what the hell is twitter?

[gigaferz]

i dont get it, why people so into it. well i know for sure that kind of people will go into anything , but what is it?

Would it be like if i ever had some friends, and i get them to install hamachi, we could all chat, right? and if i tell people to log into my hamachi room it would work right?

so "the great idea" of twitter is nothing but "that"???

do you understand my point??

I mean come on , things have been there for years but someone makes em look fancy and all of a sudden is something brand new and something to "wow" about.

[HermanAB]

Bulletin Boards (BBS) have been around since the early 1980s. It is really nothing new, but there are new suckers born all the time and a few million only recently discovered it.

[hoppipolla]

I'll be honest. I absolutely LOVE Twitter :)

For me, it's like a diary, a social feed, a social networking tool, a way to keep up with my favourite bands and people in the world... it allows everyone to have their own "life feed" or feed of whatever they like really, that anyone can follow! :)

Personally, it's genuinely my favourite website on the internet :)

It's also been brought alive by the fact that people can now post of course from mobile devices, something which would not have been as commonly possible even 5 years ago. You can use special software, the mobile site or text messages ^_^

[ChrT]

For me, it's like a diary...

Seriously? Now, I'm not sure about you, but I believe the majority of people would consider their diary one of the more private things of their life. I do keep a diary, and a typical entry is usually long enough to fit over 50 twitter feeds. And I don't keep track of my every (physical or mental) excrement in it, either.

I see how twitter might be useful for people who never evolved their writing abilities beyond mobile phone text messages, as a platform where their lack of education is considered acceptable or even the norm, but seriously, just keep your own diary or get a blog if you must. This enforcing of the 140-character rule is downright ridiculous.

[juancarlospaco]

Its a poor clone of Identi.Ca
:)

[hoppipolla]

Seriously? Now, I'm not sure about you, but I believe the majority of people would consider their diary one of the more private things of their life. I do keep a diary, and a typical entry is usually long enough to fit over 50 twitter feeds. And I don't keep track of my every (physical or mental) excrement in it, either.

I see how twitter might be useful for people who never evolved their writing abilities beyond mobile phone text messages, as a platform where their lack of education is considered acceptable or even the norm, but seriously, just keep your own diary or get a blog if you must. This enforcing of the 140-character rule is downright ridiculous.

I dunno, I tend to find I post often enough and concisely enough that I can cover most things in 140 character tweets :)

It used to get annoying, but I guess you get used to it! lol

[Keyper7]

Its a poor clone of Identi.Ca
:)

It's a poor, closed-source and proprietary clone of identi.ca. :)

[Tipped OuT]

I'm sneezing into my tissue right now.

[lovinglinux]

I don't get it, but I guess teenagers do.

Here are some funny parodies about Twitter:

Twitter in Real Life: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTN9We8unmU

Tweetlejuice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofsFmUA7K-8

The second video it's not so funny if you haven't watched "Beetle Juice (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094721/)" movie.

[hoppipolla]

I think at the end of the day, I have said and will probably always say... it's not for everyone.

Not everyone enjoys keeping a diary or blog. Not everyone enjoys broadcasting it (although you can set it to private). Not everyone likes the 140 character restriction. etc etc :)

I like it though ^_^

[hoppipolla]

I don't get it, but I guess teenagers do.

Here are some funny parodies about Twitter:

Twitter in Real Life: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTN9We8unmU

Tweetlejuice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofsFmUA7K-8

The second video it's not so funny if you haven't watched "Beetle Juice (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094721/)" movie.

Haha these are funny xD (I like the first one anyway!)

I really love this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeLZCy-_m3s

[Mehall]

It's a poor, closed-source and proprietary clone of identi.ca. :)

Identi.ca, and the Laconi.ca software it uses, were all made AFTER twitter.

Twitter has been around since 06 I'm afraid.

Technically, Laconica is the clone of Twitter, not vice versa.

[Jesus_Valdez]

Facebook thread all over again go!

I like twitter, must times I just post something funny found over the internets. Things like "Im gonna upload 100 photos of me naked for no reason at all".

And I stop following the guys that just complain about their life and talk nonsense.

EDIT, I forgot, Here in Mexico some organization (The National University I guess) is going to put some kind of creative effort over twitter, like a novel, write in 140 characters or less at the time.

[SomeGuyDude]

Have you ever been in the middle of a really, REALLY good poop, and wished you could tell the world about it? No? Well then Twitter isn't for you.

[kevdog]

twitter -- a waste of time if you ask me!

[Paqman]

I use it to tie a lot of other services together. For example, when I publish a new blogpost, a Twitter feed service picks it up and Tweets it automatically, then it gets pushed to my Facebook status as well. Likewise when I thumb something up on Stumbleupon.

Really Twitter is just a publishing service. You can use it to get any short text or photo out there, whether it's a link to content or some pointless tweet about what you just ate. Up to you what you choose to publish.

Useful, but hardly revolutionary IMO.

[Keyper7]

Identi.ca, and the Laconi.ca software it uses, were all made AFTER twitter.

Twitter has been around since 06 I'm afraid.

Technically, Laconica is the clone of Twitter, not vice versa.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joke

[hoppipolla]

I do tweet a LOT of junk! lol

I tweet basically... I mean, let's say I'm walking along and no-one else is around and I see something worth mentioning, or think something cool or funny, I'll tweet it :)

Or let's say there is something I think it's important I voice, even in just a small way, I'll tweet that ^_^

Or sometimes what I'm actually doing, although that's a bit rarer... depends :)

[Ric_NYC]

Twitter is so exciting... and... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...

[gnomeuser]

It's like blogging but for people with ADD by people with ADD.

oh oh.. shiny, must express my deep felt opinion in 140 characters or less. Brother please, if it is worth writing about it is worth at least investing the time to write a decent article.

Twitter is the bane of in depth discussion and well reasoned argument.

It is not to say that this kind of service can't be useful, e.g. I might like to get messages for things like monitoring systems. The best example of twitter use I have seen is probably CATaLOG (http://www.nermal.org/projects/catalog/). However that is the extend of it's usefulness to society.

[hoppipolla]

It's like blogging but for people with ADD by people with ADD.

oh oh.. shiny, must express my deep felt opinion in 140 characters or less. Brother please, if it is worth writing about it is worth at least investing the time to write a decent article.

Twitter is the bane of in depth discussion and well reasoned argument.

It is not to say that this kind of service can't be useful, e.g. I might like to get messages for things like monitoring systems. The best example of twitter use I have seen is probably CATaLOG (http://www.nermal.org/projects/catalog/). However that is the extend of it's usefulness to society.

A fair argument, but if what I have is ADD then I'm actually quite enjoying it! lol

And who says a comment needs to be long to be meaningful? And also, you can always link people to photographs, or to longer blog posts/articles on a different site!

[earthpigg]

i am on ubuntuforums.org, and instant messaging an old friend.

[Ric_NYC]

Twitter Ruined My Life!

lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlZcHwsa6CU&feature=related

[juancarlospaco]

But Identi.Ca runs on Ubuntu, and i feel safe...
:)

[Paqman]

Twitter is the bane of in depth discussion and well reasoned argument.


And brevity is the soul of wit ;)

[RiceMonster]

I don't get twitter either. I don't care what people are doing each second of their life. I also don't feel like broadcasting messages about what I'm doing right now. Who really cares?

[hoppipolla]

Twitter Ruined My Life!

lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlZcHwsa6CU&feature=related

Dear god I'm just a little LIKE THAT O.O

hehe :)

[Tipped OuT]

I don't get twitter either. I don't care what people are doing each second of their life. I also don't feel like broadcasting messages about what I'm doing right now. Who really cares?

+1

I love you.

On a serious note, yeah, I don't get it either. Waste of life.

[hoppipolla]

+1

I love you.

On a serious note, yeah, I don't get it either. Waste of life.

heehee Ubuntu Forums luuuuuuv! ^_^

I have a crush on someone here too! hehe :)

[Ms_Angel_D]

I don't like to post on twitter but I do like follow others like Glenn Danzig, and Queensryche, it's nice to have the level of interaction with people you wouldn't normally get to interact with.

[lovinglinux]

Haha these are funny xD (I like the first one anyway!)

I really love this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeLZCy-_m3s


Twitter Ruined My Life!

lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlZcHwsa6CU&feature=related

:lolflag:

[earthpigg]

I just ate dinner. I had pasta salad. My cat is looking at me.

[Tipped OuT]

I just ate dinner. I had pasta salad. My cat is looking at me.

Thanks a lot for making me hungry.

[LookTJ]

Thanks a lot for making me hungry.
See? There's a purpose of Twitter! :P

:guitar:

[hoppipolla]

I don't like to post on twitter but I do like follow others like Glenn Danzig, and Queensryche, it's nice to have the level of interaction with people you wouldn't normally get to interact with.

I totally agree :)

People like Stephen Fry and a lot of other celebrities love it, as it means they can "cut out the press" so to speak, and communicate with people directly.

I honestly think that Twitter is one of the most powerful things on the internet at the moment :) It has united us more ^_^

[Mateo]

without twitter, there would not have been much news on the iran protests. fact.

[hoppipolla]

without twitter, there would not have been much news on the iran protests. fact.

Well said :)

[pwnst*r]

Would it be like if i ever had some friends....

/thread

[t0p]

I don't like to post on twitter but I do like follow others like Glenn Danzig, and Queensryche, it's nice to have the level of interaction with people you wouldn't normally get to interact with.

If it actually is Glenn Danzig, or the real Queensryche...

Twitter is full of liars (http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2009/02/how-celebrity-imposters-hurt-twitters-credibility051.html).

Anyway, I think that the Twitter craze is just one of those ephemeral things. Most users are fairly new, thanks to all the media coverage the service has experienced lately. It will settle down in a while, as all crazes do, until there's just a tiny hardcore of dedicated users and everyone else has moved on to the new latest thing.

[Ms_Angel_D]

If it actually is Glenn Danzig, or the real Queensryche...

Twitter is full of liars (http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2009/02/how-celebrity-imposters-hurt-twitters-credibility051.html).

Anyway, I think that the Twitter craze is just one of those ephemeral things. Most users are fairly new, thanks to all the media coverage the service has experienced lately. It will settle down in a while, as all crazes do, until there's just a tiny hardcore of dedicated users and everyone else has moved on to the new latest thing.

this is true

[hoppipolla]

If it actually is Glenn Danzig, or the real Queensryche...

Twitter is full of liars (http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2009/02/how-celebrity-imposters-hurt-twitters-credibility051.html).

Anyway, I think that the Twitter craze is just one of those ephemeral things. Most users are fairly new, thanks to all the media coverage the service has experienced lately. It will settle down in a while, as all crazes do, until there's just a tiny hardcore of dedicated users and everyone else has moved on to the new latest thing.

What's that though?

And no I genuinely think that Twitter, or some kind of evolution of it, marks a cool little progression in the interaction and connectivity we have with each other on the internet :)

I can find out more about bands, celebrities or anyone that I care about, and the world just feels that little bit more connected!

Facebook just... to me.. felt like it separated us into little groups again, which is good in a sense, but I really like the whole "global village" thing :)

Twitter is a bit special ^_^

[earthpigg]

Went to my first LUG meeting not to long ago in San Fran. <3 biker-hippies-turned-Free-Software-advocates.

[pwnst*r]

i'd like to know what the "new latest thing" is also. care to explain?

[gigaferz]

mmh,

I do understand that it can be a very powerful comunication software (?,lol)

But as I said It can be done with hamachi also, logging into a chat room letting your friends know about it would work.

For artists andpeople in the media bussiness it sure helps to advertise, to sell .

Is like my friend: he says he can not contact me anymore cos i dont log into myspace for months and because i have no facebook?? I said, have you ever heard of e-mail? I dont wanna hear your profile song, i dont want to know your mood , I dont care about your pictures or whatever (only if theyre girls :P) ...
i have gmail.msn/gamertag/yahoo im in several forums, also in xfire (with my new and improved nickname)

and he says he can not reach me anymore.

I guess it is for "that" kind of people.

I think i just dont get how regular kids use it. but lets say if i have my cooworkers scattered around the farm, or facility and something needs to be done you could tweet it to the cell phone (?)

I mean is sure seems useful but i do not like the way its been used.

I guess....(also im a little anti-social, :P)

wow, how come when im requesting help nobody posts anything, you crazy 4zs people?? lol .. whatever

[earthpigg]

Driving across the Golden Gate was pretty today. Not a cloud in the sky.

[hoppipolla]

Driving across the Golden Gate was pretty today. Not a cloud in the sky.

You're supposed to TWEET these comments lol

Twitter is great ^_^

[jflaker]

Twitter is like myspace or facebook...with fewer characters per post and very few features

bring the two up side by side and see there is little difference

[hoppipolla]

Twitter is like myspace or facebook...with fewer characters per post and very few features

bring the two up side by side and see there is little difference

and the point is missed entirely! lol :)

[kaivalagi]

I don't really "tweet", but I do find it useful to get short concise bits of info on topics that interest me, fits in with my Android phone quite well. Kinda like rss feeds I guess, just more easily access by everyone. To give you the idea I follow these:

htc
Androidleak
androidapps
locale
LayarMobile
googleandroid
androinica
ubuntugeek
linuxfoundation
linux_pro
Ubuntu_Linux
fijitimes
google
hippyrandall

[benerivo]

Can it have pictures, or is it just text?

[Shazaam]

*/me picks up tin cans and string*

[pwnst*r]

Can it have pictures, or is it just text?

you can upload pics that get uploaded / linked to twitpic

[sydbat]

earthpigg is a genius.

[earthpigg]

The breaks in my car are starting to squeek loudly. I think perhaps I need new break pads? Opinions?

[pwnst*r]

The breaks in my car are starting to squeek loudly. I think perhaps I need new break pads? Opinions?

actually if you had friends that you trust that follow you, they could recommend a good place to go.

[hoppipolla]

actually if you had friends that you trust that follow you, they could recommend a good place to go.

Exactly ^_^

[HermanAB]

Does any twit other than the author ever read the tweets?

[hoppipolla]

Does any twit other than the author ever read the tweets?

http://twitter.com/stephenfry

772,867
followers


... yes. lol

[keiichidono]

Today, I was installing X86_64 Ubuntu with ext4 as my root partition and everything went well. FML.

[pwnst*r]

hilarious.

sides. splitting.

[PaulReaver]

wtf?

[murderslastcrow]

http://quasimanga.deviantart.com/art/Twitter-Noise-132419720

Just don't do it.

[PaulReaver]

cheery happy birdies.
yet somehow dark and disturbing. cool

[kaivalagi]

# fijitimes Papua New Guinea to host 2015 Games. http://bit.ly/3W5aD
about 4 hours ago from API

# Ubuntu Geek ubuntugeek Ubuntu Geek ==> How to connect iPhone/iPod Touch (Using USB) in Karmic/Jaunty/Intrepid/Hardy http://bit.ly/nAb0R
about 7 hours ago from Bird Feeder

# Google Android androinica Et tu, Google? The CyanogenMod issue gets a resolution [commentary]: In Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, Caes.. http://bit.ly/3kMuZa

The latest 3 tweets in my following list, works for me...much like rss for my purposes really

[Shazaam]

I had CocoaPuffs for breakfast. COCOAPUFFS!

[rudihawk]

I used it for about a month, could never quite understand what the attraction was. It hasn't really caught on here in South Africa yet.

[the.dark.lord]

I just saw an UFO!!!!!!!!!


Follow-up: Oh darn, it flew off by the time I finished tweeting this and looked up.

[Groucho Marxist]

i dont get it, why people so into it. well i know for sure that kind of people will go into anything , but what is it?

Would it be like if i ever had some friends, and i get them to install hamachi, we could all chat, right? and if i tell people to log into my hamachi room it would work right?

so "the great idea" of twitter is nothing but "that"???

do you understand my point??

I mean come on , things have been there for years but someone makes em look fancy and all of a sudden is something brand new and something to "wow" about.

Twitter is the equivalent to Facebook's "Status Update," minus everything else about Facebook. Personally, I view Twitter as a technological fad whilst also being a passive form of voluntary civilian surveillance. In essence, it is akin to passing private notes to a fellow in class, although that class is the world and the message is anything but private.

[ticopelp]

I see how twitter might be useful for people who never evolved their writing abilities beyond mobile phone text messages, as a platform where their lack of education is considered acceptable or even the norm, but seriously, just keep your own diary or get a blog if you must. This enforcing of the 140-character rule is downright ridiculous.

Actually, introducing a limitation is a very common strategy for developing writing skills. Come on down off the high horse, you're clearly not comfortable up there.

As with anything, if you don't like Twitter, don't use it. I'm not sure posting in the "community cafe" section of a Linux message is a good place to get judgmental about people posting shallow opinions about trifling things, though.


Twitter is the bane of in depth discussion and well reasoned argument.

Yeah, and Cheerios are the bane of the five course gourmet meal.

Everything has its place.

Anyway, hotdogsladies (Merlin Mann) is funnier and more successful than any of us:

http://twitter.com/hotdogsladies

Cheers. :KS

[hoppipolla]

Twitter is the equivalent to Facebook's "Status Update," minus everything else about Facebook. Personally, I view Twitter as a technological fad whilst also being a passive form of voluntary civilian surveillance. In essence, it is akin to passing private notes to a fellow in class, although that class is the world and the message is anything but private.

owh I have my real issues with hearing people say that! lol

Ok first of all, the simplicity is an attraction in itself, it's more direct, more focused, and can be accessed and posted to easily from a mobile device. Also, the system of simply "following" people instead of having to be mutual friends, means people like celebrities can go on there and tell large numbers of people things at once without having to see all their individual updates as well.

Additionally, the system of @ responses allows for quick, easy, targeted and always received responses to people's posts, even if they are celebrities who get a lot of replies back.

Twitter is also easy to search :)

And actually you CAN make your tweets private.

[Simian Man]

I love that if you type "wha" into google the first suggestion is "what is twitter". I think it confuses the hell out of a lot of people :).

[the.dark.lord]

I love that if you type "wha" into google the first suggestion is "what is twitter". I think it confuses the hell out of a lot of people :).

I got what is my IP, what is sap, what is love among other things. ;) Twitter wasn't included. Maybe the list differs from country to country.

[gn2]

Twitter?

It's for twits.

Definition: twit, noun: "A foolish or annoying person"

[hoppipolla]

Twitter?

It's for twits.

Definition: twit, noun: "A foolish or annoying person"

Ah this man makes a SOLID case against the most popular microblogging website on the internet! lol

[LowSky]

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary


Main Entry: 1twit·ter
Pronunciation: \ˈtwi-tər\
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English twiteren; akin to Old High German zwizzirōn to twitter
Date: 14th century

intransitive verb 1 : to utter successive chirping noises
2 a : to talk in a chattering fashion
b : giggle, titter
3 : to tremble with agitation : flutter

[hoppipolla]

http://twitter.com/hoppimike ^_^

Apologies for my many highs and lows lol :)

[ticopelp]

Twitter?

It's for twits.

Definition: twit, noun: "A foolish or annoying person"

Witty.

[spupy]

It's just another way for people to compare the size of their e-reproductiveorgans. The ******* child of a board and a rss feed, with extra self-centered-ness. It is for when emails don't cut it because everyone should be blessed with the ability to read your internet-shattering conversations/thoughts.

The interesting thing is that you can view all of this as a positive point, too. :)

Olbigatory: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/4/23/

[hoppipolla]

The interesting thing is that you can view all of this as a positive point, too. :)

Haha yeah with a quick re-wording, that stuff actually sounds really good lol

I think Twitter is nice though - I love reading about how people are feeling and what they are doing, especially if they are my friends but also to learn about people I don't know yet :)

I think it's a fantastic thing :)

[Sealbhach]

It's very useful for politics. To get information and an alternative view on events from people who are there on the scene. Also very useful for networking, getting the message out to activists.

I don't use it myself though.

.

[Mateo]

twitter users are called "twitizens".

[hoppipolla]

twitter users are called "twitizens".

Or Twitterers! hehe :)

[magmon]

i dont get it, why people so into it. well i know for sure that kind of people will go into anything , but what is it?

Would it be like if i ever had some friends, and i get them to install hamachi, we could all chat, right? and if i tell people to log into my hamachi room it would work right?

so "the great idea" of twitter is nothing but "that"???

do you understand my point??

I mean come on , things have been there for years but someone makes em look fancy and all of a sudden is something brand new and something to "wow" about.

Twitter is totally useless. If someone wants to know what you're doing, they text you. /twitter.

[hoppipolla]

Twitter is totally useless. If someone wants to know what you're doing, they text you. /twitter.

and with that, Twitter ceased to be! lol

[magmon]

and with that, Twitter ceased to be! lol

If only... xD

[pwnst*r]

clueless.

[gn2]

twitter users are called "twitizens".

Not by me they ain't.