phishtaper Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 and why should I care? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 twittering is for twits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Wish Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 Seriously what the hell is the point of Twitter if you a) don't have a blackberry or similar ~or~ have a life ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d_rawk Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 It's actually a super time saver for me. All the goodness of RSS but with a character limit. A security advisory or something else comes out, or someone makes a commit to a project that I am working on, and I get an instant notification. Tie it in with automation, and you have a pretty good information distribution infrastructure. All that said, that probably puts me in category . But hey, time is money, no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 some people just don't get things and then swear at them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d_rawk Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 It's funny, 'cause they all use facebook too, which has revamped itself to look exactly like Twitter (after the botched purchase attempt).Oh well. Efficiency will rule the day - even if it doesn't scale well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Wish Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 Others inquire as to the usefulness of a product when their lives don't match up with its intended purpose.D: Yes time is money and I can understand your use for twitter. I did some research after you posted this and can see its point outside of a purely community/ communication tool which is what I was using it for. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 using tweetdeck, you can subscribe to a specific search. it was helpful as hell during the phish shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d_rawk Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 @NT - np .. I'm deep in geekville, sometimes I can't see the forest for the trees.(But sometimes I do give good stock tips on Twitter: copper, copper, copper!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakis Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 using tweetdeck, you can subscribe to a specific search. it was helpful as hell during the phish shows.How so? Just kind of curious? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms.Huxtable Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 I'm wondering how it was useful as hell to someone sitting at home during the shows as well. Do tell dear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwa. Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 i always thought "twitter" was the new cooch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms.Huxtable Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 I think you mean twatter. it's hard to keep up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 with tweet deck, just click on the search icon at the top and it will return a list of tweets with your key word. It will also create a new panel that will refresh every minute-ish.as for useful, it was useful in that I didn't have to go looking and refreshing webpages, waiting for posts to see what was being played in real time. Twitter is realtime internet. very cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timouse Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 I think you mean twatter. it's hard to keep up.i love this place. thank you all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 I've been playing with the twitter api and found a way to create a simple post to twitter.So what I've done as a neat experiment is create a community twitter account called TheSkanks. Basically, if you're a member here, you can send tweets to that twitter account. On the main portal page, you'll notice a box for sending a tweet on the right. In the forums, it's on the left. Please don't abuse it. Post interesting thoughts, links, or whatever. no swearing or offensive shit. that would just ruin the experiment.I next would be to build a following. I'm not sure how to do that yet. I might have to start doing that on my own by manually following people and they'll intern follow us.This could be a very cool social experiment if it's done right. I was going to create a special group here for it, but what good is a social experiment if it's locked down? Just be responsible and please remember the ultimate goal is to create a huge following. As I figure more things out, I'll be able to create a forum here that displays our twitter account feed.There is a 140 char limit, so if you need to link something, use something like http://bit.ly/ to make smaller url's.Here is TheSkanks page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 Oh yeah, everyone is posting as TheSkanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 Just be responsible and please remember the ultimate goal is to create a huge following.Then what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d_rawk Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 1. Create a following 2. 3. Profit (Seriously though, thx Bouche .. that's pretty cool shit) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YearsAlongTheSea Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 (edited) 2. Purchase an island in the Caribbean and hire midgets to harvest avocados...edit to add: is that a tweetable or tweetworthy idea? Edited March 18, 2009 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phishtaper Posted March 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 i still dont get it. can i order a pizza with it? porn? or maybe a porn star that delivers pizza? that would be supercool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakis Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 Yeah, I don't get the twitter search either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d_rawk Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 porn?you're looking for boobik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 Just be responsible and please remember the ultimate goal is to create a huge following. Then what? you don't have to know everything ollie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YearsAlongTheSea Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 You should put a link to the Twitter Page by the Post to Twitter box...maybe some clickable text ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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