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Javaman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-19-09 01:14 PM
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82. I still believe it's a fad that will eventually sift down to a point where it will be
used in a worth while manner by those groups who find a way to profit from it.

All twitter is, is a 140 character IM that keeps responses short in a short attention span world.

Like the dot com bust those who have the capital to exploit it for profit will, those who don't will vanish.

Right now it's still the flavor of the week only to replaced by yet another flavor next week metaphorically speaking. And once replaced it will serve it's purpose and no longer be relevant to the conversation.

That should be about this time next year.
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  -FUCK TWITTER! itsrobert  Mar-19-09 07:22 AM   #0 
  - I refuse to play that game, Luddite that I am! nt  MADem   Mar-19-09 07:26 AM   #1 
  - Me too.  ananda   Mar-19-09 11:26 AM   #50 
  - Yeah, it's a shame that you're not allowed to stop going there, huh?  deadmessengers   Mar-19-09 07:32 AM   #2 
  - the techie geek gal thinks that twitter...  AB_Positive   Mar-19-09 07:36 AM   #3 
  - Are you, by any chace familiar with the way businesses, emergency response, and law  burythehatchet   Mar-19-09 08:48 AM   #9 
  - Can't say that I am...  AB_Positive   Mar-19-09 11:33 AM   #55 
     - Are you aware that the ARMY considers Twitter a potential Threat?  Cetacea   Mar-19-09 09:33 PM   #104 
  - A chick with a soldering iron...  hootinholler   Mar-19-09 10:17 AM   #22 
  - sucks = You don't like it  Teaser   Mar-19-09 03:38 PM   #91 
  - Ya.. Peppered kelp, too. F*ck that.  zagging   Mar-19-09 07:37 AM   #4 
  - I think"twitter"was derived from the word "twit," a foolish and annoying person  Kashka-Kat   Mar-19-09 08:22 AM   #5 
  - indeed  Crabby Appleton   Mar-19-09 12:14 PM   #72 
  - Ironically,  Bill McBlueState   Mar-19-09 08:28 AM   #6 
  - No difference at all.  tekisui   Mar-19-09 09:02 AM   #12 
  - I think this e-mail thing ought to be done away with as well.  burythehatchet   Mar-19-09 08:45 AM   #7 
  - At least the mindless use of email -- yes, you're right  nichomachus   Mar-19-09 11:15 AM   #40 
     - did you say kittycats?  Olney Blue   Mar-19-09 09:15 PM   #98 
  - The Personal Comptuer Will Never Catch On  NeedleCast   Mar-19-09 08:47 AM   #8 
  - The wheel will never catch on.  burythehatchet   Mar-19-09 08:49 AM   #11 
     - Wheel?? Is that a new online socializing program? How do I join?  rhett o rick   Mar-19-09 12:11 PM   #69 
  - Why on earth would people have discussions on a computer, when they can talk to people in real life?  ogneopasno   Mar-19-09 08:48 AM   #10 
  - It's useful if you subscribe to news and the like  PVnRT   Mar-19-09 09:05 AM   #13 
  - THE INTERNET??!?!? Is that thing still around?  bullwinkle428   Mar-19-09 09:06 AM   #14 
  - I tried with Twitter, I really did. But my day is not all that exciting.  Jennicut   Mar-19-09 09:12 AM   #15 
  - There's lots of people who like to talk politics, arts, computer stuff, etc.  NYCGirl   Mar-19-09 09:16 AM   #16 
  - I know. I still feel so boring. Its just not for me.  Jennicut   Mar-19-09 09:27 AM   #17 
     - The trick is finding like-minded people to follow, It takes a bit of time, but  NYCGirl   Mar-19-09 09:29 AM   #18 
     - Yeah. That's kind of what I think too. It's interesting for a certain purpose.  AndrewP   Mar-19-09 02:14 PM   #86 
     - And That's A Perfectly Normal Attitude Towards it  NeedleCast   Mar-19-09 09:31 AM   #19 
        - Yeah, I prefer DU! I wont knock Twitter. Its there for people who  Jennicut   Mar-19-09 09:33 AM   #20 
           - Your reasonable attitude will not be tolerated!  NeedleCast   Mar-19-09 09:35 AM   #21 
  - Mine is even more mundane  Horse with no Name   Mar-19-09 04:19 PM   #93 
  - I don't get why people take this so personally.  Lex   Mar-19-09 10:20 AM   #23 
  - As we age we fear becoming irrelevant. New technology fosters that fear.  burythehatchet   Mar-19-09 10:36 AM   #25 
  - Is It Fear? Or Is It Annoyance From Feeling We're Forced to Keep Up With Hollow, Self-Promoting ...  NashVegas   Mar-19-09 10:54 AM   #28 
     - Thank you.  burythehatchet   Mar-19-09 11:01 AM   #29 
     - Fear.  HiFructosePronSyrup   Mar-19-09 11:01 AM   #30 
     - Fear  NeedleCast   Mar-19-09 11:03 AM   #31 
     - Don't use it then. Easy.  Lex   Mar-19-09 11:12 AM   #38 
     - I'm sorry, who forces you to use Twitter?  PVnRT   Mar-19-09 11:45 AM   #59 
  - Republicans used Twitter during Obama's address  Posteritatis   Mar-19-09 12:50 PM   #79 
  - Been experimenting with it the past few weeks.  bikebloke   Mar-19-09 10:33 AM   #24 
  - i saw that an NBA player twittered during halftime  Blue_Tires   Mar-19-09 10:39 AM   #26 
  - why does Twitter make so many people mad? I don't have a twitter account  AlCzervik   Mar-19-09 10:40 AM   #27 
  - Because of What It Represents  NashVegas   Mar-19-09 11:04 AM   #32 
  - Just don't use it then.  Lex   Mar-19-09 11:12 AM   #36 
  - For Some People, That's Simply Not An Option  NashVegas   Mar-19-09 11:49 AM   #61 
     - With your charm, you'll go far  Lex   Mar-19-09 03:29 PM   #89 
        - Indeed  NashVegas   Mar-19-09 08:09 PM   #97 
  - I think applications go beyond advertising/pr  Goblinmonger   Mar-19-09 12:53 PM   #80 
  - Exactly.  Lex   Mar-19-09 03:31 PM   #90 
  - Umm...there are private conversations. You can direct message most people there.  NYCGirl   Mar-19-09 07:33 PM   #95 
  - I don't understand that either - I can't see any way that Twitter would enhance my life so I ignore  petronius   Mar-19-09 11:06 AM   #34 
     - The problem is  nichomachus   Mar-19-09 11:21 AM   #48 
  - Meh, it will lose it's shine after a while...  Javaman   Mar-19-09 11:06 AM   #33 
  - Useless to most maybe  NeedleCast   Mar-19-09 11:15 AM   #41 
  - and the point is? nt  Javaman   Mar-19-09 11:29 AM   #54 
     - Just saying that people broad brush twitter as if all it is  NeedleCast   Mar-19-09 11:40 AM   #58 
        - I still believe it's a fad that will eventually sift down to a point where it will be  Javaman   Mar-19-09 01:14 PM   #82 
  - That's bad news for these groups:  burythehatchet   Mar-19-09 11:25 AM   #49 
  - did you even read my post?  Javaman   Mar-19-09 11:29 AM   #52 
     - Yes. But I probably did not understand it the way you meant to convey it. You'll have to twitter me  burythehatchet   Mar-19-09 11:35 AM   #56 
        - Perhaps if I put it in 140 characters of one syllable words. nt  Javaman   Mar-19-09 01:15 PM   #83 
  - In the "Doonesbury" sequence about Twitter, Kim told Mike that  tblue37   Mar-19-09 12:21 PM   #74 
     - exactly, there will come a break point.  Javaman   Mar-19-09 01:17 PM   #84 
        - I expect all this internet hoopla will soon pass.  Poiuyt   Mar-19-09 09:30 PM   #100 
           - Sigh. so instead of refuting you use a non sequitur. have fun with that.  Javaman   Mar-20-09 11:05 AM   #108 
  - I want to follow you.  Beam Me Up   Mar-19-09 11:11 AM   #35 
  - Twitter -- just the latest reincarnation of CB radio  nichomachus   Mar-19-09 11:12 AM   #37 
  - You don't need to text with Twitter. It's no more a CB than messages here are.  Lex   Mar-19-09 11:14 AM   #39 
  - I'm standing in line at Starbucks -- it's hot in here  nichomachus   Mar-19-09 11:17 AM   #43 
     - Via the website  PVnRT   Mar-19-09 11:48 AM   #60 
  - i hate twitter as much as anyone...  negativenihil   Mar-19-09 11:16 AM   #42 
     - Well, yeah, but  nichomachus   Mar-19-09 11:19 AM   #44 
        - Well, that's the thing  NeedleCast   Mar-19-09 11:29 AM   #53 
  - I think it had a slow start  GinaMaria   Mar-19-09 11:20 AM   #45 
  - Edison made a spring-loaded cigar that pushed tobacco toward the tip as it burned...  bridgit   Mar-19-09 11:20 AM   #46 
  - Were a nation of 14 year old girls now  Dukkha   Mar-19-09 11:21 AM   #47 
  - Thank You For Failing  PVnRT   Mar-19-09 11:50 AM   #62 
  - your concern is duly noted  Dukkha   Mar-19-09 12:08 PM   #67 
  - You'd Have a Point If Not for the Sexism  NashVegas   Mar-19-09 11:50 AM   #64 
  - . . . says a participant in a messageboard flamewar. nt  Codeine   Mar-19-09 10:10 PM   #106 
  - I second that emotion. nt  nc4bo   Mar-19-09 11:26 AM   #51 
  - i absolutely love it...  lies and propaganda   Mar-19-09 11:39 AM   #57 
  - Twitter is facebook with 99% of the features removed  DireStrike   Mar-19-09 11:50 AM   #63 
  - And I don't get facebook either  nichomachus   Mar-19-09 12:28 PM   #76 
  - I have never tried the twitter.  Swede   Mar-19-09 11:54 AM   #65 
  - I was super pissed when the Twitter Police showed up and forced me to open an account  NeedleCast   Mar-19-09 12:04 PM   #66 
  - Actually, it's coming  nichomachus   Mar-19-09 12:09 PM   #68 
     - I doubt it  NeedleCast   Mar-19-09 12:14 PM   #73 
     - Based on what???  nichomachus   Mar-19-09 12:24 PM   #75 
        - So again, what's the problem?  NeedleCast   Mar-19-09 12:31 PM   #77 
        - Some examples  nichomachus   Mar-19-09 12:47 PM   #78 
           - I'm not sure these programs work how you think they work  NeedleCast   Mar-19-09 01:04 PM   #81 
              - Maybe Mid Level Marketing type jobs  Moochy   Mar-19-09 09:31 PM   #103 
        - Really? Which companies?  PVnRT   Mar-19-09 02:48 PM   #87 
     - BWAHAHAHAAA!!!!!  BlooInBloo   Mar-19-09 09:31 PM   #102 
  - self centered narcissists? I am going to take a drink of coffee now.  uppityperson   Mar-19-09 12:13 PM   #70 
  - Just like posts/threads in the Lounge  Lex   Mar-19-09 03:28 PM   #88 
  - "Doonesbury" did a great sequence slamming Twitter last week. nt  tblue37   Mar-19-09 12:14 PM   #71 
  - Twitter is the cell phone equivalent of cave man paintings but with the opposite effect.  Initech   Mar-19-09 01:31 PM   #85 
  - Would you like to expand on that? You have 115 characters left!  Buns_of_Fire   Mar-19-09 04:16 PM   #92 
  - Was this your latest tweet?  Zhade   Mar-19-09 04:21 PM   #94 
  - I have accounts at Facebook and Myspace,  Sheets of Easter   Mar-19-09 07:36 PM   #96 
  - If I want to share my every thought with the public...  rucky   Mar-19-09 09:31 PM   #101 
  - I agree, except...  Moochy   Mar-19-09 09:28 PM   #99 
  - Thanks for that  Goblinmonger   Mar-21-09 10:09 AM   #109 
  - It's just the spiffy, speedy, more expensive new version of IMs  FloridaJudy   Mar-19-09 09:57 PM   #105 
  - You're posting from your WebTV account? ;-)  Codeine   Mar-19-09 10:13 PM   #107 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-21-09 10:42 AM   #110 
  - I thought this would be about their refusal to delete the fake Olbermann account. (nt)  redqueen   Mar-21-09 11:01 AM   #111 
 

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