I have tried Twitter and Facebook and cannot see what value the will add to my life so have closed both down. I found both pretty boring, especially Facebook.
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Twitter? Revolutionary new communication fast lane or garden wall for gossips?
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Yes, that piece does use some distorted statistics but I think the central point is that companies that use social media, be it Facebook or Twitter or whatever, will do better than those who don't.
Twitter is just one medium. Castigating it because it has people like Leon Knight behaving like dickheads is like blaming the Royal Mail for people sending poison pen letters.
Return of the Rev
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Never quite got going on twitter,closed facebook because of trolling from this board
Tooting Gull
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The beauty about twitter is that it's so flexible. I use it as my personal news feed, adding accounts on subjects that interest me. It's also great for breaking news.
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Return of the Rev
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looks like its getting personal,i'm off down the park with the hound,I'LL TWEET YOU ALL AS WE GO
When was the last time you phoned Adam El-Abd? If you want to know what famous people are up to, it's good for that. If you want to know what friends are up to, it's good for that - assuming your friends use it. If you want to know what the latest developments are in a field you are particularly interested in, it's good for that. It depends how you use it. Personally I use it mainly to keep up to date on things I am interested in, not to let the word know I am eating a banana. It was great on transfer deadline day, and it's perfect if you have a smartphone.SO THE MOBILE PHONE WAS NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR QUICK COMMUNICATION? I JUST FIND IT A BIT SPOOKY THAT PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW SO MUCH,ITS SEEMS TO HAVE STIFLED REAL INTERACTION. YOU SEE YOUNG KIDS IGNORED BY PARENTS BECAUSE OF TEXTING,TWEETING ETC. As for famous people why would you want to know where they are? I really don't get it
Tooting Gull
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It is great for breaking news if you take some time to build up a decent 'Follow' list.
Clearly there's a load of shite on there, a fair bit from me, but no one is forcing you to follow celebs with nothing to say.
Like anything else, it's probably a skill using it well for sales purposes, getting your message across without being too in your face. I actually think Piglets Pantry use Twitter very well.
Tooting Gull
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Option A: Have a little laugh at yourself.
Option B: React like a scalded cat, lashing out wildly in humourless, self-important fashion.
Hmm. Let me see, which one was it. Again.
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Not Big Sam is the only thing worth looking at on twitter.
But then I'm old, have no facebook, only just mastered the mobile and it took me 3 years to register on here.
But then I'm old, have no facebook, only just mastered the mobile and it took me 3 years to register on here.
Return of the Rev
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i just say hello to him when he walking his dog down the park,why would you want to know what famous people are doing? Baffling
So what transfer deadline news do you have that i don't
Tony Meolas Loan Spell
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This and that people feel they need to update "the world" on every. little. thing. they. are. doing. in case they suddenly get forgotten.
The Large One
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The original post (about short attention spans) was your 'Option A', but so long as you can get an unnecessary barbed dig in, all is well with the world.
BTW - lashing out wildly? Scalded cat? Impressive use of hyperbole.
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Same for me. Also my marriage isn't strong to cope with the skeletons on facebook or installation of sky sports.
Seagull58
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What about going town the high street to do some looting? Still can't see we have gained from the whole mobile,facebook twitter thing. Must be a dinosaur i suppose, so it looks like i'm off to the moon
Useful business marketing tool. Obviously requires that you build a network of followers on Twitter, then you can tweet latest news, product releases, events etc. in short messages with hyperliks to the websites. In my view, a more efficient and effective marketing tool than FB, LinkedIn and the others.
Seagull58
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As i said i must be a dinosaur as i ask the boys how their day was WHILE WE SIT ROUND THE DINNER TABLE
But, surely, while you're sat round the dinner table they are communicating constantly with their friends who they have spent the entire day with but haven't seen for at least an hour? Or are you man enough to say "put the phone down and communicate with ME"?
Seagull58
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That's not a bad answer. I use both sparingly, with my personal accounts, for amusement purposes e.g. The_BigSam on twitter who is a genius and makes me roar with laughter. Depends what you mean by "value" as they are both reasonably effective business marketing tools.
Seagull58
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Too many tweets make a twat.