[Archived] Twitter

[Glenn]

So, after reading the iPhone thread, I now realise I'm not the only one. So, who else is hopelessly addicted to twitter and what's your id.

I'll start.

SlamTiltUK

[OhmiBRFC]

I'm not addicted - not like I am with Facebook, but I check it fairly regularly:

CoryCMurray

[Beta Ray Bill]

I'm already following you Glenn.

Best (other) people to follow .... Stephen Fry and Wil Wheaton.

So much easier updating status on Twitter and using one of the apps to auto update on Facebook.

Oh and it's Modison.

[ABBEY]

broncoblue

[Flopsy]

not telling you

although MitchBenn is a good one, as is Aggerscricket and Bumblecricket, Wittertainment and SimonMayo

[RovertheHill]

So, after reading the iPhone thread, I now realise I'm not the only one. So, who else is hopelessly addicted to twitter and what's your id.

I'll start.

SlamTiltUK

I don't get it. Can you tell me what's good about it? What would I get out of it? I do use Facebook so I'm not a complete luddite :-)

[American Rover12]

American Rover for my personal one.

Rovers Offside for my website one.

[RovertheHill]

I don't get it. Can you tell me what's good about it? What would I get out of it? I do use Facebook so I'm not a complete luddite :-)

Right - am giving it a go

ade__h

[AndyNeil]

I'm on @6928812 ... there is also the official rovers twitter @OneRovers

[ABBEY]

broncoblue

broncoblue69

[dillo_dillo]

Twitter is so fun! and useful!

[The Gull]

I'm addicted, always checking echofon on my iphone.

alanmhardman

Other than those mentioned, I would also recommend the following twitters:

Swannyg66

caitlinmoran

VictoriaCoren

newsarse

DrSamuelJohnson

shitmydadsays

TheActualMoon

realnickgriffin (not him, but somebody who takes to mike out of him)

charltonbrooker

[mellison24]

Never go on it anymore, but I'm:

TheStigsGloves

[Hughesy]

What is good about Twitter? And what do people use it for?

Is it simply an update of what people are up to? Like the status bit on facebook?!

[mellison24]

What is good about Twitter? And what do people use it for?

Is it simply an update of what people are up to? Like the status bit on facebook?!

Yep. Facebook Status with NOTHING else do do. And you only have 140 characters.

[Driver99]

philcope

I use twitter to let people know when I update my blog.

[Hughesy]

Yep. Facebook Status with NOTHING else do do. And you only have 140 characters.

So pointless then!

[bellamy11]

So pointless then!

Depends. I don't really use it but there are some benefits to it. It's obviously completely realtime so you can get news there before it gets published on any proper website. It's useful for monitoring buzz about products (for people in the relevant industry anyway). It's useful for getting leaked albums that record companies are monitoring constantly. Plus there are some pretty funny ones such as the guy who posts all the funny stuff his dad says (he got a TV deal out of it in the US). You can read short movie reviews instantly (sometimes when people are still in the cinema) rather than waiting for somebody to go home and post something on rottentomatoes.com. For people writing things like "Just going to shop for bread and milk" or writing about their feelings or whatnot then yeah, completely pointless.

[mellison24]

Depends. I don't really use it but there are some benefits to it. It's obviously completely realtime so you can get news there before it gets published on any proper website. It's useful for monitoring buzz about products (for people in the relevant industry anyway). It's useful for getting leaked albums that record companies are monitoring constantly. Plus there are some pretty funny ones such as the guy who posts all the funny stuff his dad says (he got a TV deal out of it in the US). You can read short movie reviews instantly (sometimes when people are still in the cinema) rather than waiting for somebody to go home and post something on rottentomatoes.com. For people writing things like "Just going to shop for bread and milk" or writing about their feelings or whatnot then yeah, completely pointless.

It was comedy gold when Stephen Fry posted a rescue plea when he and others were trapped in a lift. That's more a testament to HIM than Twitter though. That's the point of it.....to twitter.

[bellamy11]

That's the point of it.....to twitter.

Well cheers for that insight.

[ABBEY]

mrs steven fry is absolutlty the funniest thing you will ever read /see/hear......pure class i swear.

[mellison24]

Well cheers for that insight.

You are very welcome. The Pope's a catholic too

[bazza]

What's up with you lot? You must all be at least twenty stone.

Get a life. Get some exercise. Go and talk to people face to face.

I'm addicted to this site and that's too much for me.

[Tom]

I'll admit I'm a saddo I mainly follow WWE Wrestlers and of course Stephen Fry, also Stuart Holden when I thought he may join us, time to remove him

[Neil Weaver]

Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a f****** big television, Choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players, and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol and dental insurance. Choose fixed-interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisure wear and matching luggage. Choose a three piece suite on hire purchase in a range of f****** fabrics. Choose DIY and wondering who you are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing sprit-crushing game shows, stuffing f****** junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pishing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, f*****-up brats you have spawned to replace yourself. Choose your future. Choose life.