Twitter. What the hell is up with this. Mine just keeps blinking 12:00

The Geek

So I finally caught up to the times and got a Twitter account a bit ago. I figured out how to link it to my Facebook so it auto updates my status and I figured out that when you do an @ thingy, it's like a reply directly to a person.

But beyond that, this shit baffles me. Where do you people find the mother hubbard time of day to keep up with three hundred people saying stuff all the time? And where are you finding the damn time to post a bazillion things every day?

Are people really reading every single twert from every person they follow? Or do you just check it now and then and see if someone is talking about you?

And what is this stuff under the post that's all "from twhirl" or "from twitterific" or whatevs? Are these like various programs for phones and stuff? Is that how people post all the time?

I've just never looked into this and there's some kinda huge goddamned subculture that I have no clue how to breach.

EDIT: Oh, by the way, my name on there is GrantDarigol. Add me if you want, but let me know who the hell you are, if you can do that in this thing.

Mr. Henry Bemis

i only follow like 50 people or so, it's pretty easy to manage

also a twitter client makes it easy as balls

Mr. Henry Bemis

i use destroytwitter https://destroytwitter.com/

Synthetic Orange

Twitter is useless crap

Tweaked_Bat_

The Geek wrote: »

And what is this stuff under the post that's all "from twhirl" or "from twitterific" or whatevs? Are these like various programs for phones and stuff? Is that how people post all the time?

Yes, that is how people post all the time. These programs also let you create categories/groups and sort accordingly, which makes it infinitely easier to track and read every bit of usueless shit that is spewed forth from the nether-realm that is Twitter.

Druhim

I only check twitter occasionally, but I also use a third party client
specifically, Tweetdeck

Vixx

people that have back-and-forth conversations on Twitter in the span of ten minutes using @ have really turned me off to Twitter

that said it's handy for keeping up with volleyball news

SA

I refuse to use social networking

I will talk to my friends via IM, text messaging, phone calls, e-mail, and in person like normal people.

Tweaked_Bat_

I also only check Twitter occasionally, and I also use Tweetdeck.

Mr. Henry Bemis

SA wrote: »

I refuse to use social networking

I will talk to my friends via IM, text messaging, phone calls, e-mail, and in person like normal people.

what's the difference

The Geek

Druhim wrote: »

I only check twitter occasionally, but I also use a third party client
specifically, Tweetdeck

What does tweetdeck do?

Tweaked_Bat_

The Geek wrote: »

Druhim wrote: »

I only check twitter occasionally, but I also use a third party client
specifically, Tweetdeck

What does tweetdeck do?

Tweaked_Bat_ wrote: »

The Geek wrote: »

And what is this stuff under the post that's all "from twhirl" or "from twitterific" or whatevs? Are these like various programs for phones and stuff? Is that how people post all the time?

Yes, that is how people post all the time. These programs also let you create categories/groups and sort accordingly, which makes it infinitely easier to track and read every bit of usueless shit that is spewed forth from the nether-realm that is Twitter.

Vixx

I find that it is impossible to use Twitter as it is

you almost absolutely need a third-party program to make it easier to follow, especially if you are following loads of people

BusterK

That reminds me
I have to poop

Okay I'm pooping everybody

Vixx

The Geek wrote: »

Druhim wrote: »

I only check twitter occasionally, but I also use a third party client
specifically, Tweetdeck

What does tweetdeck do?

Clicking on the link pretty much answers that question.

ronzo

SA wrote: »

I refuse to use social networking

I will talk to my friends via IM, text messaging, phone calls, e-mail, and in person like normal people.

this sounds like my mom

she will call people, send emails, faxes, and hell even recently worked forced her to get a gmail account so now she talks to me on gtalk and likes it a lot

but she flat out refuses to do texting because "she doesn't see the point"
:?

[Deleted User]

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Tweaked_Bat_

BusterK wrote: »

That reminds me
I have to poop

Okay I'm pooping everybody

more updates please

Alpine

I tweet a bit. It isn't super popular in my own social network yet though, hoping it'll catch on this year. It is more vanilla than facebook, which I like.

Druhim

The Geek wrote: »

Druhim wrote: »

I only check twitter occasionally, but I also use a third party client
specifically, Tweetdeck

What does tweetdeck do?

allows you to easily create groups and sort into different columns

auto updates so you don't have to refresh the page

allows you to reply either as a retweet, @, or DM just using the buttons on their profile pic next to their tweet

among other things

mensch-o-matic

twitter is pretty okay as long as you only follow people that dont tweet a lot, or make all their tweets worth it, such as neil gaiman or paul neave

BusterK

Tweaked_Bat_ wrote: »

BusterK wrote: »

That reminds me
I have to poop

Okay I'm pooping everybody

more updates please

Okay, I have pooped
I'm back now

Dr.Funkenstein

Just follow Shaq and Raekwon and you're pretty much set

The Geek

Druhim wrote: »

The Geek wrote: »

Druhim wrote: »

I only check twitter occasionally, but I also use a third party client
specifically, Tweetdeck

What does tweetdeck do?

allows you to easily create groups and sort into different columns

auto updates so you don't have to refresh the page

allows you to reply either as a retweet, @, or DM just using the buttons on their profile pic next to their tweet

among other things

What is a retweet or a DM?

Mr. Henry Bemis

neil gaiman tweets so fucking much i had to stop following

i love matt and kim's tweets because they always attach a picture

Vixx

a retweet is when you are just reposting what someone else has already said, either because it's news to share or what they said was particularly neat

a DM is a direct message

Staleghoti

I love my Tweet Deck

helps me keep track of when people have @'d me or DM'd me

Vann Diras

twitter's pretty cool

I'm VannDiras

not really sure if I'm worth following! I'll follow a brotha though

Alpine

I follow Vann

I can vouch that he is interesting most times and does not overtweet

The Geek

Vivixenne wrote: »

a retweet is when you are just reposting what someone else has already said, either because it's news to share or what they said was particularly neat

a DM is a direct message

Wait, the @ thingy isn't a message specifically to a person?

What are all the standard functions on here and do you just type them in front of things?

Vixx

The Geek wrote: »

Vivixenne wrote: »

a retweet is when you are just reposting what someone else has already said, either because it's news to share or what they said was particularly neat

a DM is a direct message

Wait, the @ thingy isn't a message specifically to a person?

What are all the standard functions on here and do you just type them in front of things?

a DM is private and does not show up in your twitter feed

@name means that you are responding to that person, but anyone can see it

#word usually indicates a trend thing or a tag thing... like #NFL if you just twittered about football, so that people who want to see people talking about football can just look things up via those tags

Vixx

I think I'm on twitter once every couple of days on average... it's only been on a couple of occasions where I tweeted more than once in 24 hours

finalbroadcast

Twitter was supposed to be RSS part deux, alas it became IM part deux, well part chat part IM. It's an odd little bird, but I can say if you want to engage with an audience/creator or you want to simply look at the pulse of the interwebs it isn't a bad service. You do have to avoid spambots and follow needy followers which make the serivce kind of lame.

Theidar

I just started using Facebook.

Haven't tried Twitter yet.

I am so behind on these things.

Vann Diras

Alpine wrote: »

I follow Vann

I can vouch that he is interesting most times and does not overtweet

are you alpine on twitter? I'm not sure I'm following you!

gotta fix that

and I reinstalled DestroyTwitter, is there a way to not have it appear in the taskbar, but still display? I could have sworn there was, but oh well

AMP'd

mensch-o-matic wrote: »

twitter is pretty okay as long as you only follow people that dont tweet a lot, or make all their tweets worth it, such as neil gaiman or paul neave

Man I entirely forgot about Paul Neave

I wonder what he's done recently

World as Myth

Vivixenne wrote: »

The Geek wrote: »

Vivixenne wrote: »

a retweet is when you are just reposting what someone else has already said, either because it's news to share or what they said was particularly neat

a DM is a direct message

Wait, the @ thingy isn't a message specifically to a person?

What are all the standard functions on here and do you just type them in front of things?

a DM is private and does not show up in your twitter feed

@name means that you are responding to that person, but anyone can see it

#word usually indicates a trend thing or a tag thing... like #NFL if you just twittered about football, so that people who want to see people talking about football can just look things up via those tags

actually @name only shows up in other people's feeds if you're following both parties

otherwise you have to go directly to their page to see it

World as Myth

also geek I am following you my twitter name is CWUNCH

Raneados

gotta admit twitter is pretty useless

unless you're ridiculously famous or a raneados, nobody cares what you're doing

AMP'd

AMP'd wrote: »

mensch-o-matic wrote: »

twitter is pretty okay as long as you only follow people that dont tweet a lot, or make all their tweets worth it, such as neil gaiman or paul neave

Man I entirely forgot about Paul Neave

I wonder what he's done recently

www.neave.com/anaglyph

Oh man why don't I have any 3-D glasses

Vann Diras

and now WaM is being followed

watch me twitter stalkin'

t-t-twitter stalkin'

oh yeah