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nycusa15 Donating Member (8 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-08-09 03:35 PM
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5. I agree
why are all the news media pushing this site. It looks low budget and too simple. I like groupnex.com
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  -SICK OF TWITTER bos1  Apr-08-09 03:31 PM   #0 
  - Why do you hate America?  Ian David   Apr-08-09 03:32 PM   #1 
  - I love America  nycusa15   Apr-08-09 03:36 PM   #6 
     - You can't love America unless you love Twitter. n/t  Ian David   Apr-08-09 03:37 PM   #8 
  - It's simply another method of communication.  PeaceNikki   Apr-08-09 03:34 PM   #2 
  - Ants have more intellectual ways to communicate  Oregone   Apr-08-09 03:54 PM   #13 
     - You're right. They've blown waaaaaaaaay past satellites and fiber optics and shit.  PeaceNikki   Apr-08-09 04:03 PM   #19 
        - You have no idea  Oregone   Apr-08-09 04:11 PM   #24 
           - Their life-span is about 90 days. I bet if they lived to be 90 years-old, they'd Twitter, too.  PeaceNikki   Apr-08-09 04:15 PM   #26 
              - Man has lived to be 90 years old for a long time...  Oregone   Apr-08-09 04:22 PM   #29 
                 - So don't use it. I do and it doesn't make me less social (as implied below)  PeaceNikki   Apr-08-09 04:28 PM   #31 
                    - Yes, tweeting while grocery shopping. Entirely useful  Oregone   Apr-08-09 04:41 PM   #35 
                       - Hell yeah. it's useful. I tweet my grocery shopping list to myself.  PeaceNikki   Apr-08-09 04:43 PM   #37 
                          - I write mine down on a piece of fucking paper  Oregone   Apr-08-09 04:49 PM   #38 
                          - Your paper FUCKS!? !  PeaceNikki   Apr-08-09 05:02 PM   #44 
                          - You gotta justify this technology somehow!!  Harry Monroe   Apr-08-09 05:20 PM   #55 
                          - I just write my grocery list down and stick it in my pocket!!  Harry Monroe   Apr-08-09 05:18 PM   #52 
                          - Want a cookie?  PeaceNikki   Apr-08-09 05:19 PM   #54 
                             - I'd love one, thanks!!  Harry Monroe   Apr-08-09 05:23 PM   #60 
                                - I just tweeted that to my list.  PeaceNikki   Apr-08-09 05:26 PM   #62 
                                   - Yeah, but your contributed to a massive burning of energy...  Oregone   Apr-08-09 05:36 PM   #67 
                                      - How much energy does a single post on DU burn  NeedleCast   Apr-09-09 10:14 AM   #87 
                                         - I was wondering when someone would jump in with that...  SidDithers   Apr-09-09 03:30 PM   #102 
                          - I use an Etch-a-Sketch. I WIN!!!!!! nt  valerief   Apr-08-09 05:44 PM   #70 
  - Twitter really super sucks!  ananda   Apr-08-09 03:34 PM   #3 
  - You are wise.  janx   Apr-08-09 03:36 PM   #7 
  - Twitter can be rather nifty. Particularly when you figure out about #hash tags. n/t  Mojambo   Apr-08-09 03:34 PM   #4 
  - Okay, what about the hash tags?  Terry in Austin   Apr-08-09 04:15 PM   #27 
     - I'm still figuring it out myself  Mojambo   Apr-08-09 05:02 PM   #43 
     - Helpful link -- thanks nt  Terry in Austin   Apr-09-09 10:01 AM   #84 
     - Hash tags?  Harry Monroe   Apr-08-09 05:22 PM   #59 
        - Roach tag  Terry in Austin   Apr-09-09 10:04 AM   #85 
  - I agree  nycusa15   Apr-08-09 03:35 PM   #5 
  - So They Can Market To You  NashVegas   Apr-08-09 05:41 PM   #69 
  - Tweet!  Believing Is Art   Apr-08-09 03:39 PM   #9 
  - me-me-me-me-me!  janx   Apr-08-09 03:58 PM   #15 
  - flamebait!  rucky   Apr-08-09 04:00 PM   #17 
     - Nah, just tired  Believing Is Art   Apr-08-09 04:43 PM   #36 
  - I hear that google wants to buy twitter.  NightWatcher   Apr-08-09 03:40 PM   #10 
  - like text messaging, useless technology for the social degeneration  Dukkha   Apr-08-09 03:45 PM   #11 
  - ha!!  PeaceNikki   Apr-08-09 03:50 PM   #12 
  - yep. welcome to the future nt  bos1   Apr-08-09 03:58 PM   #14 
  - Text messaging is useful...  WorseBeforeBetter   Apr-08-09 04:04 PM   #20 
  - I get updates from Russ Feingold and Al Gore.  PeaceNikki   Apr-08-09 04:06 PM   #21 
  - Translation: I wish I had more friends  NeedleCast   Apr-08-09 04:08 PM   #22 
  - yes that's it  Dukkha   Apr-08-09 05:08 PM   #45 
     - Your use of the rolling eye smilie guy is contributing to social degeneration.  PeaceNikki   Apr-08-09 05:11 PM   #46 
  - I use to use it for work. It worked well  Oregone   Apr-08-09 04:17 PM   #28 
  - Come on Dukkha, you must become one of uuuussss. One of uuuussss.  myrna minx   Apr-08-09 04:24 PM   #30 
  - I'm on your fucking lawn. Deal.  tkmorris   Apr-08-09 04:31 PM   #32 
  - How do you think that ranting on a political message board about people using new technologies  PeaceNikki   Apr-08-09 04:36 PM   #33 
  - Free speech is a bitch ain't it?  Dukkha   Apr-08-09 05:18 PM   #53 
     - Let's not make any observations at all on human behavior.  PeaceNikki   Apr-08-09 05:20 PM   #56 
     - Deleted message  Name removed   Apr-08-09 05:27 PM   #63 
        - Deleted message  Name removed   Apr-08-09 05:30 PM   #65 
     - Nah, I like making observations on human behavior. For one, people sure love to finger-wag.  Warren DeMontague   Apr-09-09 01:03 PM   #99 
  - ROFL! What a buncha bullshit!  NYC Liberal   Apr-08-09 05:49 PM   #72 
  - You are wrong.  Sheets of Easter   Apr-08-09 07:08 PM   #78 
  - There are plenty of good uses  Goblinmonger   Apr-08-09 07:13 PM   #79 
  - Personally, I think things were better before the telegraph.  Warren DeMontague   Apr-09-09 01:01 PM   #97 
  - There are 86 words in your post.  HiFructosePronSyrup   Apr-09-09 03:35 PM   #104 
  - The same argument could be used for posting on forums/blogs  nonconformist   Apr-09-09 03:38 PM   #106 
  - As Steven Colbert says  DJ13   Apr-08-09 03:59 PM   #16 
  - How about people faking on Twitter?  Tangerine LaBamba   Apr-08-09 04:03 PM   #18 
  - Twitter is boring  katmondoo   Apr-08-09 04:09 PM   #23 
  - Just depends on what you follow  NeedleCast   Apr-08-09 04:12 PM   #25 
  - I have a myspace account to promote my book and got into facebook marginally--  janx   Apr-08-09 04:36 PM   #34 
  - One must remember, that backwards B girl, Ashley Todd, was a fan of Twitter.  Catherine Vincent   Apr-08-09 04:51 PM   #39 
  - So was Obama, and Al Gore, and Rachel Maddow...  NeedleCast   Apr-08-09 05:00 PM   #42 
     - There you go being reasonable.  Lex   Apr-08-09 05:16 PM   #50 
     - What broadbrush?  Catherine Vincent   Apr-09-09 04:20 PM   #107 
  - I've never used it and I'm sick of it. For Software Developers, is Twitter just  davidwparker   Apr-08-09 04:51 PM   #40 
  - The CB Radio of 09  No More Bushbots   Apr-08-09 04:56 PM   #41 
  - What a shitty and hateful thing to say.  VenusRising   Apr-08-09 05:11 PM   #47 
  - Who would Denis K call Ugly and Fat???  canetoad   Apr-08-09 05:12 PM   #48 
  - You make Dennis proud!  Lex   Apr-08-09 05:17 PM   #51 
  - Typical Twitter post?  Harry Monroe   Apr-08-09 05:16 PM   #49 
  - You tweet that?  Lex   Apr-08-09 05:22 PM   #57 
  - No shit.  PeaceNikki   Apr-08-09 05:22 PM   #58 
  - I wouldn't tweet that (If I even did Tweet), but the point is...  Harry Monroe   Apr-08-09 05:25 PM   #61 
     - Guess what? Most people wouldn't Tweet that. And don't.  PeaceNikki   Apr-08-09 05:29 PM   #64 
  - Welcome to Twittourette...  WorseBeforeBetter   Apr-08-09 05:56 PM   #74 
  - That's awesome  PeaceNikki   Apr-08-09 05:59 PM   #75 
     - Yeah, I'm oddly fascinated with it.  WorseBeforeBetter   Apr-08-09 06:09 PM   #77 
  - Thank you for giving the best description/summary of what a "Twitter Post" and "Tweeting" is !!1  Pachamama   Apr-09-09 08:18 AM   #83 
  - Twitter Shitters Rock!  Lilith Velkor   Apr-09-09 03:27 PM   #100 
     - Twitshitters...  WorseBeforeBetter   Apr-09-09 09:19 PM   #117 
  - It's Main Purpose Is For Marketing  NashVegas   Apr-08-09 05:32 PM   #66 
  - even though no money is exchanged  Iris   Apr-09-09 04:26 PM   #111 
     - Which Is Actually the Hysterical Part  NashVegas   Apr-09-09 06:55 PM   #115 
  - I thought Twitter was electronic. How do electrons riot? nt  valerief   Apr-08-09 05:39 PM   #68 
  - Twitter is a plot...  JuniperLea   Apr-08-09 05:47 PM   #71 
  - #getoffmylawn  JackBeck   Apr-08-09 05:52 PM   #73 
  - LOL  Lex   Apr-08-09 06:02 PM   #76 
     - ...  JackBeck   Apr-08-09 08:16 PM   #80 
  - Heck, I can't figure out how to set up voice mail on my cell phone!  csziggy   Apr-08-09 09:24 PM   #81 
  - Twitterpated?  donheld   Apr-08-09 09:26 PM   #82 
  - Yeah, internet messaging sure does suck  Bill McBlueState   Apr-09-09 10:12 AM   #86 
  - His rant's nearly Twitter-compatible too in terms of length  Posteritatis   Apr-09-09 12:59 PM   #96 
     - And I love taking the "I AM SICK OF XXX" rants and kicking them to the greatest.  PeaceNikki   Apr-09-09 03:37 PM   #105 
  - On a local TV station the media is yakking about comments on Twitter regarding the murdered girl.  Sequoia   Apr-09-09 10:17 AM   #88 
  - Never been on Twitter  JonLP24   Apr-09-09 10:21 AM   #89 
  - Sick of all of that crap  Bluenorthwest   Apr-09-09 10:22 AM   #90 
  - when its not lagging, Twitter is so freaking awesome.  lies and propaganda   Apr-09-09 11:37 AM   #91 
  - Some people in this thread think it's only used to tweet your bowel movements.  PeaceNikki   Apr-09-09 11:41 AM   #92 
     - i know.. even the Chronicle editorial described it  lies and propaganda   Apr-09-09 12:21 PM   #93 
  - LOL.  Starry Messenger   Apr-09-09 12:30 PM   #94 
  - Nah, things went downhill after we *started* the oral tradition!  Posteritatis   Apr-09-09 12:58 PM   #95 
  - I know no one on Twitter, what is the benefits of twitter, what is it??!!  carlyhippy   Apr-09-09 01:03 PM   #98 
  - Latest fad.  Jamastiene   Apr-09-09 03:29 PM   #101 
  - Anything that gets the people into the street is a good thing. nt  Doremus   Apr-09-09 03:33 PM   #103 
  - agreed. And this is yet another technology that can get the word out with the likes of MSN  Iris   Apr-09-09 04:25 PM   #109 
  - MSM trying desperately to stay relevant.  dorkulon   Apr-09-09 04:22 PM   #108 
  - Tons of podcasting still going on  NeedleCast   Apr-09-09 04:26 PM   #110 
  - Hah... I like that.  redqueen   Apr-09-09 04:29 PM   #112 
  - In my experience, most Twitter-haters have simply never used it.  Xithras   Apr-09-09 04:33 PM   #113 
  - Sound bites. Endless sound bites.  moondust   Apr-09-09 05:08 PM   #114 
  - I once had an idea for something like Twitter  npk   Apr-09-09 07:56 PM   #116 
 

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