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I've been trying to figure out Twitter for the last several months since it seems to be popular. I really don't get it since there are no celebrities, politicians,athletes that I want to here from 24hrx7 days a week.
Is there another use for this software or am I missing it and out of date? I have a Facebook page that I use to keep in touch with family and friends.
Can someone explain the point of Twitter?
Don't worry you have company, I can't figure it out either. People have so many ways to communicate today yet 99.9% of what they communicate is garbage, or so it seems. Do I really need to know or what to know every little detail of somebodies life? I almost feel like it is called twitter because twits are on it.
Bob
Boy you got that square on the nailhead !Quote:
Originally Posted by BobH
In my opinion it is pointless, but current day youth seems to think that everyone else in the world wants to know what they are doing every minute of the day..at least that is my take of it anyway.
Don't worry, once the the real world kicks them down a few times they may eventually realize the world doesn't gives a rat's butt about you as an individual. I wonder where they got the idea they were so important in the first place?Quote:
Originally Posted by mainaman
Bob
To me it looks the culture of making every kid feel special, you know a pat on the back for every little thing they have accomplished or semi accomplished, seems to give young people the false sense of huge selfimportance. Of course there is also the "everybody is doing it, it must be awesome" kind of mentality too.Quote:
Originally Posted by BobH
Twitter: "I have to do #2 soon, but I'm not sure if the roll in the holder has enough for proper cleanup. Taking an extra roll out of storage" :cool:
I've found it useful a couple of times to get instant updates on breaking events. Not with subscriptions, but just by searching here for keywords, like "tornado".
There is a karate studio next to the tattoo shop I work at. So I stand out in front when I want to smoke my pipe and watch these young, maybe 8 to 10 year old kids, go through the moves and do the exercises they are taught. On one occasion they were going, one after another, in a line, and had to do a move that involved catching something. As each person in line took their turn the others would applaud, being led in that by the instructor.Quote:
Originally Posted by BobH
What got me was when one of the kids dropped the ball, so to speak, and the instructor began applauding .... and the other kids followed suit, as if he had succeeded instead of failed. It is some of that "worse than Dr Spock" mentality. I asked the instructor about it later that day when he was leaving to go home. No losers ..... don't want to make the kid feel bad. So they are being instilled with a mentality that doesn't recognize there are winners and losers, and consequences in life.
I feel so old when things like this come up. I remember when a sense of accomplishment came from... well accomplishing something. I'm not sure any favors will come out of this theory of giving them self confidence without having any reason for it.
Losing... like failing, are important parts of life. If you never lose or fail you never feel a need to move on from where you are or to get any better. If you "win" no matter what you actually do, why bother trying to get it right?
It's an easy way to reach a broad audience. Yes, if you focus on all the superficial stuff it does sound worthless, but now you can get news and events faster from people who are there. All those revolutionary protests in the Middle East were helped by Twitter. In the middle of a natural disaster text messaging is much more reliable than cell calls.
Bingo, yea that is certainly true but why do people insist on posting garbage in the first place.Quote:
Originally Posted by commiecat
Bob
For some reason, a lot of self important people think everyone wants to know every piece of mind numbing minutia of their day. Facebook was bad enough, ex. "I just had a burrito at Chipotle." has been replaced with a Tweet. "Some j-hole in a red camaro just cut me off" I just don't get it either, most of the younger people I work with are on Twitter. I guess some people have nothing better to do with their time. Read a book.
As to Jimmy's example, I think it's a shame that we applaud someone for failing, we mustn't hurt anyone's feelings apparantly. Growing up, like most of you guys, I remember being on a winning team and a losing team, not everyone got a trophy, and sometimes you don't get picked for a team. For example, a buddy of mine said his son is on a little league team, so I asked what position did he try out for? His reply was his son did not have to try-out, he just signed him up and he gets to play. I guess times change, when I played summer little league, all the boys came down to the field and participated in numerous drills. A few days later, a roster was posted letting you know which team you were on. And when it came time to bat, you got a maximun of six pitches, assuming you had a full count and didn't foul tip the ball. Oh yah, I almost forgot, we kept score!
Twitter has its place. For example China did a very good job of stopping things from going into the country, but it blew it when if forgot to put up a wall going out - hence we actually know what happened when that nation had it's earthquakes... Just like we know how slow the response to hurricane Katrina was! Heck it was a twitter account that recited the play by play when Bin Laden was taken out.
That's all to say that Twitter gives the world a bit of transparency. Moreover - the public now becomes the source of the news! That's a huge concept!
But it's like anything else! 99% of it is noise. Kind of like going to a family reunion lol. You got to listen to Uncle Bob ramble off for ever and a day about nothing!
I actually like Twitter a lot.
No, not what celebrities has to share on it:)
It is, however, a super fast way to get the latest news on curent affairs and sports results without all the surrounding noice on telly and the web.
The bombing in Oslo was a great example.
Lots of people tweeted immediately after and the info given proved better than initial news-broadcasts.
There are lots of other stuff that makes it great too, like getting the take on how Leeds United are playing while the match is still on, how Petter Northug looks out in the tracks before he reaches the checkpoint. And tons of other tidbits not as easily found elsewhere:)
LUFC! I like them on account of a friend; we don't get any coverage of The Championship league here in the States so it's hard to consider myself a fan until they make it back to the EPL.Quote:
Originally Posted by Birnando
Careful Dave, I am somebodies uncle Bob. ;)
Bob
Kim Kardashian is my friend! I cant believe I said that, now I feel sick. :(
Bahahaaha... so am I brother... so am I! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by BobH
yea I hear all this ruckus about this twitter thing. It must be some kind of animal right? A real pest if you ask me.
You've been a member here since March and you have to ask that ? :rofl2:Quote:
Originally Posted by BobH
That whole thing about kids getting rewarded for failure...some feel it's confidence building which I understand that it is nice to be confident..then again humility is the hardest lesson in life to learn and one of the most rewarding. Tweet: I noticed that I'm getting flabby skin under my neck, it's like that waddle you see under a turkeys neck...or like that flappy skin under my Aunt esthers arms ....eeeeewwwww ! .........Being a twit is fun yay !
I have a question about HHT.:wQuote:
Originally Posted by BobH
Somehow every single time I sign into my Twitter account this song starts playing in my head
Bobby Day - Rockin Robin - YouTube
Not a huge Twitter fan but there are times I use it and get info from it..
I use facebook/twitter..nice to see whats new with facebook friends and posts..twitter is good to read about the tech news and updates
Priceless lol!Quote:
Originally Posted by gssixgun
Guess I could have worded that better huh. I guess the answer is self evident, because they can.Quote:
Originally Posted by JimmyHAD
Bob
Thanks for the input, I thought it was just me. My kids and a large portion of my family are on Facebook and we keep in touch this way. I thought I was missing something on Twitter. The big question now is how do I get into my wife's twitter account so I can remove all the Ultra Liberal horse-crap she reads. I threatened to block the talking heads on TV if she did not stop listing to them.
Too much crap on TV these days.
No Twitter here; never will be.
No Facebook here; never will be.
No girlfriend now; probably never will be. :(
I figured out that I could have all the razors and hones I wanted or I could have a girlfriend ....... but I couldn't have both. ......... :beer2:Quote:
Originally Posted by Hirlau
No Twitter,no Fb,No cell that can text,no GPS.In this country,in these times,who in the hell would want all the exposure.
If you do not think your Government is using them all to keep track of people.I think your mistaken:(
I know what you mean; the problem is, that I can't get my hones to fix me a sandwich while I'm watching hockey.Quote:
Originally Posted by JimmyHAD
I honestly don't get the point of Twitter. At 26 you would think I would but nope. It seems pointless lol