[jasonraymondson]

Twitter makes me feel old. I have no desire whatsoever to stay in constant what-you're-eating-for-breakfast contact with thirty people.

I am 30, a web developer, and even I can't deal with this stupid shit. Seriously, no one needs to know what I ate before bed

[strider3700]

Twitter makes me feel old. I have no desire whatsoever to stay in constant what-you're-eating-for-breakfast contact with thirty people.

I am 30, a web developer, and even I can't deal with this stupid shit. Seriously, no one needs to know what I ate before bed

Agreed. I was on the net before there was a web. I saw the birth of mosaic and I prefered lynx. I remember Archie and veronica. trumpet winsock was necessary. Ftp gave you access to the holy mecca's of porn.

I don't have a twitter account. I barely ever use my MSN//AI/ICQ/.... accounts. I update my facebook status bi monthly or so.

Didn't the brits just make it illegal to be an anonymous blogger these days? I seriously doubt anything good can come from tweeting your every move.

[jasonraymondson]

Twitter makes me feel old. I have no desire whatsoever to stay in constant what-you're-eating-for-breakfast contact with thirty people.

I am 30, a web developer, and even I can't deal with this stupid shit. Seriously, no one needs to know what I ate before bed

Agreed. I was on the net before there was a web. I saw the birth of mosaic and I prefered lynx. I remember Archie and veronica. trumpet winsock was necessary. Ftp gave you access to the holy mecca's of porn.

I don't have a twitter account. I barely ever use my MSN//AI/ICQ/.... accounts. I update my facebook status bi monthly or so.

Didn't the brits just make it illegal to be an anonymous blogger these days? I seriously doubt anything good can come from tweeting your every move.

agreed. I miss ole telnet sessioning to porn.. waiting 12 hours to finish downloadling 4 minutes of porn video... and no I am not kidding. Tech felt more pure back in those days. Now... there is just so much more shit than I can't keep track of.

[jboogy]

I have to plead ignorance. Of course I've heard of "twitter" , but I don't really know what it is. Since it's important enough to be mentioned here on PO perhaps someone would enlighten an old, technologically un-savvy, knuckle-dragger like me? Use small words.

[TWilliam]

I have to plead ignorance. Of course I've heard of "twitter" , but I don't really know what it is. Since it's important enough to be mentioned here on PO perhaps someone would enlighten an old, technologically un-savvy, knuckle-dragger like me? Use small words.

Happy to help out...

[AgentR]

twitter, blogs, forums, etc... Are likely viewed as relief valves and control mechanisms; not sources of revolution and instability.

Its when people go into the streets with clubs, knives, and guns; that bad stuff happens and the government is moved to react more, assertively.

[jboogy]

Thanks T-bill, that was pretty good, I'll give it a shot. I got a new can of CHEK punch a few minutes ago, after I read seven pages of a "does GOD exist" thread made most notable by the realization that Montequest is back. I'm chewing spearmint gum and debating whether or not to spark a bowl and continue reading, or go to bed. My best and oldest dog Sarah died last sunday morning from snakebite, had her twelve years and it was like losing a kid, today was the first day I didn't cry over her.

There, how was that for my first twitter? Seems alot like what people normally do in chatroom/blogs, only maybe crappier.

[jasonraymondson]

Thanks T-bill, that was pretty good, I'll give it a shot. I got a new can of CHEK punch a few minutes ago, after I read seven pages of a "does GOD exist" thread made most notable by the realization that Montequest is back. I'm chewing spearmint gum and debating whether or not to spark a bowl and continue reading, or go to bed. My best and oldest dog Sarah died last sunday morning from snakebite, had her twelve years and it was like losing a kid, today was the first day I didn't cry over her.

There, how was that for my first twitter? Seems alot like what people normally do in chatroom/blogs, only maybe crappier.

You twitter failed, there is enough content there for 2000 twitter posts

[jboogy]

Oops-a-daisy! I'm still learning how to twitter don't forget.

[Tyler_JC]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks Twitter is just internet narcissism taken to the extreme.

I understand Facebook, Myspace, Wikipedia, Youtube, Blogger, eBay and Craigslist.

I just can't make any sense of Twitter. What, exactly, is the point of Twitter?

I've yet to get a serious answer from anyone about this.

[TWilliam]

Text deleted per C.o.C. section 3.1.8 Messages devoid of content. Please take that kind of crap to Twitter, thank you. ~TWilliam

There, how was that for my first twitter? Seems alot like what people normally do in chatroom/blogs, only maybe crappier.

Wouldn't know, I don't use it...

[jboogy]

I just read a tweet from "Tyler", he is so not like twitterific! If he doesn't understand by now, will he ever??????

Just pulled a big snotty booger out of my left nostril and farted at the exact moment I achieved nostril-mucous separation, is this tweet-worthy Jayson?

[TWilliam]

I just can't make any sense of Twitter. What, exactly, is the point of Twitter?

I've yet to get a serious answer from anyone about this.

Watch the video I posted. I seriously believe that it's about the best answer anyone has yet given to that question...

"Twitter. You know... for Twits!"

[Arthur75]

I always wonder why in this "web 2.0" hype, forums are seldom mentionned : The "stars" are always social networks ala facebook myspace, sometimes blogs, now twitter, etc ...
Whereas in fact forums predates the web through usenet (which had (or has) the added benefit of a topic oriented forums namespace not owned by anyone).
Forums are to me a key building blocks of this 2.0 thing.

Another thing is that somehow facebook, twitter and others benefit a lot of email being spamed to death, by recreating the email concept in an environment where account creation is directly managed so spaming less present. Would email not being that spamed, the "need" for these things would be much less clear.

[TWilliam]

I always wonder why in this "web 2.0" hype, forums are seldom mentionned : The "stars" are always social networks ala facebook myspace, sometimes blogs, now twitter, etc ...

Because Twitter, et. al. were created for the ADHD Crackberry crowd. One generally has to be able to carry a thought beyond the end of a line in order to participate in a forum. If it requires scrolling much past the bottom of their 2-inch screens (which a majority of forum posts certainly would) then they can't follow it...

[jasonraymondson]

I just read a tweet from "Tyler", he is so not like twitterific! If he doesn't understand by now, will he ever??????

Just pulled a big snotty booger out of my left nostril and farted at the exact moment I achieved nostril-mucous separation, is this tweet-worthy Jayson?

well since you never end the sentence and continue to ask my approval in the same sentence, you have typed 152 letters. thus you have summoned the

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[jasonraymondson]

I always wonder why in this "web 2.0" hype, forums are seldom mentionned : The "stars" are always social networks ala facebook myspace, sometimes blogs, now twitter, etc ...

Because Twitter, et. al. were created for the ADHD Crackberry crowd. One generally has to be able to carry a thought beyond the end of a line in order to participate in a forum. If it requires scrolling much past the bottom of their 2-inch screens (which a majority of forum posts certainly would) then they can't follow it...

Actually you are behind the times.. we are now entering web 3.0 Alpha. A new beautiful time in which we will all exist in some cross hybrid bastard child of "youtube and twitter" Think about this, videos of our day only 136 frames long merged with videos of people that we call our friends automatically edited into [(fauxFriends*maxFrames*frameRate)/60] minutes long segments.

[jboogy]

I just logged onto peak oil, I'm getting set to read some stuff. 103 degrees today. Planted some T-posts, weeded the peppers and cabbage, watched my new pup chase the ducks around and vice-versa. Had spaghetti with venison meatballs and sausage for the third day in a row, (I could eat it again tomorrow too). SUNBURNED shoulders...ouch!

Someone twitter me back with all the excruciating minutia of your day.

[3aidlillahi]

Twitter had a monthly growth of 1382%, Zimbio of 240%, followed by Facebook with an increase of 228%.[7]

- Wiki on Twitter

Monthly growth rate of 1382%! And that's before the Iran-Twitter crisis - was from early April. With all of the free press it's been getting, you can bet that will jump up. Expect your grandmother to be tweeting in three months after she adds you on Facebook.

[Sixstrings]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks Twitter is just internet narcissism taken to the extreme.

I understand Facebook, Myspace, Wikipedia, Youtube, Blogger, eBay and Craigslist.

I just can't make any sense of Twitter. What, exactly, is the point of Twitter?

I've yet to get a serious answer from anyone about this.

It's almost like the old adage "if a tree falls in a forest, and nobody is there to hear it, does it make a sound?" I think the millenial generation needs constant affirmation of themselves. They're incable of validating themselves.. ergo their experiences have no meaning unless "someone is out there" to know about it. And so, it makes them feel good if 20 people know what that their buttered popcorn tastes awesome -- it gives the experience meaning.

A less esoteric explanation would be that people usually are not where they really want to be, or with who they want to be with. That's why text messaging is so addictive, you can stay in constant touch with the people you'd really rather be with but can't because you're (a) working, (b) in school, or (c) visiting grandma. It's a way to multi-task.. it's much more feasable to twitter at work than make personal phone calls. Essentially, twitter just espands text messaging from individuals to groups.

To play devil's advocate and be a little more fair to Twitter, consider this: a lot of everday conversation is really just "small talk" anyway. How's the weather? Waz up? And the old standby -- How are you today? (a one-word answer is expected)

So, if most of our daily talk is small-talk anyhow, then perhaps we're making much ado over nothing about the txting and twittering. My only really beef with texting and twittering is I just don't want people doing it around me when I've taken time out to do something with them.