Besttechie Posted June 15, 2009 Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 Twitter is the very popular micro blogging site that has even made its way into the mainstream media. Do you use Twitter? If so, what do you use it for? If not, why don't you use it? Let's get a good discussion on Twitter going as our first post in the Web 2.0 forum!CrunchBase InformationTwitterInformation provided by CrunchBase Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Posted June 15, 2009 Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 No, I don't use Twitter. I don't plan to use Twitter.In my opinion, Twitter is only reasonable for celebrities or other public figures. I can understand people wanting to "follow" what Shaq or Obama or Pete Wentz are doing today--and only for the "die hard" fans who need to know everything about that person. Not really for me, but I get why it would appeal to some. However, I don't think anyone cares at all what I ate for breakfast. I think its just a stupid trend.I also find it ironic that television or internet companies are using twitter. If I want to follow MSNBC, I'm not going to follow them on twitter.com I'm going to follow them on msnbc.com or the MSNBC channel. Same goes for digg, slashdot, cnet, or any other publication.I think its a fad that will die once people realize "woah, I don't really care what my friend got at McDonalds today." or "hey, RSS feeds from my favorite news source are better than Twitter feeds." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Karol Posted June 15, 2009 Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 I do use twitter, and I really like it. Here's why:1. Communicating with the world; you can @ reply anyone in the world, and communicate with them like that.2. I use twitter for breakingnews; I rarely use CNN or my local news station anymore, Twitter does the job.My twitter is mostly for personal use, and I retweet anything that I find important/interesting.Karol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
isteve Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 I been a twitter user for about a year but never tweet. I do follow a bunch of feeds. Most are techie folks some are funny like a fake Nick Nolte that cracks me up and even a girl that tweets from 70 years ago.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shanenin Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 the nick_nolte tweeks are great.I have never twittered. I may someday Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Honda_Boy Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 I honestly didn't know what it was even for until I just read this thread. I've heard about it but usually I'm not paying attention beyond it's name when I've heard mention of it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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