Does anyone not 'tweet'? I don't, and have no clue

[babylonsister]

how to do so. And I don't have a mobile phone either.

[Greybnk48]

1. I don't know how either.

[Peacetrain]

2. Have not tried it yet... media overload for me..

[Duer 157099]

3. I'm a newcomer to it, was persuaded by events in Iran

when CNN failed me last weekend.

I do it old school, in my web browser, without any other fancy schmancy 3rd party apps. I'm a minimalist.

If you want to get a feel for it, go here:

http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23demund

and read what a few of us were doing for the hour or so while DU was down earlier

:hi:

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. It was a regular party over there

now I do have a client for the Ipod, but don't use it much

[lindisfarne]

4. No cell phone. No iPod. No tweet. No face book. No myspace. No cable. Just basic internet.n/t

[Atman]

23. I can't knock Facebook, because it's brought me in touch with lots of family and friends.

I'm not one of those who posts "news" of my breakfast choice or latest bowel movement. I update infrequently it would appear, compared to most Facebook users. But I check it out every day. Not all technology is bad just because it exists.

.

[proud2BlibKansan]

28. LOL I have never once read anyone on Twitter or Facebook talking about bowel movements

Let's put that rumor to rest. LOL

[babylonsister]

60. We did here:

:rofl: And btw, I thank everyone who responded, and I'm considering it. :blush:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=5885861

[proud2BlibKansan]

72. That's not Twitter or Facebook

DU has much more daring topics. LOL

[boppers]

98. I've seen it.

Trent Reznor, of Nine Inch Nails:
"Just visited my 1st Euro festival toilet. This shit is on! 10:53 AM Jun 19th"

[lindisfarne]

52. I'm not knocking it. Just not interested! Can only handle so much input. n/t

[havocmom]

29. internet will work to do twitter

I signed up yesterday to sorta try it to follow the Iran news. Easy, and I'm a Luddite. ;)

[NV Whino]

45. So you're the reason I couldn't get the user name, Luddite

when I signed up today.

[havocmom]

92. That's not my twitter user name, it's just what I am in real life

;) On twitter, I am still havocmom

[lindisfarne]

54. Internet works for facebook & myspace, too! Too much else going on. Plus

140 space limit? I'm sorry, but I think the world is a little more complex. (Good for Iran's latest internal upheaval, though!)

[nadinbrzezinski]

68. It was great for swine flu

and folks are using it for #single payer organizing too

[lindisfarne]

70. It's a great tool for some. I'm not saying it isn't. Just not for me. Soundbites aren't my thing. nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

74. How about links?

I have found good links there too

[lindisfarne]

80. It's not my thing! n/t

[scarletwoman]

36. Wait -- are you me? Those are exactly all the things *I* don't have!

I have a toaster and a microwave, though. :D

[lindisfarne]

61. I am well stocked with small kitchen appliances - most great thrift store finds. 25 yr old toaster &

18 year old microwave. Toast actually may be older - I got it from my family. I keep it unplugged when not in use (actually, this should be done with all toasters; they are one of the biggest sources of kitchen fires).

[Pharlo]

116. Same here -

No cell phone. No ipod. No Twitter. No FaceBook. No MySpace. No cable. Dial up modem. And, since the conversion, no television.

But, plenty of books.

[sharesunited]

5. Do you want to? Go to Twitter.com and you can use it with your computer.

It teaches the discipline of making arguments in 140 characters or less.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

96. That's what I like about it...the 140-character challenge.

Plus, it's fun (as posted elsewhere in this thread, heckling the likes of Hoekstra). And I love the newsfeed -- The Nation, McClatchy, Rails-to-Trails, local indie paper...

[tabbycat31]

6. I signed up yesterday

and I need a Dummies book on Twitter.

[proud2BlibKansan]

30. Did you find the DUers?

search #demund and you will find us.

[960]

7. If you don't tweet, you might as well not exist!

Seriously, I think it's just about the dumbest thing for most people.
I do have a twitter account, but have only tweeted a few times, and rarely read anyone I'm following.

[calimary]

11. I have quite a number of people following me. Don't know why. I barely got started.

I wish there was a Twitter for Dummies, too, 'cause I'd certainly make use of it.

[proud2BlibKansan]

34. Me too

But you can remove followers if you want.

[Atman]

47. "Removing followers"

Sounds like the Obama Administration.

*BA-DOOM*

Thank you, thank you, I'll be here all week. Don't forget to tip your waitress.

.

[proud2BlibKansan]

59. So if I sign up to follow you, will you remove me?

:rofl:

[NV Whino]

62. Yeah, I had a follower when I had barely signed up

Today I had two. And I have never posted anything. :shrug: Then I got info from a professional tweeter, er or twit or something. Check out the web page of your followers and you will probably find they are spamming you.

Gawd, I just learned how to avoid spam on my e-mail and now I have to learn how to avoid it on Twitter.

[proud2BlibKansan]

76. They are probably salesmen

or creepy lonely people.

You can remove them as followers.

search '#demund' and you will find DUers.

[Atman]

27. Why would you "follow" anyone?

I don't get it. Sounds like digital stalking. Except you're stalking someone who actually LIKES being stalked. Sounds creepy.

.

[proud2BlibKansan]

37. That's what Twitter calls it

You follow and you are followed.

Definitely not comfortable for the paranoid.

[Mnemosyne]

78. Only the paranoid survive.

:)

I am so terrible at small talk and twitter sounds like it is big time, jmho.

And it seems a bit like being stalked and stalking, also. Been there, done that...

Lessons learned.

[proud2BlibKansan]

86. It's great for breaking news

I follow a bunch of reporters.

[Mnemosyne]

117. I would consider using it for that purpose alone. Thanks for input! n/t

[proud2BlibKansan]

42. Then you haven't found the right people yet

I am following Claire McCaskill and she sends out some neat tweets when she is on breaks from Senate hearings, etc. If you are a news junkie, Twitter is awesome.

[BlooInBloo]

9. (a) You don't have to, (b) If you choose to be on twitter, there's req that you do it by phone.

[proud2BlibKansan]

32. You don't either have to do it by phone

I Twitter on my computer all the time.

[BlooInBloo]

35. Yep - sucks when I forget the word "no". :( Thx for catching that.

[proud2BlibKansan]

38. Not too late to edit

:)

[BlooInBloo]

49. Yah, but then the rest of the sub-thread woudn't make sense. I can live with the error.

[Duer 157099]

10. You don't even have to sign up to follow

It tries to fool you into thinking that you have to, but if it puts you on a "Sign Up" page, look at the bottom for the "Search" button, and then when it gives you a search box, type in a search term (eg, #demund for the DUer meet up page)

[Rhiannon12866]

12. Me, neither.

I have no clue even how it works... And I don't have a cell phone, either. I used my SO's, but he had to do the button pressing for me. I was late coming to the 21st century. I'm lucky to have figured out DU... :dunce:

[dorkulon]

13. It's like a blog, but less functional.

That's about it.

[EFerrari]

14. If I can heckle Hoekstra via Twitter, I may have to do it.

:evilgrin:

[jefferson_dem]

17. Lots of "heckle-worthy" folks on Twitter.

:evilgrin:

http://wefollow.com/twitter/politics

[proud2BlibKansan]

46. Be sure and look for me

I don't talk about bowel movements :)

[tularetom]

15. I signed up, was shown a list of people who wanted to tweet me

and decided I didn't want to be tweeted by any of them. I still have an account but I never use it.

If anybody wants to know what I'm doing they can fucking call me and ask.

We have a couple of family members who cannot amuse themselves. They have to be communicating with somebody else by phone, IM, texting,or whatever. They probably love twitter. I would never tell them I have an account.

[babylonsister]

21. Ha! My husband has a facebook account I've never

visited, except at his 'puter when there are pics of the grandkids, and he's deleted his brother. I 'get' it. :rofl:

I agree, call me if you want to chat, for the most part. ;)

[proud2BlibKansan]

43. Ok. Post your phone number. I am calling you right fucking now!

:rofl:

[tularetom]

77. My granddaughter put you up to this didn't she?

She calls at least once a day mostly just to talk. Usually she wants to talk to her grandmother but sometimes she wants to come over and ride one of the horses.

She is the only person I know who can hold the reins in one hand and a cell phone in the other.

She became a mommy last year and she can carry on a phone conversation while she is changing the baby's diaper.

[proud2BlibKansan]

81. Sounds like someone I could get along with

especially if she has your phone number :evilgrin:

[Atman]

16. I see no point in it. It's just texting for exhibitionists and narcissists.

Isn't DU bad enough?

:hi:

:sarcasm:

.

[symbolman]

63. Actually you can follow physicists, museums, journalists, etc

And they all have pals that are really interesting as well..

I follow David Corn, who tweets White House Press conferences live with opinions, and will answer you back if you have a question.. David Shuster too..

All the people you USED to be able to email who WON'T or Cant write you back now are likely to respond..

For Activism it's fucking Revolutionary..

[Atman]

66. Damn. Game changer.

I really respect your judgement...we have some common lineage which we've discussed in the past. I'm neck-deep in this shit every day now, working full time in "politics." If Symbolman and journalists and physicists are tweeting, I might have to check it out.

After all, I may not be a physicist, but I know what matters.

.

[havocmom]

84. You don't HAVE to tweet, you can just follow some cool people

It is sorta interesting, but I still am novice.

Just read a bit on the Iranian news and many are suggesting people set their location at Tehran and their time zone as GMT + 3 hours. Say it will help protect Iranian tweeters from security as it creates a bottleneck for them to check out or something. If anyone could explain to old Luddite like me and let me know if it really is a help to the Iranians trying to get news out, it would be appreciated.

[symbolman]

87. I'll share one physicist who's also a surfer on Maui :)

He's made some headway in the field, and I guess the two fields must not be mutually exclusive :)

it's an amazing resource, and here's someone to follow since we share that common other interest: @tubatron David Silver, director of the Simpson's movie and other great stuff.. :)

[proud2BlibKansan]

71. So true

I am really learning to like it

[JI7]

18. i don't, i text sometimes, but very rarely

and usually just something short like "will be late" .

[Triana]

19. I don't yet...not sure I ever will. n/t

[PM Martin]

20. I have a business to run. No time to make small talk/type.

I already have a Palm Pilot (tm, of course) and high speed internet as well as upgraded cable.
I do not need to make small talk like McCain's daughter. I actually have a meaningful life to live.

[glowing]

22. You don't need a phone.. you can do it thru the internet. I haven't allowed

my cell to accept tweets. I don't want to waste them on the many people who are tweeting at this time. I'd probably have to cut down on the number of persons I "follow" if I set the phone up to accept tweets. I'm not on an unlimited text plan. If I was, I wouldn't care how many tweets I got.

[jefferson_dem]

40. Not sure what kind of phone you have but I use ubertwitter on the Blackberry.

No need to use up texts...but you do have to be signed up on the data plan.

Ubertwitter has a really sweet interface. There are other smart phone aps that folks recommend too.

Good stuff.

[proud2BlibKansan]

24. OMG you should. And you don't need a phone to do it.

There are a bunch of DUers there.

But my favorite thing about it is the breaking news. Most reporters send out tweets. I signed up for the local folks I saw there and within a few days, we had a tornado watch one night. I got better info from a local reporter who was following the storm than I was getting from the TV weather station. I was then hooked on Twitter.

Do it! http://twitter.com/

[silverweb]

25. I don't tweet or twitter.

But I might chirp occasionally.

:silly:

[OffWithTheirHeads]

26. Sorry, I already have a life and don't really give a shit what

someone else had for breakfast.

[underseasurveyor]

31. Just signed up a couple days ago

and I'm still trying to figure out how to use it.

I wasn't going to be a tweeter but given the recent events in Iran and realizing what an important tool twitter has been I thought it better to sign on and learn how to use it. Who knows who might be needing it next.

[proud2BlibKansan]

51. Find the Duers

search "#demund"

[underseasurveyor]

56. Thanks I'll do that

Then I can "follow" them... is that how it works?

[proud2BlibKansan]

69. Or they can follow you

But really, if I want to talk to DUers, I come to DU.

Twitter is great for breaking news. And it came in handy tonight when DU was down.

[Fearless]

33. I know how, but I'm not that egotistical yet.

[timeforpeace]

39. No clue. Don't even know what it is, and am refraining from finding out.

[Canuckistanian]

41. Just got an account. No idea how to use it.

But on the bright side, I've got 5 followers who I have no clue about.

Are they like apostles? Do I need to get 7 more?

[bdamomma]

115. ........................

:rofl:

[Duer 157099]

44. Here I want to make a point about Twitter

The whole debate about it is silly and I'm not going to go down that road, because I've been on both sides, I see both sides, but I have come to terms with where it fits in my life.

The situation in Iran brought it into view for me, that's all.

The fundamental significance of Twitter is that you can access it easily via a cell phone, and that it has a sufficiently large audience to have reached critical mass so that it can be relevent.

As with this past week in Iran.

Think about what you would do if, for whatever reason, your government decided to "turn off" the Internet. That is, to block all Americans (or whichever government controls the net where you, whoever you are, live) from all Internet access.

And further, let's say they decided to shut down all cable TV broadcasts as well.

But you have your cell phone.

Would you know what to do with it so you could 1) get information out and 2) gather information?

I wouldn't. I don't even know how to use texting on a cell phone! But I'm starting to think about it, because it's just one of those things, like earthquake preparedness, where it's better to know in advance than to wait for an emergency and wish that you had learned how before.

As a matter of fact, when the next Big One hits in California, we'll learn very quickly whether Twitter turned out to be useful to anyone. But before that happens, I'm going to get up to speed on how to use it.

[cherokeeprogressive]

55. So your hypothetical has the government shutting down internets and TV but leaving

phone service untouched? Odd.

[Duer 157099]

67. Yes

Or, as I mention, it could also apply to an emergency where power is down. Like an earthquake.

Do you realize how many people in Iran are completely unaware of what has been happening in Tehran this past week?

[bridgit]

88. Understood. Twitter is a 'lick it & stick it' product grafted onto the profile...

of it's user base duh! well...not you but, "duh!" in general either way it's all about advertising, product placement (DU can't stop talking about it) & commercialization and the focus data has been *in* for years & years; this is part of what drives the ever-quicker Ad moment-cha-ching!! - I think Japan has their's down to 2-3 secs...seconds< "Bonsai!!" and that's it........but what was it? There were some noodles, a rice paper kite, a tea cup and a pink Pokemon with a purple hat but that was it - Very Quick, approaching the attention span of a fruit fly if while some miles back still - Twitter

[Blue_In_AK]

48. I don't tweet,

I don't even own a cell phone, an iPod or any of that other stuff. And yet -- I'm happy. How could that be?

[proud2BlibKansan]

57. I have all of that and I am happy too

Twitter is great for breaking news, like what's happening in Iran.

[Blue_In_AK]

90. Yeah, I suppose that's true,

although I get all of that here from those of you who DO have all the gadgets. :P

[cherokeeprogressive]

50. So popular and useful that only about 40% of the Twits stick with it...

I like this quote about Twits the best: "Using Twitter for literate communication is about as likely as firing up a CB radio and hearing some guy recite ‘The Iliad,’"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter

[PM Martin]

53. True.

[jefferson_dem]

64. Cute quote.

Misguided as hell but cute nonetheless.

Funny that one would follow a critique of Twitter illiteracy with a link to ... wikipedia. Oh...the irony.

[Cleita]

58. I don't and I'm really resisting the idea. I'm sort of leaning towards trying

facebook because friends are asking me to. Damn I can't keep up. I have to have a cell phone because of where I live in case I break down on the road.

[madamesilverspurs]

65. Hah, you kidding?

I had to hire a 9-year-old to show me the way around the new cable box! Having barely gotten comfortable with XP on my computer, when I had to upgrade to a machine with larger capacity I had to get Vista. Groan. No way I'm taking on anything else 'tekky.' Criminy, I remember when felt-tip markers were the newest thing - they squeaked and stunk, but we just HAD to have them in order to make sure our messages would be seen. Cave paintings I get, electronics not so much.

[bridgit]

73. I don't; I have an account but I don't I'm too busy actually talking to people

:cry:

[underseasurveyor]

75. OK I found something called the Twitpipe

Now I like that:thumbsup:

[proud2BlibKansan]

79. I have that loaded on my phone

Haven't explored it yet though.

[underseasurveyor]

83. I'm not sure if I want to twitter with my phone.

At least not until I learn how this whole twitter thing works :hi:

DU is much easier not to mention... it's home:-)

[proud2BlibKansan]

85. It's not as complicated as I thought it would be

In fact, the simplicity is maybe what throws people off.

[-..__...]

82. Twitter...

so easy a caveman can do it; and probably just as well for the simple minded when beating on a hollow log is just to complicated.

[bridgit]

89. These words of your's seem somehow strange and foreign to me ~

[maynard]

91. So.....is tweeting the same as group texting?

I have texted about 3 times. I was laughed at because I did not use shortened words. I still use the minimum features of my small digital camera. I like the face to face interaction of looking at a person while I speak to them. So.....why am I on the computer? LOL.

[bridgit]

93. Well you see now there you go; I use Skype for a gang of stuff, vid confer, design focus, etc...

But, minus the technology, you're at least looking at someone that smiles back in-kind if a little grainy ;)

[Grey]

94. No tweeting, No facebook, No cell phone,

Barely know how to post, Only one e-mail address.
I'm old and slow and like it that way.

[Birthmark]

95. So there really IS another.

No twitter. No cell phone.

Much happiness.

[Technowitch]

97. I have an account, but almost never use it

I just can't be bothered, and I feel certain I'm simply not important enough that anybody's going to care what I'm doing or what I have to say in a 140 character window of communication

[miyazaki]

99. No twitter, no facebook, no myspace, no cell, and no

fucking ice cream right now either.

[Dorian Gray]

100. I use

facebook, but I don't tweet. (I don't do daily updates on my facebook, though. It's more about contact with friends, family, and others. I can post pictures for people to see of my vacations, and vice versa.)

[a kennedy]

101. Don't tweet, but do have a cell phone, don't know my phone number.....

I only use it to call out. People will ask me for the number and I say, I don't know what it is :rofl: ....I only have it as an emergency item if a situation arises...... :shrug:

[proud2BlibKansan]

108. It should show up on caller ID

I do that all the time when someone asks for my number. I call them then my number is on their phone.

[Party Person]

102. I don't. Tweeting = Death

If you don't tweet, don't start. If you do, stop.

[Obamanaut]

103. And some say masturbation will make you blind. nt

[malaise]

104. I don't and I have no intention of doing so

I don't even have a social network page.

[proud2BlibKansan]

109. Twitter is awesome

Best breaking news source I have seen in a long time.

[Jennicut]

105. I tweeted a few times but my life is boring so....

"Going to the grocery store to pick up cat food" just did not seem to cut it.

[Stevenmarc]

106. The day I need to masturbate my ego by sharing the minutia of my day is when I'll Twitter

Hasn't happened yet and doubt it will

[JHB]

107. I'm more of a Sylvester than a Tweety...

I suffer the succotash, and perennialy hoist by my own petard.

[endarkenment]

110. I tweeted. It was full of Teh Stupid.

I really don't care that much what you had for breakfast.

[baldguy]

111. Only after a meal of beans or asparagus.

[tj2001]

112. But but but dontcha know tweeter created the Iranian revolution

or whatever or so they say

[babylonsister]

113. No, it didn't 'create' anything in Iran, it aided in sharing with the

world what was going on there when most other forms of communication were cut off by the government.

That in itself is intriguing and has proved to give Twitter a good reason for its existence.

[bdamomma]

114. I'm glad I'm in good company cause I don't know too either.

[LWolf]

118. I don't think I can, since I have texting blocked on my cell phone. nt

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

122. Twitter is for internet or cell phones - I don't use cell to tweet

I use my pc.

Tweeting is just a limited number of characters to ensure smooth interoperability with text messaging.

[LWolf]

123. Since I don't text message, it's not surprising that

I don't "tweet," then.

[KamaAina]

119. Facebook's better.

Supposedly two out of three tweeters are repukes. I guess 140 characters is enough to express whatever goes on between a repuke's ears. :eyes:

edit: case in point: the slogan on the sig line below you came from a dear friend's FB page.

[jmowreader]

120. I do not tweet

I am far too long-winded to tweet. Also, Twitter seems like the next generation of Instant Messaging, which I never got into either.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

121. i don't tweet yet.... i can chirp a little in the morning, after I clear my throat

[Name removed]

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[Myrina]

125. I don't ....

... guess I'm just not that much of an exhibitionist, nor do I need to know what other people are doing/thinking every minute of the day.

:shrug: