Comments on: Problems with Microblogging – Twitter

By: Breaking into the Tumblrverse

Breaking into the Tumblrverse — Sun, 02 May 2010 13:58:52 +0000

[...] my Twitter post, I have attempted microblogging on it, and also Tumblr. My Tumblr is Further South, I use it as [...]

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:28:13 +0000

As you know I stopped using twitter a while ago. It was mainly because my account kept getting hacked, but it was also due to boredum and a sense of pointlessness. Some people love it, and that’s fine. But for me, 140 characters is limiting and a bit lazy. There’s already Facebook for posting short status updates to friends. I am sure Twitter, like a lot of online fads, will soon die out.

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 03:54:32 +0000

Personally, I find Twitter to be a fun way to stay on top of stupid links my friends find, play fun thought games (again, with friends), and watch certain celebrities be professionally insane (Warren Ellis, Stan Lee, etc). That said, sometimes I just ignore everything on there save direct messages/responses to me.

I guess it’s all your mood and your feelings. Sometimes it’s fun, sometimes it’s a pain. Of course, if it’s crashing your browser, you’re probably following too many people.

By: Aleida

Aleida — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:13:51 +0000

I think Twitter is definitely not something everybody SHOULD enjoy. If you don’t think Twitter can be entertaining, useful or ‘something’ to you… you should definitely not use it.

I love Twitter … but I use Twitter on a my own personal way. I don’t think everybody has the same use for Twitter. Some people see it as a spam / marketing tool, others like to bitch on Twitter and there are people that actually say pretty interesting stuff (at least I think so).

I’m not sure if I can enlighten you … and make you enjoy Twitter more. I just think if you don’t like it, you shouldn’t use it. It would be a waste of your time.

By: Manda

Manda — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:51:30 +0000

I get where you’re coming from, at least to a certain extent. As much as I like Twitter, I do have some issues with it – and let’s not even get into the fucking NameCheap contest D:

I use Twitter for whatever thoughts/observations I have that aren’t poignant or interesting enough to turn into a full-fledged blog entry. If I saved every little thought in my head for a blog entry rather than sorting out which should be blogged and which should be microblogged, my blog would get totally bogged down in half-assed thoughts that belong on Twitter, not my blog.

I had people I was really annoyed with on my Twitter list cause they tweeted about crap I didn’t care 24/7, so I just unfollowed them. I’m not bothered if people do that to me either – no one says you HAVE to follow back those that follow you. If they think you’re interesting, they’ll follow you, and if not, they won’t. Simple as that.

As for TwitterFox/EchoFon, I stopped using it a long time ago. I use Tweetie now, which is a Twitter app. Not sure what options there are for PCs, but for Macs I definitely recommend it!

By: Tess

Tess — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:49:43 +0000

Though I wouldn’t consider myself one of your friends, I still won’t argue how much you don’t “get Twitter”. Like every application on the web, some people will love it, some people will hate it (and then there’s those inbetween).

I am with you, on the merits of blogging. Like you, I like executing my point, following by explanations, theories and arguments – and yes, 140 characters just can’t do that. I am one of those people who will write two or three tweets on a subject, but that’s usually to clear something up, something that doesn’t need to go in a blog – I should get out of the habit, though.

By: Krissy

Krissy — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:09:19 +0000

Oh, the dreaded Namecheap content. I won’t elaborate.

I like Twitter, but I get where you’re coming from. I used to have those same annoyances. Mostly with people tweeting CONSTANTLY (I’ve since gotten over my fear of them hating me if I unfollowed them and it’s made my life way simpler). And then my browser crashing. TwitterFox used to do that constantly for me, so a few months of last year, I just… stopped watching it.

Not really sure where I’m going with this. But I’ve grown to like Twitter. I like being able to keep up with the friends and few celebrities that I care about.

By: Vickie

Vickie — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 14:55:02 +0000

Things that aren’t important or interesting enough to warrant its own entry or a targeted message to a friend go to my Twitter and Plurk. I put them there exactly because no one cares.