If Google buys Twitter, thereβs 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
― lagβn, Tuesday, 27 September 2016 15:29 (seven years ago) link
my only synergy dream is still for Disney to buy Nintendo
― slathered in cream and covered with stickers (silby), Tuesday, 27 September 2016 15:45 (seven years ago) link
was really hoping to see an offer from BloopBlorp
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Tuesday, 27 September 2016 15:46 (seven years ago) link
31 followers, damn this is uphill
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Tuesday, 27 September 2016 19:54 (seven years ago) link
one problem I may face is being too concentrated in one or two subspheres of twitter, think I need to broaden out a little
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Tuesday, 27 September 2016 19:55 (seven years ago) link
tbh I have more followers and I am sure 90% of them are straight garbage, really need to delete all these ones that are pretty much bots
― dr. mercurio arboria (mh π), Tuesday, 27 September 2016 19:56 (seven years ago) link
180 followers btw
137 for me but it's people in my field and definitely some bots. using it for work and during conferences (there are like who sub-conferences happening on twitter whenever i go to a conference) makes it easier to get followers
― marcos, Tuesday, 27 September 2016 20:02 (seven years ago) link
oh lol apparently my cousin's kid's twitter name is @mylastname_mh
― dr. mercurio arboria (mh π), Tuesday, 27 September 2016 20:03 (seven years ago) link
only content is two retweets and one is about loving thick girls
they shd srsly just sell to facebook doesnt facebook want them prob the only company that wldnt fuck it up
β lagβn, Monday, September 26, 2016 7:46 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yea. also too sometimes i debate whether to post something to twitter or to facebook and i cant decide, it would be nice to just have them integrated in some kind of way idk
― marcos, Tuesday, 27 September 2016 20:04 (seven years ago) link
oh shit some girl I almost went on a date w/from tinder follows me on twitter wtf
― dr. mercurio arboria (mh π), Tuesday, 27 September 2016 20:04 (seven years ago) link
I really need to look through these lists more often, guys
if google really buys it I'm jumping the fuck out
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Tuesday, 27 September 2016 20:08 (seven years ago) link
yeah me too
― Ξα½ΟΞΉΟ, Tuesday, 27 September 2016 20:08 (seven years ago) link
just unfollowed all the CHAPOTRAPHOUSE dudes. I figure their funny non-podcast promotional tweets will still get retweeted into my feed
― flopson, Tuesday, 27 September 2016 20:17 (seven years ago) link
β the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Tuesday, September 27, 2016 4:08 PM (nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
β Ξα½ΟΞΉΟ, Tuesday, September 27, 2016 4:08 PM (nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
why?
― flopson, Tuesday, 27 September 2016 20:18 (seven years ago) link
because Google can eat a dick and I don't use their shitty services...? That goes for Facebook too.
― Ξα½ΟΞΉΟ, Tuesday, 27 September 2016 20:22 (seven years ago) link
it might be a harbinger of it turning into complete shit but tbh the end-times days of services are usually really entertaining
― dr. mercurio arboria (mh π), Tuesday, 27 September 2016 20:22 (seven years ago) link
β Ξα½ΟΞΉΟ, Tuesday, September 27, 2016 4:22 PM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lol ok tuff guy
― flopson, Tuesday, 27 September 2016 20:24 (seven years ago) link
google and facebook have some pretty good things imo
― dr. mercurio arboria (mh π), Tuesday, 27 September 2016 20:25 (seven years ago) link
mainly because google is terrible about privacy and anonymity
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Tuesday, 27 September 2016 20:30 (seven years ago) link
I have no need for either
xp
― Ξα½ΟΞΉΟ, Tuesday, 27 September 2016 20:35 (seven years ago) link
Facebook sucks. google seems unavoidable to me but i guess if you were keen on it you could find ways to get around using any of its features. how do you, like, look up directions, shakey?
― flopson, Tuesday, 27 September 2016 20:46 (seven years ago) link
tomtom
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 27 September 2016 20:50 (seven years ago) link
apple maps is p good now too
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 27 September 2016 20:53 (seven years ago) link
Google is already indexing all your tweets and they're available in search so
― Cumstaun (Phil D.), Tuesday, 27 September 2016 20:53 (seven years ago) link
yeah but Google links your accounts on various platforms
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Tuesday, 27 September 2016 20:55 (seven years ago) link
there are a ton of different map/search engines/whatever. acting like Google is the only one is sad.
I'm not interested in having all of my various doings linked to a single Google account, I will never do it.
― Ξα½ΟΞΉΟ, Tuesday, 27 September 2016 20:56 (seven years ago) link
Yeah I use Google search rarely (DuckDuckGo mostly) and Google anything else never (other than at work, on my work account). My old gmail is still accruing marketing email that I check on every six months or so.
― slathered in cream and covered with stickers (silby), Tuesday, 27 September 2016 20:56 (seven years ago) link
I'm all in on iCloud
― slathered in cream and covered with stickers (silby), Tuesday, 27 September 2016 20:57 (seven years ago) link
the only Google thing I willingly did was set up a youtube account for my band's videos and I even that I don't like doing/only did out of obligation
― Ξα½ΟΞΉΟ, Tuesday, 27 September 2016 20:57 (seven years ago) link
I do not "netflix and chill" as I prefer to use platforms unencumbered by digital rights management
― dr. mercurio arboria (mh π), Tuesday, 27 September 2016 20:57 (seven years ago) link
xp yeah that's my issue, the way it hooks up your gmail, your youtube, even non google-based email accounts, drive, calendar etc. I'm starting to disentangle myself from all of it although it's tough bc of the convenience.
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Tuesday, 27 September 2016 20:58 (seven years ago) link
they're insanely clumsy at cross-platform aggregation and half the shit, even things they bought long ago like youtube, have different content policies
most of what you're getting is one sign-in to a bunch of sites, which is pretty ok
― dr. mercurio arboria (mh π), Tuesday, 27 September 2016 21:03 (seven years ago) link
(enable two factor authentication, though, in case there's some sort of yahoo-style idiocy)
― dr. mercurio arboria (mh π), Tuesday, 27 September 2016 21:04 (seven years ago) link
openstreetmap dudes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenStreetMap
kind of hoping google buys twitter that way a lot of users jump ship because of not wanting to give google too much of their info
plus google has had many failed projects and i'm hoping this track record will help drive twitter down
― Fβ― Aβ― (β), Tuesday, 27 September 2016 21:05 (seven years ago) link
OSM is a good group but I follow a handful of people connected to the project and they're really trying to position their efforts as far as getting people to volunteer to update things, block-by-block. They're really in the phase between being an enthusiast tool for data projects and being an enterprise-grade map provider for things like personal navigation
― dr. mercurio arboria (mh π), Tuesday, 27 September 2016 21:08 (seven years ago) link
what i'm saying is flopson makes it sound like it's almost impossible to not use google maps' data set
there is osm for the hardcore users and apple maps uses tomtom's data
so there are a few main data sets that can be used and are being used
― Fβ― Aβ― (β), Tuesday, 27 September 2016 21:18 (seven years ago) link
oh yeah it's definitely possible, I know a few companies use bing maps(hard to type that and not laugh)they apparently do have better maps in some rural areas and their licensing terms are better for some organizations
― dr. mercurio arboria (mh π), Tuesday, 27 September 2016 21:21 (seven years ago) link
if you're paranoid going to another site is possible. just seems weird when googlemaps is already on my address bar, like i just have to type in an address
― flopson, Tuesday, 27 September 2016 21:22 (seven years ago) link
but.. if you set your default search engine to a difference site then you type in the address and get a different map service, lol
― dr. mercurio arboria (mh π), Tuesday, 27 September 2016 21:23 (seven years ago) link
like even Chrome, a Google product, lets you select other search engines as default
― dr. mercurio arboria (mh π), Tuesday, 27 September 2016 21:24 (seven years ago) link
heh. i guess i'm just comfy in default everything and never thought to change. it's nice :)
― flopson, Tuesday, 27 September 2016 21:27 (seven years ago) link
that's what they want you to think
― Ξα½ΟΞΉΟ, Tuesday, 27 September 2016 21:30 (seven years ago) link
you're their ideal product!
― Ξα½ΟΞΉΟ, Tuesday, 27 September 2016 21:31 (seven years ago) link
I'm used to changing because of whatever iOS version defaulted to some wack search by default. Did they go to bing when bing was bad? I forget.
― dr. mercurio arboria (mh π), Tuesday, 27 September 2016 21:31 (seven years ago) link
The iOS default changed to Bing, I think, but at the same time they added DuckDuckGo as an option.
― slathered in cream and covered with stickers (silby), Tuesday, 27 September 2016 21:34 (seven years ago) link
if you go to DDG in Minnesota is the mascot a grey duck instead of a goose?
― dr. mercurio arboria (mh π), Tuesday, 27 September 2016 21:36 (seven years ago) link