As bad as music writing is, it’s a post-war Parisian cafe compared to listening to Twitter talk about movies
― The Mandymoorian (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 11 February 2020 07:38 (four years ago) link
what did they do to this site exactly. this is a good example
pic.twitter.com/hSh18mTRiv— Harold (@911VICTIM) February 19, 2020
― global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 19 February 2020 23:44 (four years ago) link
it's terrible on web too, images display terribly. how do they keep fucking this site up over and over with every update
― global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 19 February 2020 23:48 (four years ago) link
u kinda gotta respect it
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 19 February 2020 23:49 (four years ago) link
HeLl SiTe
― frederik b. godt (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 19 February 2020 23:54 (four years ago) link
Is the web version just broken half the time for anyone else or is it just me? Even going to 'twitter.com' in my browser leads to 'Something went wrong - try again'
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 28 February 2020 13:11 (four years ago) link
This is a dumb-ass answer, but are you logged in?
Seriously, Twitter.com is the only required-registration website I go to that doesn't return me to a log-in page when I just click over to it haphazardly. If I click on a Twitter link from here or whatever, and I'm not already logged in, I always get that "Something went wrong" prompt. I then manually have to go to Twitter.com to sign in.
― pplains, Friday, 28 February 2020 14:09 (four years ago) link
its pretty funny that they cant make a website that works good
― lag∞n, Friday, 28 February 2020 14:10 (four years ago) link
theres all sorts of other minor bugs and annoyances w it too
Yeah I'm logged in
So amateurish that it redirects to 'twitter.com/home' as well, like, what is this, fuckin go.com ??
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 28 February 2020 14:14 (four years ago) link
twitter.com/index.html
― pplains, Friday, 28 February 2020 14:15 (four years ago) link
web version has been really shitty yes
autorefresh is back too it's funny, goodbye tweets that i was reading
― marcos, Friday, 28 February 2020 14:38 (four years ago) link
common practices i find deeply embarrassing:
addressing new followers, eg "hey new followers! you liked my tweet about x? well i tweet about y too, hope you like y!"
commenting on unfollowers, eg "it's really telling who unfollowed me after i tweeted about y, you prudes must not be able to handle me lol"
obligatory "i don't have a soundcloud but here's this thing you can check out" post-viral tweet
― marcos, Friday, 28 February 2020 14:44 (four years ago) link
I find these things embarrassing too, but suspect it is because I only have a couple of hundred followers and doubt that even they actually see my tweets. It's mainly a "wisecracking into the howling void" website for me, or else everyone is mortified at my behaviour and opinions but is too polite to say anything, same result.I have recently fallen out with a low-level twitter celeb who actually followed me, just because he was constantly posting dull questions and I was posting facetious responses, probably for the best all round.
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 28 February 2020 14:51 (four years ago) link
I wrote a couple of things on twitter that I wound up feeling moderately embarrassed by, mostly responding to other people's messages. Mostly because I am too earnest. I am incapable of hiding behind the joke cloak so I respond to people as if they were right in front of me. It's probably "embarrassing" to other people too but idk why anyone would be embarrassed on my behalf. Seems like a lite bitchy "bless your heart" move or at worst euphemism for "i am judging u" If/when I see these people again I don't expect them to remember the dumb earnest thing I said. Who cares?!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 28 February 2020 15:06 (four years ago) link
<3
― mh, Friday, 28 February 2020 15:10 (four years ago) link
oh let me be clear all of my tweets are dumb and earnest and embarrassing too
― marcos, Friday, 28 February 2020 15:12 (four years ago) link
― marcos, Friday, February 28, 2020 9:44 AM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
think of these as opportunities for unfollowing
― lag∞n, Friday, 28 February 2020 16:48 (four years ago) link
yeah but after you unfollow you should probably leave a public note on twitter explaining why
― But guess what? Nobody gives a toot!😂 (Karl Malone), Friday, 28 February 2020 17:05 (four years ago) link
listen i never thought i would have to do this but i did unfollow @largemaoistgrandpa for beginning a tweet with "periodic reminder" i dont want to demonize him and i do believe in restorative justice but the simple fact is his tweets are bad and i dont want to read them anymore, if anyone wants to reach out to me my DMs are open
― lag∞n, Friday, 28 February 2020 17:11 (four years ago) link
dyin
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Friday, 28 February 2020 17:13 (four years ago) link
The whole "periodic reminder" thing seems like a product of the abrupt nature of the Twitter format. People feel awkward simply making a statement/assertion without any prior framing, so they use that as a pretend lead-in.
― jmm, Friday, 28 February 2020 17:25 (four years ago) link
never shdve gone to 280
― lag∞n, Friday, 28 February 2020 17:33 (four years ago) link
They did all this dumb stuff and they still don’t have a buyer lol
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Friday, 28 February 2020 17:36 (four years ago) link
“Twitter isn’t real life” but it’s all rich centrist dipshits complain about so I guess it’s something https://t.co/xK8Dv9Pe9k— Adam H. Johnson (@adamjohnsonNYC) February 28, 2020
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Friday, 28 February 2020 20:52 (four years ago) link
we did it
― lag∞n, Friday, 28 February 2020 20:55 (four years ago) link
Republican mega-donor buys stake in Twitter and seeks to oust Jack Dorsey – report
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 2 March 2020 09:10 (four years ago) link
Everyone will be forced to follow all the Trump and Trump brand accounts
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Monday, 2 March 2020 10:00 (four years ago) link
As long as we don't have to follow the lame Nixon ones too.
― pplains, Monday, 2 March 2020 11:30 (four years ago) link
I write about films here sometimes if anyone wants to take a look ⤵️ https://t.co/bInmpGFx0l— Toilets With Threatening Auras (@scarytoilet) March 9, 2020
― mark s, Monday, 9 March 2020 19:50 (four years ago) link
the obvs next step after film crit hulk
― lag∞n, Monday, 9 March 2020 20:03 (four years ago) link
been smashing the 'turn off re-tweets option' option lately, i think it's good housekeeping
― flopson, Monday, 9 March 2020 20:07 (four years ago) link
got into a conversation with a fellow writer about right wing hate for hillary and i’m pretty sure we’re being swarmed by girlboss-feminism “agents” because he mentioned how people have wanted her dead (not untrue!!)anyway never tweet
― maura, Tuesday, 10 March 2020 11:43 (four years ago) link
if you're on or lurk ilx and/or reddit (and, crucially, have nothing to promote online) there's no point to being on twitter at this point, anything worthwhile (and a ton that isn't) gets reposted
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Tuesday, 10 March 2020 12:43 (four years ago) link
yeah it's why i'm thinking of taking a long break
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 10 March 2020 12:45 (four years ago) link
get better Twitter feeds imo
― ogmor, Tuesday, 10 March 2020 12:52 (four years ago) link
I believe brad is talking about ilx
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Tuesday, 10 March 2020 12:53 (four years ago) link
Simon H - that isn't really true, whether that's politics or books.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 10 March 2020 12:54 (four years ago) link
I do get more about films or TV from ilx than twitter tho'.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 10 March 2020 12:55 (four years ago) link
lol dont go on twitter just go on..........reddit
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 10 March 2020 13:14 (four years ago) link
select and limited lurking on reddit is fine imho. (NEVER post tho)
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Tuesday, 10 March 2020 13:16 (four years ago) link
(I realize this will not be a popular opinion)
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Tuesday, 10 March 2020 13:18 (four years ago) link
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, March 10, 2020 7:45 AM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
does twitter have prefab sprout ballot polls, tho?
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 10 March 2020 14:49 (four years ago) link
the tweets here too are getting me to consider taking a break from ilx :( that, plus the ramp-up in assholism here lately, which is mostly usa primaries related but it's deeper.even a politics board (that I could turn off on SNA) wouldn't stop it. but people here seem to like things how they are (o/w the assholes would get 51d) so it's really just my problem :(
― Joey Corona (Euler), Tuesday, 10 March 2020 14:55 (four years ago) link
reminder: every year around February-March the sniping and griping reach their peak
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 10 March 2020 15:00 (four years ago) link
how many hours do I have to stare at weird leftists on twitter before my brain gets this wrecked?
Nothing dril has ever tweeted can touch this pic.twitter.com/cZRHUo08WY— L Ron Hubbard's Space Jazz (@MenshevikM) March 8, 2020
― mh, Tuesday, 10 March 2020 17:10 (four years ago) link
Just rt-ed. God's work on earth.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 10 March 2020 17:15 (four years ago) link
that Menshevik M is a total fucking dunce also (look at the replies, intersectionality "was influenced by Derrida and Foucault", fucking hell)
― frederik b. godt (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 10 March 2020 17:18 (four years ago) link
that is also bad
however I maintain the original tweet that is screenshoted is still mind-blowing
― mh, Tuesday, 10 March 2020 17:20 (four years ago) link
― frederik b. godt (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 10 March 2020 bookmarkflaglink
One (with the link) seems a crank, the other one is mocking it. A lot of the replies are a variation of wtf.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 10 March 2020 17:28 (four years ago) link