October 06, 2011
— Guest Blogger The Wall Street Journal ran a great article this weekend discussing how Twitter has become an important resource for both researchers and scientists. Twitter is now being used to track political campaigns and activity, gauging box-office movie and television buzz, predicting the stock market moves, even monitoring natural disasters.
When Virginia's magnitude 5.8 earthquake hit last August, the first Twitter reports sent from people at the epicenter began almost instantly at 1:51 p.m.—and reached New York about 40 seconds ahead of the quake's first shock waves, according to calculations by the social media company SocialFlow. The flood of messages peaked at 5,500 tweets a second.Compared with information from cellphone records and social-media sites, Twitter texts are as timely as a pulse beat and, taken together, automatically compile the raw material of social history.
The first terse tweets also outpaced the U.S. Geological Survey's conventional seismometers, which normally can take from two to 20 minutes to generate an alert. The agency is now experimenting with Twitter as a faster and cheaper way to track earthquakes.
Never have scientists had so much readily accessible, real-time data about what people say. Twitter, the service that allows users to send text updates of up to 140 characters out to the public, publishes more than 200 million messages, or tweets, a day. Compared with information from cellphone records and social-media sites, Twitter texts are as timely as a pulse beat and, taken together, automatically compile the raw material of social history.
I know many of you have been reluctant to jump into Twitter, but I highly recommend it. After ridiculing it as useless celebrity nonsense at first, I find myself getting more and more of my news and information from Twitter. It's very easy to tailor your feed to your own specific interests. For example, I follow web designers and developers, Yankees, Giants and PGA beat writers, racist homophobic hatemongers right-wing bloggers, political journalists and news outlets, and tech magazines.
Take a look at this chart showing political activity from the left and right:
Quit lurking, Twitter lurkers and go sign up so you can join in the fun. Do you really want to be the last person to know that Anthony twittered his weiner? Not me; I don't want to live in that world.
For those that want desktop clients instead of the browser interface: Here are the best for Mac, PC and Linux. Don't forget both iPhone and Android have official Twitter apps for when you're on the go. I recommend disabling email notifications.
I've included some must-follows below the fold along with an infographic explaining the basics (sign up for Twitter first, then click the links and hit "follow").
Official AoSHQ:
Ace Blog Feed (conveniently updated 20-30 minutes after a post is published), Ace (personal), DrewMTips, DaveinTexas, Slublog, GabrielMalor, RDBrewer
AoSHQ Guest Bloggers:
@moelane, @bdomenech, @ComradeArthur, @verumserum, @cuffymeh, @JammieWF, @TheH2, @johnekdahl
Funny Right-Wingers:
@jtlol (Jim Treacher), @iowahawkblog, @andylevy, @andrewbreitbart, @jonahnro (Jonah Goldberg)
Columnists and Media:
@ByronYork, @jamestaranto, @jaketapper, @allahpundit, @stephenfhayes
That's a good starter list. Feel free to poke around. Every politician and media operation has a Twitter account now. If you're having trouble finding people to follow, just go to someone you like (Ace has a good list) and click "following". Then scroll through and follow those you want. That's always a good start.
As promised, my quick lesson in how to understand the basics of Twitter:
It's a partisan war on Twitter. Quit standing on the sidelines, n00bs. I didn't want to bring this up, but Ace is really upset he can't get past 9,000 followers. We've had some deep conversations about it and plenty of good, long cries together (we've both learned a lot about ourselves and each other). I don't want to get too personal, but... anyway, follow Ace on Twitter please.
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I didn't want to bring this up, but Ace is really upset he can't get past 9,000 followers.
Really? I thought it was more like 40,000.
Posted by: FireHorse at October 06, 2011 05:47 AM (gyHyY)
Posted by: EC at October 06, 2011 05:48 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: dfbaskwill at October 06, 2011 05:48 AM (71LDo)
yeah I tried Twitter...twice
not for me unless I get famous or something
oh and who would wanna follow Treacher and Allahpussy?
Posted by: AuthorLMendez (Ban k1rwm) at October 06, 2011 05:48 AM (yAor6)
Posted by: Grey Fox at October 06, 2011 05:49 AM (MSCON)
Posted by: AuthorLMendez (Ban k1rwm) at October 06, 2011 05:50 AM (yAor6)
Posted by: Honey Badger Don't Twitter at October 06, 2011 05:52 AM (GvYeG)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at October 06, 2011 05:55 AM (vzFJV)
Or is Twitter just gay?
Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at October 06, 2011 05:56 AM (PLvLS)
Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at October 06, 2011 05:56 AM (PLvLS)
The place: Chicago, Illinois
The time: May, 2012
The event: The G8 Summit AND The NATO Summit
Grab a friend, and come watch Chicago burn! http://wp.me/p1ipEz-Bw
(oh, and I'm already on Twitter: @Teresa_Koch - I finally dragged myself into the 21st Century.....)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at October 06, 2011 05:57 AM (0xqzf)
Posted by: Honey Badger Don't Twitter at October 06, 2011 05:58 AM (GvYeG)
WSJ talked about that. Righties use the lefties hashtag (#p2 - "progressive 2.0") more than lefties use the righties (#tcot - "top conservatives on twitter")
We use #p2 to mock them, mostly.
Posted by: Johnny (John E.) at October 06, 2011 05:59 AM (nRTou)
Speaking of Twitter, in a strange moment of bizarre synthesis, the demonic Westboro Baptist "Church" has announced plans to protest Steve Jobs' funeral.
"He had a huge platform: gave God no glory and taught sin."
They announced the plan via Twitter...
...using an iPhone.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit at October 06, 2011 05:59 AM (4df7R)
not for me unless I get famous or something
Even still, what you you tweet about? What you had for lunch?
I tried that with Michael Ian Black. He posted something about a trip to McDonald's. It's not that I don't care what Michael Ian Black orders at McDonald's; it was just that he made it sound so mundane. I mean, I know what it's like to eat at a McDonald's. I looked at Twitter to see what it was like for a celebrity to eat at McDonald's. Maybe my expectations were too high, or maybe Michael Ian Black was just unable to hook me with his lunch choice that day.
Then I found out that Miley Cyrus stopped tweeting altogether. That's when I lost all hope.
Posted by: FireHorse at October 06, 2011 06:00 AM (gyHyY)
Question. Is twitter essentially texting?
Or is it different?
Same 140 character maximum, but much more community-oriented.
Posted by: Johnny (John E.) at October 06, 2011 06:00 AM (nRTou)
I love it when you guys cry. It tells me that after that first gallon and a half of val-u-rite, I'm not alone.
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at October 06, 2011 06:01 AM (jx2j9)
Same 140 character maximum, but much more community-oriented.
Posted by: Johnny (John E.) at October 06, 2011 10:00 AM (nRTou)
I get 160 character maximum, whos your cell provider John?
Posted by: AuthorLMendez (Ban k1rwm) at October 06, 2011 06:02 AM (yAor6)
Actually, text messages have a standard 160 character limit.
Posted by: Gabriel Malor at October 06, 2011 06:02 AM (XVaFd)
You don't have to tweet at all. That's the point. Just follow whatever interests you and it's a quick, easy news aggregator.
Posted by: Johnny (John E.) at October 06, 2011 06:02 AM (nRTou)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit at October 06, 2011 06:02 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Johnny (John E.) at October 06, 2011 06:02 AM (nRTou)
Posted by: JWF at October 06, 2011 06:02 AM (1l37M)
I also don't care that much what others are saying/doing to be bothered with it, especially when, as my experience on there shows, my feed always ends up with about the same thing being spammed by everyone within a few hours time, and I get the same thing from the same people via AIM; where you can...you know...actually discuss it.
It drives my friend, whose a Verizon regional sales trainer, up a wall because he's always trying to get me on there again. He's also trying to convince me to get an android phone, but I don't even use 1/16th of the features on my LG NV3, and any of the other functions it has I can get at my computer (which I'm at most of the time), or I'm in a situation where I'm not even supposed to have a phone on me (e.g. when I was in the classroom while student teaching). They both fall into the same slot for me: If I find I have a need for them in the future, I'll hop onboard. As it is now, I don't have any use for either so it'd be a waste.
Posted by: Ranba Ral at October 06, 2011 06:03 AM (G99e4)
Posted by: toby928© at October 06, 2011 06:04 AM (GTbGH)
Just be glad there's no HTML involved, or he'd crash the Intarwebs.
Posted by: Zombie Nicola Tesla at October 06, 2011 06:06 AM (GBXon)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) is tired beyond tired of the trolls at October 06, 2011 06:06 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: mama winger at October 06, 2011 06:06 AM (R9bQ9)
What's next? Abbreviated emoticons using eight characters or less for communication? It's like television shows splicing the content every two seconds to keep your eyeballs active. No wonder human attention spans are now competing with that of fleas.
There's email and websites/blogs. Anything more is pretty much chasing tech for the sake of it.
In! The! Ear! I say.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at October 06, 2011 06:07 AM (Zxn2F)
Posted by: Anachronda at October 06, 2011 06:07 AM (6fER6)
Posted by: polynikes - Texan for Romney at October 06, 2011 06:07 AM (3YCP0)
You don't have to tweet at all. That's the point. Just follow whatever interests you and it's a quick, easy news aggregator.
I know. That's the thing. I started out in read-only mode, so to get a feel for it.
... All right. I sign up now.
Posted by: FireHorse at October 06, 2011 06:08 AM (gyHyY)
Posted by: Honey Badger Don't Twitter at October 06, 2011 06:09 AM (GvYeG)
Actually, so far, I like it.
The first one was just good enough for me to give it a second try, and this week's was (I'm sure unintentionally) funny. They made a big deal in the first one about civilians not getting to own guns. So, in the second episode, they're attacked by pterosaurs roughly the size of a hawk or falcon.
My first response was, "You know, if you let your folks have weapons, a few would have shot-guns, and this problem would go away." It was funny to me to watch the neo-Hippies get hoist by their own petard, as it were.
Of course, I'm thinking they didn't plan for people to watch because they thought the show was a good way to teach people what not to do...
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) is tired beyond tired of the trolls at October 06, 2011 06:10 AM (8y9MW)
During an immediate crisis such as a political clash or a natural disaster, Twitter provides instant snapshots of ongoing events without having to wait for someone to compose a blog post about it.
Posted by: mama winger at October 06, 2011 06:11 AM (R9bQ9)
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at October 06, 2011 06:11 AM (jx2j9)
Posted by: FireHorse at October 06, 2011 06:12 AM (gyHyY)
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at October 06, 2011 06:15 AM (jx2j9)
Posted by: FireHorse at October 06, 2011 10:12 AM (gyHyY)
the scientific theory w/ holes or the overrated show? *runs*
Posted by: AuthorLMendez (Ban k1rwm) at October 06, 2011 06:15 AM (yAor6)
The thing is you can post a short blog entry just as simply. You don't need to make it an Ewok Epic Movie Review of the Week with Follow-up Apology Update.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at October 06, 2011 06:16 AM (Zxn2F)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) is tired beyond tired of the trolls at October 06, 2011 06:16 AM (8y9MW)
Meh.
I don't subscribe to social media, I don't do Facebook et al. I'm not that interesting, and neither is anyone else, for that matter.
Posted by: CoolCzech at October 06, 2011 06:16 AM (Iaxlk)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at October 06, 2011 06:17 AM (eOXTH)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) is tired beyond tired of the trolls at October 06, 2011 10:16 AM (8y9MW)
i'm not touching that flame war with a ten foot pole
I ain't biting
Posted by: AuthorLMendez (Ban k1rwm) at October 06, 2011 06:17 AM (yAor6)
I'll have to agree. I think what did the first ep in the most was how long they spent on the buildup and focused on the "ZOMG FOSSIL FUELS KILLED URTH" before they got to the Oviraptor looking things.
It's not an amazing show, but it's more entertaining to me than most of what's on TV, so I'll give it a go for a while.
Posted by: Ranba Ral at October 06, 2011 06:18 AM (G99e4)
It's more like a giant interlocking mess of hard-limited text-only email lists. Y'know, like the internet was in the '70s—but with a single point of failure, because all the messages are sent via the same proxy.
The future is dumb. And short.
Posted by: oblig. at October 06, 2011 06:19 AM (xvZW9)
There's a paucity of hot chicks on these lists. You neglect Twitter's capacity for celebrastalking. If you want the Red Eye Leg Chair babes to notice you and tell you how cute and clever you are, you should definitely follow @TheKennedySmith. Though I he can't seem to get Carrie Keagan to follow him yet, I he just picked up Lauren Sivan.
Posted by: Francis Urquhart at October 06, 2011 06:20 AM (B29JY)
Come to think, that would be Intarwebs GOLD...
Posted by: DarkLord© sez Obama is a stuttering clusterf--- of a miserable failure
Oh, and F--- Nevada! at October 06, 2011 06:20 AM (GBXon)
I saw the commercial of Tara Nova or w/e it is and my first thought?
"Another cancelled show"
of course I thought of that w/ "Big Bang Theory" and "Mad Men" and they proved me wrong
Posted by: AuthorLMendez (Ban k1rwm) at October 06, 2011 06:21 AM (yAor6)
Posted by: polynikes - Texan for Romney at October 06, 2011 06:22 AM (3YCP0)
Posted by: creeper at October 06, 2011 06:23 AM (gre5a)
Posted by: Honey Badger Don't Twitter at October 06, 2011 06:23 AM (GvYeG)
"Never have scientists had so much readily accessible, real-time data about what people say". ....(from quote in header)
Yeah, see......this is what bothers me about Twitter --- being tracked.
If we were under a President Perry, with a laisez-faire attitude towards people's private lives, instead of a snoopy control freak like the SCoaMF......then I wouldn't get paranoid feelings about being 'tracked'.
But ya'll have fun with that.
BTW, this Twitter thing got started under Bush who didn't care about what citizens were saying about him......so people felt free to use it. ....But we are under the harsh rule of a regime that is obsessed with knowing who is saying what about them, as well as knowing where they are.
Posted by: ConservativeMenAreJustHotter at October 06, 2011 06:24 AM (u3Au8)
the scientific theory w/ holes or the overrated show?
The grossly overrated television show -- which has been on for how long now? And he's just figuring it out?
As for scientific theories, Morgan Freeman is my go-to guy. Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman on Science channel. It's thinkey without being too sciencey.
Posted by: FireHorse at October 06, 2011 06:24 AM (gyHyY)
Posted by: robtr at October 06, 2011 06:25 AM (MtwBb)
Posted by: tubal at October 06, 2011 06:25 AM (BoE3Z)
Posted by: Chuckit at October 06, 2011 06:25 AM (v8U7g)
Posted by: Patrick at October 06, 2011 06:25 AM (bvZgi)
IMHO, the best thing about Twitter is following people like Lileks and Iowahawk and being amazed about how funny they can be in so few characters.
Posted by: Happy Mama AJ at October 06, 2011 06:26 AM (XdlcF)
Yeah, see......this is what bothers me about Twitter --- being tracked.
If we were under a President Perry, with a laisez-faire attitude towards people's private lives, instead of a snoopy control freak like the SCoaMF......then I wouldn't get paranoid feelings about being 'tracked'.
You don't have to send any tweets...you can just read what others are tweeting. Like reading a news feed.
Posted by: Tami at October 06, 2011 06:26 AM (X6akg)
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 06, 2011 06:26 AM (ycuSb)
Posted by: Heartless SOB Hobbit at October 06, 2011 06:26 AM (EL+OC)
Plus, follow Andrew 'cause he makes sure to RT every vile thing a leftist says about him, you know, to show their tolerance and everything.
And you can make up as many fake name as you want . . . .
Posted by: Jimmuy at October 06, 2011 06:27 AM (ibeMV)
Posted by: Tami at October 06, 2011 06:27 AM (X6akg)
You picked a really crappy selection of tweets if your idea was to actually attract us to twitter.
Posted by: Emperor of Icecream at October 06, 2011 06:28 AM (epBek)
Posted by: Bob Saget at October 06, 2011 06:28 AM (F/4zf)
Posted by: Honey Badger Don't Twitter at October 06, 2011 06:28 AM (GvYeG)
The 1,000,000,000th sign of the Apocalypse.
Posted by: dfbaskwill at October 06, 2011 06:29 AM (71LDo)
Today's headline: "Obama Names Shakira to Hispanic Education Commission".
Thank goodness this administration has finally put a high priority on teaching ass-wiggling to young Latinas.
Posted by: Kortezzi at October 06, 2011 06:29 AM (zAZNI)
Posted by: AuthorLMendez (Ban k1rwm) at October 06, 2011 06:29 AM (yAor6)
So basically, Andrew Breitbart would ignore Ace's tweets while reading the Moron Horde's re-tweets of Ace's tweets.
Your technology, it confuses and frightens me.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 06, 2011 06:32 AM (o1ki4)
Posted by: Guy Fawkes at October 06, 2011 06:33 AM (qpKJT)
43 AllenG,
Re: Episode 2 Terra Nova......and instead of guns, it was the scientists who saved the day!
The themes running through this thing are a curious mixture so far.
'Humans trashed their evironment in the future' -- don't let this happen to you.
'Only authority figures should be allowed to have guns' -- don't worry, be happy, they will protect the herd.
'Communal living is cool' -- everything you need will be provided for you, do not question your work assignment.
'Money is bad' -- unless you want to buy that handmade guitar....wait, what?
Posted by: ConservativeMenAreJustHotter at October 06, 2011 06:33 AM (u3Au8)
I don't subscribe to social media, I don't do Facebook et al. I'm not that interesting, and neither is anyone else, for that matter.
Posted by: CoolCzech at October 06, 2011 10:16 AM (Iaxlk)
Exactly. Besides, I have better use for my time than being a Twit.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at October 06, 2011 06:34 AM (D5iHx)
Posted by: AuthorLMendez (Ban k1rwm) at October 06, 2011 06:34 AM (yAor6)
IMHO, the best thing about Twitter is following people like Lileks and Iowahawk and being amazed about how funny they can be in so few characters.
Posted by: Happy Mama AJPrecisely. These two are the reason I even pay any attention to Twitter at all.
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at October 06, 2011 06:35 AM (h1p5V)
Posted by: Random Axe Murderer at October 06, 2011 06:36 AM (D5iHx)
Posted by: Random Axe Murderer at October 06, 2011 10:36 AM (D5iHx)
Facebook is the bomb.
Posted by: Burglar looking for empty houses at October 06, 2011 06:37 AM (D5iHx)
As for scientific theories, Morgan Freeman is my go-to guy. Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman on Science channel. It's thinkey without being too sciencey.
Posted by: FireHorse at October 06, 2011 10:24 AM (gyHyY)
Speaking of worms going into holes, have you ever met my lovely step-granddaughter? Mmmmmmm.
Posted by: Morgan Freeman at October 06, 2011 06:37 AM (tDuwb)
At the risk of sounding creepy and stalky, @alexthechick has a great Twitter feed. (I read tweeterings via live bookmark RSS feed whatever.)
Posted by: Lance McCormick at October 06, 2011 06:39 AM (zgHLA)
Posted by: Twitterisms at October 06, 2011 06:40 AM (Zxn2F)
Posted by: Mike Tyson at October 06, 2011 06:40 AM (qpKJT)
Only 36% Think GOP Debate Moderators Ask Mostly About Important Issues...
Posted by: Tami at October 06, 2011 06:40 AM (X6akg)
72 # 53 - thread winner. email and texting is fine for me. I can easily talk to both of my friends that way.
Posted by: tubal at October 06, 2011 10:25 AM (BoE3Z)
So, how are Gomer and Togarmah? 
Epic bonus points will be awarded to you if you get the reference.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at October 06, 2011 06:40 AM (9hSKh)
Posted by: Chuckit at October 06, 2011 06:41 AM (v8U7g)
OT: is there some kind of Milipede season? cause I've seen them in the hundreds at work and at my apt. complex
Posted by: AuthorLMendez (Ban k1rwm) at October 06, 2011 06:41 AM (yAor6)
Posted by: MaureenTheTemp at October 06, 2011 06:41 AM (8kq7+)
Glad to have you on board.
Posted by: Anthony Weiner's jiggly bits at October 06, 2011 06:41 AM (BbX1b)
Thanks, but no.
Oh more. Much more. It has saved me the trouble of rummaging through SE Cupp's trash. Now she responds to me directly.
Posted by: Francis Urquhart at October 06, 2011 06:42 AM (B29JY)
Posted by: Bob Saget at October 06, 2011 06:42 AM (F/4zf)
Posted by: Twitterisms at October 06, 2011 06:43 AM (Zxn2F)
I signed up a long time ago, and I got some emails that people were following me, I looked behind me and no one was there. It was creepy. Do I really want people following me everywhere I go?
I have not been back since I signed up a couple of years ago now, and have no idea how to access or use my account.
Posted by: petunia at October 06, 2011 06:43 AM (hgrmi)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit at October 06, 2011 06:44 AM (4df7R)
...but I still enter comments here.
Posted by: RioBravo at October 06, 2011 06:45 AM (eEfYn)
Posted by: Bob Saget at October 06, 2011 10:42 AM (F/4zf)
Hopefully die.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit at October 06, 2011 06:45 AM (4df7R)
You will if you follow both the person that tweeted it and the person it was tweeted to. Which is what I said.
Posted by: Johnny (John E.) at October 06, 2011 06:46 AM (nRTou)
"Judean People's Front?!?! Splitters!"
Posted by: The Atom Bomb of Loving Kindness at October 06, 2011 06:47 AM (jqHOY)
Posted by: RioBravo at October 06, 2011 06:48 AM (eEfYn)
Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean you're not being followed.
Posted by: SCOAMF Minions at October 06, 2011 06:48 AM (71LDo)
76.....You don't have to send any tweets...you can just read what others are tweeting. Like reading a news feed.
Thanks Tami. ....I guess I'm just not that curious about keeping up with what people are tweeting to each other.
If I have the time to be online....I'd rather be giving my 'clicks' to a site that I like, in order to help them out with their advertising rate.
So far, what I'm seeing as a net result of the Twitter/Facebook things, is that they contribute to keeping people even more addicted to their electronic devices so they can access the latest 'tempest in a teapot' and get further sucked into an addiction to the internet.
Marketing-wise, Social Media is the greatest gift ever to the electronics/computer manufacturing industry. ....And the internet service providers.
Posted by: ConservativeMenAreJustHotter at October 06, 2011 06:50 AM (u3Au8)
Posted by: Evil Libertarian at October 06, 2011 06:51 AM (8z8uV)
Plus all the fucking re-tweeting. It's a cacophony.
Posted by: Waterhouse at October 06, 2011 06:52 AM (umH4+)
Or join the latest flash mob/ flash robbery. Now that can be a lot of fun and rewarding, I suppose.
Posted by: RioBravo at October 06, 2011 06:52 AM (eEfYn)
__________
"Only those who follow Ace and Drew would see this tweet".
F F -> F
F T -> F
T F -> F
T T -> T
I don't see the problem with what he wrote.
Posted by: Anachronda at October 06, 2011 06:52 AM (6fER6)
I guess I'll never be a clued-in Twit. Obviously, there's some benefit I must be missing here.
Posted by: Minnie Rodent at October 06, 2011 06:52 AM (S3rrR)
That's what I use it for, besides following Ace, Iowahawk and other poli-blogs. And anyone who doesn't follow Ace and Iowahawk is missing out on some great stuff.
Posted by: Sterling Archer at October 06, 2011 06:53 AM (1H47k)
Yeah, you want to be careful about following @empireofjeff.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 06, 2011 06:54 AM (tqwMN)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 06, 2011 06:55 AM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at October 06, 2011 06:56 AM (vzFJV)
Posted by: Havedash at October 06, 2011 06:56 AM (sFD5n)
Posted by: AuthorLMendez (Ban k1rwm) at October 06, 2011 06:56 AM (yAor6)
It is. Going to someone's page on Twitter can be confusing because it can look like one side of a conversation. When you sign up and follow that person, you won't see all the side conversations unless you follow both people.
Posted by: Johnny (John E.) at October 06, 2011 06:57 AM (nRTou)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at October 06, 2011 06:58 AM (XE2Oo)
106You goddamn kids, with your twitters and your texting and your rock and roll. I finally was forced to join Facebook or I'd never have contact with my nieces and nephews (who think email is for old farts) I guess I'll end up being forced to be a twit or whatever you hip young kids call yourselves
----
Joined the facebooks last January and now realize I'm old. But it did get me one hell of a Jan-Jun sex fest with a hot work associate from the past. Too bad it near destroyed her marriage though. No really... :-)
Posted by: Jimmah at October 06, 2011 06:58 AM (g9KCn)
Posted by: Studebaker Hawk at October 06, 2011 06:58 AM (lPYhw)
I wish I had thought of this.
Posted by: Pet Rocks & Mood Rings, Inc. at October 06, 2011 06:59 AM (D5iHx)
Posted by: Francis Urquhart at October 06, 2011 07:00 AM (B29JY)
I guess I'll never be a clued-in Twit. Obviously, there's some benefit I must be missing here.
Posted by: Minnie Rodent at October 06, 2011 10:52 AM (S3rrR)
Some CelebTards are getting paid big money to Twitter. They bury little "endorsements" in their tweets, such as "I'm just relaxing having a Coke", etc..
I think FoxNews must be getting some $$$ from Twitter as much as they push it.
Posted by: Havedash at October 06, 2011 07:00 AM (sFD5n)
Posted by: Minuteman at October 06, 2011 07:01 AM (CGxxU)
Posted by: @lord_nelson at October 06, 2011 07:01 AM (O8eoG)
Posted by: tubal at October 06, 2011 07:03 AM (BoE3Z)
Posted by: jeannebodine at October 06, 2011 07:04 AM (nvlAW)
Training tweet --
WTH w/ PT Cruisers? Just saw 1 go by. Looks useless. Cant strap deer 2 roof, trunk 2 small 2 haul lumber, stereo 2 wimpy 4 Chemical Bros.
I think that's 137 characters. Would this make for a good tweet?
Posted by: FireHorse at October 06, 2011 07:04 AM (gyHyY)
I like this site because ace is funny and insightful and the commenters crack me up. I do not want to spend all day reading snarky exchanges between our side and theirs on Twitter. Who gives a fuck?
There's a whole big wide world out there. I don't want to waste my life arguing with the mentally deranged retards on the left.
Posted by: Warden at October 06, 2011 07:08 AM (KulgD)
I'm over 70 years old.
my twitter list is almost an exact duplicate of the one listed above.
Should I seek psychiatric help?
Posted by: franksalterego at October 06, 2011 07:14 AM (7/sDI)
Posted by: Ticklebee at October 06, 2011 07:20 AM (T9l3S)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Camellia Sinensis Operative at October 06, 2011 07:38 AM (0q2P7)
When you say "...would see this tweet." - See it.....WHERE?
Seriously, I have (a) a dumb-phone and (b) a desktop/laptop. Does Twitter send phone-texts to my dumb-phone?
Where do I get these real-time tweets? Do I have to be logged into a website from my laptop (or non-existent smartphone)? If so, then it's just a message board / chart room?
Do I need a smart phone to get the full twitter effect? Would they show up via an app or as a text?
My impression is that tweets *come to me*, not that I have to *go get them*, if so, how do they get to me? If that too simplistic / not correct?
Something is not clicking for me, maybe I need some more Vodka.
Posted by: Tonic Dog at October 06, 2011 07:50 AM (X/+QT)
Posted by: steevy at October 06, 2011 07:57 AM (fyOgS)
I don't use my phone for twitter because my phone sucks.
I use my computer. If you sign up for a twitter account, you login to that account and are taken to the twitter web page. You decide who's tweets you want to see by 'following' that person's twitter account. The tweets from the person/people you are following then come up on your twitter webpage.
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It drives me bat shit and I resolutely refuse to have anything to do with it. Die Twitter die!
Posted by: Peggy at October 06, 2011 05:08 PM (o/qeS)
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A few others I love following: Kurt Schlichter (@kurtschlichter) , Loren Heal (@lheal), Jon Wexford (@JONWEXFORD), Lori Ziganto (@snarkandboobs) and Fred Thompson (yes, THE Fred Thompson! @fredthompson) These characters always crack me up!
Posted by: Be still, my heart at October 08, 2011 05:07 PM (F0o5k)
I use "lists" to help manage the madness. You can create a list and put someone on it, even without "following" them. Then their tweets will not appear on your livestream, and you will only be looking at what they have to say whenever you choose to open up the list you put them on.
You can also group the people you do follow into lists -- for example, I have a "funny" list, and if I just want pure guaranteed entertainment, I'll go straight to that list.
Hashtags are handy for following a particular subject. For example, #OccupyWallStreet or #OWS will give you all the tweets from anyone and everyone (not just the people you follow) who have stuck that label on one of their tweets. Sometimes fun trends will get going, and last for a few hours or days. Iowahawk (@iowahawkblog) starts a lot of these, and they're great. The other night, someone started a #occupywallstreetmovies thing, in which people parodied popular movies to make fun of the Wall Street loons -- examples: My Big Fat Greek Economy; Six Graduate Degrees of Separation from Reality; Lunacy, Actually; The 40-Year-Old Undergrad; Raging Bullshit; Eat.Whine.Shove.; Young Frankensteins; Day of Whine and Posers; Nightmare on Wall Street; The Unshowered...
Posted by: Kathy from Kansas at October 08, 2011 05:23 PM (F0o5k)
P.S. You can send a private, one-on-one "direct message" to anyone you follow who is also following you.
Posted by: Kathy from Kansas at October 08, 2011 05:24 PM (F0o5k)
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