dmarc117 Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 how is this any different from texting?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiley Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 I have an account but never use it. Isn't it more of a status update thingy like "I'm taking a poop." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
detlef Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 I know some bars and restaurants that use it as a sort of gorilla marketing deal. Essentially, they put their specials for the night out to certain local groups and such. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 I have an account but never use it. Isn't it more of a status update thingy like "I'm taking a poop." Just don't go doing a mass last-minute quitting of all your leagues or you could be called a "twitter". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiley Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 Just don't go doing a mass last-minute quitting of all your leagues or you could be called a "twitter". Â No worries buddy, that's definitely not my style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czarina Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 I registered a while ago, when I found out my local power company does twitter updates (related to outages and such). After the one or two times I logged in back then...I haven't been back since. Am I missing anything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAYER Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 OK i'll bite, what is a twitter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czarina Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 A cross between facebook and IM? Kinda sorta? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAYER Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 A cross between facebook and IM? Kinda sorta? Thanks, I fully understand now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicCEO Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 I thought Twitter was like micro-blogging. It's like one or two sentence blogs that you post to several times a day. Â "I'm putting gas in my car." "Work is hard." "My nuts itch." Â Fascinating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiley Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 I thought Twitter was like micro-blogging. It's like one or two sentence blogs that you post to several times a day. "I'm putting gas in my car." "Work is hard." "My nuts itch."  Fascinating. Exactly what I thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziachild007 Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 Exactly what I thought. Â OK after hearing Drew Rosenhaus putting out stuff on his twitter, I became a little more curious about it. I get it that it is a networking site, but from what I am gathering a lot of celebrities and such use it too. I have facebook already........what am I missing by not "tweeting"? Does anyone else here use it enough to tell me the difference? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darin3 Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 OK after hearing Drew Rosenhaus putting out stuff on his twitter, I became a little more curious about it. I get it that it is a networking site, but from what I am gathering a lot of celebrities and such use it too. I have facebook already........what am I missing by not "tweeting"? Does anyone else here use it enough to tell me the difference? The way I understand it, it's a site that allows you to post short snippets about what you're currently doing. Like Facebook's "What's on your mind" module... and that's all it is. I think you can "subscribe" to your contacts' updates.... and you'll be constantly updated as to their status. Â Meh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazinib1 Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 Meh. Â +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimC Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 Only thing I can figure it's good for is overbearing parents and jealous spouses that must know all at all times. Okay, also if you have no life and must know when my nuts itch. Â If I ever subscribe to Twitter, I'm bludgeoning myself to death with my own cell phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loaf Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 wow...don't you want some folks to miss you just a little bit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devilwoman Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 Any idea when this is going to go public...as in public offering on the stock market? It will be bigger than google when it comes out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Country Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 Any idea when this is going to go public...as in public offering on the stock market? It will be bigger than google when it comes out. Â Google or facebook will just buy it privately before they go public. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmarc117 Posted May 13, 2009 Author Share Posted May 13, 2009 Any idea when this is going to go public...as in public offering on the stock market? It will be bigger than google when it comes out.   A month ago, it was Google and Microsoft that were rumored to be in serious talks to buy Twitter, the micro-blogging site that has plenty of users, but no real business plan. This week, Twitter's rumored suitor was Apple -- at least until Twitter co-founder Biz Stone told Barbara Walters, "No. We are not for sale." Stone was appearing with Twitter's other co-founder, Evan Williams, on Walters' daytime talk show, The View. But what would Twitter be worth if it were for sale? PaidContent.org tried to figure that out by looking at user-based multiples from sales of other low-revenue web sites, and offered these examples: YouTube was bought by Google for about $16 per user. News Corp. bought MySpace for $21 per user. Bebo was sold to AOL for $35 per user. So, if you applied its user base of about 19 million to that range of numbers, Twitter might fetch $304 million to $665 million. Twitter's investors have put about $55 million in the business, according to PaidContent, which pointed out that those lower-range numbers would disappoint the venture capitalists who typically look for a 10-fold return. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cameltosis Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 My nuts always itch. My Twitter page would be quite boring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yo mama Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 Only thing I can figure it's good for is overbearing parents and jealous spouses that must know all at all times. Okay, also if you have no life and must know when my nuts itch. Â If I ever subscribe to Twitter, I'm bludgeoning myself to death with my own cell phone. What its good for is social networking within a group with close physical proximity. If you've got 20 friends and you're out on a friday night you can Twitter and say, "me, Jimbo, and Kearney are cruising over to egg Skinner's house." That way, you don't have to actually call or text anyone specifically; the group knows where you are, where you are going, and can join you if they feel like it. I don't use Twitter, because I have a real life. But for those who lives are heavily based on frenetic group social interactions it makes things a lot easier to coordinate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaP'N GRuNGe Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 I think it's kind of interesting. I'm following a few news people and sports people and even politicians. You can also link to larger articles on it. I don't use RSS feeds but I guess it could be used for something like that. Â Sarah Palin has been using twitter lately to brag about ethics violations being dismissed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keggerz Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 What its good for is social networking within a group with close physical proximity. If you've got 20 friends and you're out on a friday night you can Twitter and say, "me, Jimbo, and Kearney are cruising over to egg Skinner's house." That way, you don't have to actually call or text anyone specifically; the group knows where you are, where you are going, and can join you if they feel like it. I don't use Twitter, because I have a real life. But for those who lives are heavily based on frenetic group social interactions it makes things a lot easier to coordinate. dont most phones today have the ability to set up groups? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yo mama Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 dont most phones today have the ability to set up groups? Maybe. I'm really not a tech guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darin3 Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 dont most phones today have the ability to set up groups? You would have to actually know how to text message to utilize that tool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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