonna start doing this thx
― flopson, Friday, 23 September 2016 16:59 (seven years ago) link
i have never blocked anyone, feel weirdly proud of that, even tho rly nobody interacts with me
― goole, Friday, 23 September 2016 17:01 (seven years ago) link
ciderpress what's ur @
its @mtlnx
― ciderpress, Friday, 23 September 2016 17:23 (seven years ago) link
I just followed you
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Friday, 23 September 2016 17:27 (seven years ago) link
Ah, ok. Was wondering who that was.
― pplains, Saturday, 24 September 2016 00:55 (seven years ago) link
Feel like there's a critical moment of Twitter success where you turn off email notifications because they become too overwhelming. I have not reached that point and probably will not ever
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 24 September 2016 01:01 (seven years ago) link
i was touched by the fact that nicholson baker follows back.
― Wozniak on Kimye's Baby (jaymc), Saturday, 24 September 2016 02:48 (seven years ago) link
Wall Street Journal @WSJWalt Disney has emerged as another potential bidder for Twitter http://on.wsj.com/2dnlrHf
lol wut
― lag∞n, Monday, 26 September 2016 23:45 (seven years ago) link
they shd srsly just sell to facebook doesnt facebook want them prob the only company that wldnt fuck it up
― lag∞n, Monday, 26 September 2016 23:46 (seven years ago) link
hope when disney buys twitter that the espn web design guys get their hands on the desktop version
― Clay, Monday, 26 September 2016 23:52 (seven years ago) link
plz stop trolling me thank u
― lag∞n, Monday, 26 September 2016 23:56 (seven years ago) link
back.
― Wozniak on Kimye's Baby (jaymc), Friday, September 23, 2016 10:48 PM (three days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
ha me too
― marcos, Tuesday, 27 September 2016 00:06 (seven years ago) link
lol it cut off but that was in response to Nicholson baker following back
If Google buys Twitter, there’s a perfect spot for it in YouTube
five years later, facebook will fuck the goog and then we'll all be part of the same adopted family
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 27 September 2016 15:22 (seven years ago) link
lol pundit synergy dreams
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 27 September 2016 15:29 (seven years ago) link