Hello all. It's time for another random question from me, and considering how slow the past few weeks have been, it's well overdue.
Today's discussion: What's the big deal about Twitter?
The reason I asked is this girl at school said she was going to tag me in a tweet and asked if I had a Twitter (which I don't yet), and then it caused me to have thoughts about the posts Notch or Jens have made and how small/simple they were...
Basically, if I were to get one, what would be the benefits? It just seems a bit too simple to be interesting...
I've avoided twitter but I'm considering getting a dummy account so I can "tweet" comments to radio shows I listen to. It's the easiest way to get a comment on the air.
I just made one to follow notch,jeb and they from mojang and some youtubers :S
If I were to get one, it'd be for reasons like that...
I don't see how anyone that doesn't do anything important or famous (like Notch or a sports star) could get a good following; that's one of the main things that makes me avoid it.
I started one just to keep tabs on Jeb, Notch, and C418. I've tweeted a few suggestions/bugs here and there as well.
I don't feel like I have to be on it, as if it's some over hyped band wagon, *cough*facebook*cough*.
It just seems relaxing and enjoyable to read their communications back and forth.
I'm not currently someone who would have a fan base, nor do I have friends on twitter (that I know of), so I'm incapable of seeing the use in it otherwise.
I used to bash it, but now that I have one, I feel it isn't that bad.
I find facebook and myspace to be crap. I thought the point of social networks was to talk to people, not play games and tax the server to all hell while your identity/personal information gets farmed by all the malicious programmers data-mining it.
Who needs a good following? When I had a Twitter, I only used it to post updates and see what my other Internet friends are doing when we're not all together in one place. You could have it to, you know, keep track of other people? Inform the people that sincerely follow you?
Besides, it's not like you have to do much with it...
It's basically a Facebook wall. Post and reply.
I started one just to keep tabs on Jeb, Notch, and C418. I've tweeted a few suggestions/bugs here and there as well.
I don't feel like I have to be on it, as if it's some over hyped band wagon, *cough*facebook*cough*.
It just seems relaxing and enjoyable to read their communications back and forth.
I'm not currently someone who would have a fan base, nor do I have friends on twitter (that I know of), so I'm incapable of seeing the use in it otherwise.
I used to bash it, but now that I have one, I feel it isn't that bad.
I find facebook and myspace to be crap. I thought the point of social networks was to talk to people, not play games and tax the server to all hell while your identity/personal information gets farmed by all the malicious programmers data-mining it.
Today's discussion: What's the big deal about Twitter?
The reason I asked is this girl at school said she was going to tag me in a tweet and asked if I had a Twitter (which I don't yet), and then it caused me to have thoughts about the posts Notch or Jens have made and how small/simple they were...
Basically, if I were to get one, what would be the benefits? It just seems a bit too simple to be interesting...
If I were to get one, it'd be for reasons like that...
I don't see how anyone that doesn't do anything important or famous (like Notch or a sports star) could get a good following; that's one of the main things that makes me avoid it.
I don't feel like I have to be on it, as if it's some over hyped band wagon, *cough*facebook*cough*.
It just seems relaxing and enjoyable to read their communications back and forth.
I'm not currently someone who would have a fan base, nor do I have friends on twitter (that I know of), so I'm incapable of seeing the use in it otherwise.
I used to bash it, but now that I have one, I feel it isn't that bad.
I find facebook and myspace to be crap. I thought the point of social networks was to talk to people, not play games and tax the server to all hell while your identity/personal information gets farmed by all the malicious programmers data-mining it.
It just seems, reasonable.
I suppose you two have some good points...