Do you Tweet?

**Mithrandir** · 09-07-2009, 19:31

Do you use Twitter? If yes... why?

I can see the point in blogs, but why would you want to update your friends and family about the fact you just farted or that you just removed some navel fluff ?

I for one do have an account, but gave up after 3 senseless messages...

**Gregoshi** · 09-07-2009, 19:55

I refuse to participate simply because of all the media (even news agencies) babbling on about Twitter. I'll stick with Facebook, as it seems to me to be less obnoxious than the other social sites I'm familiar with though the proliferation of their games and quizes that show up on the news feed are getting rather tiresome. They really need an option to shut them off from the news feed.

I've never been a fan of fads and Twitter just seems to be the latest.

**Andres** · 09-07-2009, 19:56

Nope, not me.

Why?

Well because...

Originally Posted by Mithrandir

why would you want to update your friends and family about the fact you just farted or that you just removed some navel fluff ?

... senseless messages...

Same goes for facebook to a lesser extent. Yes, I like to look at other people's pages when they actually have something to tell, but most of the time I get annoyed by those people who update what they are doing a zillion times a day.

"X had a good nights' rest."

"X enjoyed his morning coffee and breakfeast."

"X thinks he has so much work to do."

"X can't get his work done."

"X is glad it's finally time to go home".

"X has enjoyed a good meal."

"X is now going to watch [insert crappy televion show or movie]."

"X has been beaten up by Andres because he couldn't think of a satisfactory answer to the question "don't you have anything better to do???""

I guess what annoys me the most about fb is exactly what this twitter stuff is about?

Argh...

**Gregoshi** · 09-07-2009, 20:04

Yes, I agree Andres. The mundane stuff is pointless and annoying, but I do find enough gems on FB to offset the "is bored. txt me" stuff. It is the countless games (foodfights, mafia wars, farmville,etc) and quizes ("Which dead rock star are you?") that drive me crazy. I found out how to turn off an individual game/quiz but they are like the hydra - shut off one and two more replace it.

**GeneralHankerchief** · 09-07-2009, 20:07

I made a Twitter account a few months ago, but have never used it. Facebook does well enough for me. The way I see it, Twitter's more for quasi-famous people and above. Otherwise, the question above is raised: Who cares/why?

**Fragony** · 09-07-2009, 20:10

No, I already hate the fact that I need a cellphone for basic communication.

**Louis VI the Fat** · 09-07-2009, 20:15

Twitter is for old people.

*dismissive arm gesture*

On the entire intranets, is there anything less cool than to tweet?

To today's kids, Twitter's got the coolness factor of your parent arriving home too early, just when your party got going, your father putting on a - jeez! - compact disc, of Vanilla Ice's 'Ice Ice Baby', and both making some spastic movements in the middle of the room that probably passed for dancing twenty years ago and shouting 'hey you kids, join in, is Ice l33t or what?'

**Sasaki Kojiro** · 09-07-2009, 20:33

Yes, twitter is for celebrities and people like this: (language warning)

Unfortunately Ocho Cinco canceled his twitter because the NFL had too many rules about it

**Aemilius Paulus** · 09-07-2009, 21:45

Heck no! Even if I did embrace vile institutions such as Facebook and MySpace, I would still refrain from tweeting. The word limit is what kills me. I am an exceptionally verbose person, and usually anything I write is thrice the recommended length. I hate myself for not being able to summarise, and it is no surprise I loathe Twitter. Loathe, but not hate.

And yes, Fragony, I am in the same situation. Mobile phones are enough pain for me. And lastly, as several people already pointed out - no one cares (except some pervert paedophiles sitting in a basement, performing unmentionable acts in front of the computer screen...)