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After 3 years with a dormant account the words of a few people whose judgement I trust (ahem) HAS persuaded me to give it a go and I have for a few weeks. I can see it 'a bit' but to be honest that has mainly been using as a liveaccompaniment to things I am watching and occasionally for breaking news. Can't see me tweeting or following friends or stoopid celebrities but the trending thing is kind of interesting and I,ve used it for follwing my work issues which has been ok. still a bit meh to me but now engaging a bit and will persevere.

Article looks interesting SJ but, disobeying rule 1 by not having finished it yet, I think 33 words makes decent debating on Twitter absolutely impossible. It's just a place for sloganeering.....something which IMO the left is far more prone too than the non-left* why I think twitter is so popular with my normal band of stereotypes :)


*deliberate choice of words

Well one gets the twitter feed one deserves. I don't get much sloganeering but I get many interesting links to proper long articles


I chose this thread mostly for the article tho, not really for twitter support. Obviously there was a slight dig tho. Plus when I saw you call it a fad 3 years ago... It might be rubbish and it might be over tomorrow but in web terms a fad it ain't

StraferJack Wrote:

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> Found this on, erm, twitter

>

> Certainly contains plenty we could all take note

> of

>

> http://33revolutionsperminute.wordpress.com/2012/1

> 0/17/endless-war-a-few-thoughts-on-online-debate/


xxxxxx


Thanks for posting that link - a very interesting read :)


I don't use Twitter much unless there's something I want to keep up with, eg when the phone hacking enquiry started.

StraferJack Wrote:

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> Well one gets the twitter feed one deserves. I

> don't get much sloganeering but I get many

> interesting links to proper long articles

>

> I chose this thread mostly for the article tho,

> not really for twitter support. Obviously there

> was a slight dig tho. Plus when I saw you call it

> a fad 3 years ago... It might be rubbish and it

> might be over tomorrow but in web terms a fad it

> ain't


Oh I agree with that now and was wrong about the fad thing, you can easily make the case that Twitter is the one with the legs and FB more likely to drop

@number10cat


aka Larry the Cat is just brilliant (waves paw at woodrot) and twitter is worth it just for the superb parody accounts that have been on there over the years, mervyn king, the queen etc. I find the ones where you can follow e.g. historical events 'in real time' a bit strange but maybe I just don't get it (yet). I suppose it could be useful and you could learn from things that way e.g. such as how it was for people who were alive during WW2 etc


deffo agree with netts, its great for following your interests and for businesses. also good for discounts, quick way of getting news from sources of your choice and whoever you trust obvs, agree with quids re:political bias but thats to be expected.


love love love strafer post on this thread "you get the twitter feed you deserve" haha brilliant!

???? Wrote:

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> It's just a place for

> sloganeering.....something which IMO the left is

> far more prone too than the non-left*


I think it used to be, which is why historically the right have been far, far more effective with using all types of social media, not just Twitter.


It has balanced out a bit more now - partly because the left have actively tried to move towards "evidence based" blogging and ideas like Netroots, and partly because loads of people on the left bought into the idea that it was "Twitter Wot Won It" for Obama four years ago!

Retweeted by Annette Curtain:


???? Wrote:

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> equally as well chippy it could be argued that

> it's because the left has largely emotive, dare I

> say romantic ideas (ideals) that aren't great when

> put under intellectual scrutiny :)

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