Do you Tweet?

**Sasaki Kojiro** · 09-07-2009, 22:36

Originally Posted by Louis VI the Fat

Are you stalking me? How do you know I'm sitting in a basement right now!?

"LouisVI# Sitting in my basement, performing unmentionable acts in front of the computer screen 5:23 PM Sep 7th from txt "

**Mithrandir** · 09-07-2009, 23:05

Originally Posted by Sasaki Kojiro

"LouisVI# Sitting in my basement, performing unmentionable acts in front of the computer screen 5:23 PM Sep 7th from txt "

So far no real tweeters amongst us...

**pevergreen** · 09-07-2009, 23:14

Twitter is the new myspace.

I hate myspace.

I do feel sorry for one of my friends. His uni course requires him to create and use a twitter account.

Another guy I know has his feeds going to his twitter, which tweets, then that sends it to his facebook.

I removed him and havent looked back.

Speaking about facebook, I got an immense amount of pleasure by culling about 170 people from my 'friends' list.

Three orgahs on there now.

3/50 isnt bad.

**Lemur** · 09-07-2009, 23:27

Funny you say that, Pevergreen; I just conducted a friend purge on Facebook. Too many people whose names I couldn't immediately relate to a memory. Gone!

I don't understand Twitter. Then again, I don't understand many successful, popular things, so that's not saying much.

**pevergreen** · 09-07-2009, 23:30

Originally Posted by Lemur

Funny you say that, Pevergreen; I just conducted a friend purge on Facebook. Too many people whose names I couldn't immediately relate to a memory. Gone!

I don't understand Twitter. Then again, I don't understand many successful, popular things, so that's not saying much.

its pevergreen.

I went to facebook.com/lemur but you dont have it (some girl). I have /pevergreen

**Lemur** · 09-07-2009, 23:51

Originally Posted by pevergreen

I went to facebook.com/lemur but you dont have it (some girl). I have /pevergreen

Yup, I missed the boat on custom URLs. Vaguely remember some talk about it coming at some point, and that's about it.

Every housewife on my street is addicted to Facebook. It's like they made the internets safe for moms.

**edyzmedieval** · 09-13-2009, 20:58

Originally Posted by pevergreen

I went to facebook.com/lemur but you dont have it (some girl). I have /pevergreen

Oh noes! The horror!

www.facebook.com/lemur

The horror!

**caravel** · 09-13-2009, 22:39

I'm with the naysayers (In fact I pretty much agree with Whacker

). I'm not signed up to any of those pointless sites and never will be.

**Lemur** · 09-14-2009, 15:36

Originally Posted by edyzmedieval

Oh noes! The horror!

www.facebook.com/lemur

The horror!

Hmmm, does this mean I have to stalk and kill her, or does it mean we're gonna be best friends? I can never figure signs and portents out, really ...

**Hosakawa Tito** · 09-07-2009, 23:35

I don't twit nor FB. And most of the time I don't even have my tracphone on because I really don't want to be available. Leave a message so I can ignore all y'all at my leisure.

**Whacker** · 09-07-2009, 23:53

Originally Posted by Hosakawa Tito

I don't twit nor FB. And most of the time I don't even have my tracphone on because I really don't want to be available. Leave a message so I can ignore all y'all at my leisure.

This is one of the true ironies of my existence.

At 30, I am very much a child of the digital age. I grew up playing every major console starting from the Atari 2600 at 5, which was our first console. We still have it. I've had/bought every Sega and Nintendo console within a few months of it's release, all the way up to the Dreamcast and Wii.

At 8, I knew more about our computers than mom and dad. Our first was an Apple IIe that I didn't really think was that great. Our first home PC (dad had a few at work) was a 386 running Windows 2.0 and DOS 5.0. I taught myself how to use them both down to the very least, minute function from the 600 page manuals.

I grew up in that wonderful space of time where I still know and prefer to use a manual can opener, yet have the gumption and wherewithall to tear a PC down to individual parts to fix with complete confidence and nary a shred of fear. I still prefer analog clocks, but couldn't fathom not having a cellphone with me 24/7. Interesting contrasts.

What's my point in all this?

I hate.

HATE.

Twitter. Myspace. Facebook. All of these "social whoring" and "popularity contest" sites as I both think of and call them. If my loved ones and friends care enough to know what I'm up to, they call me on the phone to talk for a bit. "txting", "adds", and "tweets" are far too impersonal and not a bit self-important in my view. I'll SMS a friend if I'm bored or I have something to say that's not worth a phone call, but any worthwhile conversation is done voice or in person. Another aspect of this is probably my intense loathing for this rampant narcissism and selfishness in people these days. Everything is about me me me and who looks the best and is the most popular. To an extent we had those things when I was growing up, but it's not nearly as bad as it is now IMO.

Call me old fashioned, but that's my take. I may end up being forced into getting a myspace and/or facebook account for certain reasons down the road, but the other social sites like twitter I'm avoiding like the plague.

Bah humbug!!!

/rant over!

**Husar** · 09-08-2009, 00:23

Yet you hang out 24/7 in some popularity contest IRC chatroom with your elitist e-"friends"

I also saw ~~a documentary about toilet paper~~ an article stating that employers nowadays often check such sites and having only party pics on there is just as bad as not having a profile at all for some.

I'm also glad you didn't delete me Lemur, I feel a lot more famous now, my e-self-esteem has fully recovered.

**Lemur** · 09-08-2009, 01:11

Originally Posted by Husar

I'm also glad you didn't delete me Lemur, I feel a lot more famous now, my e-self-esteem has fully recovered.

Why would I delete you? In a certain sense, I know you. Keeping a vague connection with you is entirely appropriate.

Whacker, Facebook is only a "popularity contest" if you treat it as such. I prefer to see it as (a) the best way to keep up with feckless friends who change addresses and emails too darn often for me to keep track, (b) a lightweight social checking-in system, and (c) a way to connect with the many ladies in my life who are addicted to it.

It doesn't need to eat your life, it doesn't have to be a whose-status-update-is-bigger contest, it doesn't have to to be a blessed thing that you don't make it.

I used to be completely anti-Twitter, but the Green Revolution in Iran changed my perspective, as did this site, which appears to be the entire reason Twitter was invented. (WARNING: Link contains old man swearing language and is not safe for work or parents.)