[Closed] I've just joined twitter...

the bear

Matt, [url= https://twitter.com/#!/Mark_Goldie ]me of course[/url] 🙂

@MrNutt

Me! I'm @petiterider (dgoab was taken, grrr!) I joined last week - are you copying me? 😛

Why is everyone so interested in bird watching all of a sudden?

Ha, me to!

follow me @ffflow - i won't bother you by twittering very often

Cheers guys...

This has raised a question though... what should my name be?

what is your username?

@TSY_v_MWA

I think it captures my inner turmoil.

I follow a lot of bikey people. Here's some to start with, you can also find all the manufacturers / distributors etc.
@greatrock, @transprovence, @thebikechain, @rabwardell, @ukbikeskills, @singletrackmark, @kendalmountain, @bikemagic, @nsmb, @danjones34, @stevepeat, @mtbcut, @danny_macaskill, @pinkbike, @garyperkin

I'm [url= http://twitter.com/doug_basquemtb ]doug_basquemtb[/url].

I think it captures my inner turmoil.

If that is insofar as it doesn't seem to exist, it does the trick nicely.

Well there is one you could follow that is being quite vocal at the moment for some reason?

😉

I've just confirmed it and stuff Torm?

Well there is one you could follow that is [s]being quite vocal[/s] nursing a hangover at the moment for some reason?

https://twitter.com/chrishoy
https://twitter.com/MTFU_Training
https://twitter.com/MarkCavendish

You like that one, innit? 😉

I'm @ukcougar, should you not be completely bored of my inane warblings on STW.

Just followed TSY, my user name is quite easy to guess.

Twit's

@smudgemtb

Right i honestly dont get twitter, im not knocking it at all but what is the point of following peoples random thoughts when you dont know or probably dont want to know them

Not trolling or owt, just curious. Seems pretty stalkerish to me. But im pretty slow on the uptake most of the time 😀

mac tbh... me neither... only one way to satisfy the curiosity though...

It would seem quite a few have crawled up elfins arse.

mac, most people don't post out their random thoughts. You get lots of bike news on there way before it's out in the mags. I follow people to see what's happening in the bike world and keep up to date with what's happening in the UK biking. I follow companies and people and find it brilliant. You have a big group of people there and it can be great to help with stuff. It's like a forum really but not organised into threads.
There are some people who just post random thoughs all the time but not many ime, or at least I've just stopped following them.

Fair doos doug, that makes a bit more sense. oh on another topic looks like im coming out your way this year with a bunch of mates from Aviemore. A few of them were out with you last year and had a belter of a time. 😀

@dawonderful

what is the point of following peoples random thoughts when you dont know or probably dont want to know them

🙄

Hey MacTK, big Jamie and Kirsten/Al? They came twice last year. 🙂 Fantastic group and happy memories! I spoke to Jamie at the weekend, we were already fully booked for the week he'd asked for but I gave him some alternatives.
I'll look forward to hopefully meeting you!

It would seem quite a few have crawled up elfins arse.

@dick_barton

im bruders338

Yea Doug thats them, good bunch. Jamie text me last night about dates but it was too late for me to be arsed about ringing him.

Looking forward to it 😀

TSY - it keeps telling me you don't exist...

EDIT: Got you now

I signed up last night too, must be something in the water...

mustardcolman - not that I've anything interesting to say! 🙂

@neil_cain

(previously @pimpmasterjazz, but then started looking at new jobs. Erring on the side of caution that potential employers won't understand the humour and history behind 'Pimpmaster Jazz')

@getalifeandgiveuptweetingyousadnerd

@getalifeandgiveuptweetingyousadnerd

I just searched for you, but Twitter says user does not exist. Have you made a spelling mistake?

http://twitter.com/carltonreid can be amusing.

the banning has only served to polarise the forum.

Not totally. I don't know who's in the right and who's in the wrong, and I couldn't give a toss either way. It's not like he can't just create another account.

@getalifeandgiveuptweetingyousadnerd

You realise you've just posted this on a web forum, right? Not only that, but you've taken time out of your day to to go out of your way to read a thread which you know you will have no interest in, before making your valuable contribution of such a witty insight.

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you could follow me (@braveluggage). Only had one follower last time I checked 😥

Mind you I've only been on Twitter a little while.

I find that I prefer Twitter to Facebook these days. Twitter works well imho if you're careful to follow people with similar interests, and it's a good way to communicate quickly with mates who are also on there. Personally I get a lot of inspiration from following various ultra & adventure racers & seeing what they're up to. A lot of world news is broken first on Twitter these days, and the trending topics are often a gauge of what's going on in the world at a specific moment (although admittedly, the trending stuff can be complete bawls sometimes)

Follow me if you want @whatnobeer. My flatmate has a cooking blog which has some good stuff on it @SarasCooking. Loads of cyclists out there who are good to follow too.

just remember 140 characters isn't enough to have a rant ...

@alexpalacefan

APF

Ah what the hell, it's not interesting and it's only new but in this day and age technology....
I think this is correct @Kblinds.

@profanityswan (not me) is very good.

he managed to have a good rant about moshiemonsters via twitter this am.

@kinesisuk is very good as well (and cotic and brant and matt from 18bikes) - it's always interesting to see some of the technical discussions and 'behind the scenes' stuff. Good for them in terms of brand promotion too, as well.

Doesn't @self-obsessed narcissist just cover everyone on Twitter?

Binners don't knock it. I hear d-list celebs post photos of what they're eating and people like Danny Mac post links to adverts for their sponsors gear over and over and over. What's not to like?

Then if you get bored you can read what some 'celeb' asks another 'celeb' in a secret spy type satisfying way (even though said celebs have each others mobile numbers and could have texted without blowing smoke up their own arses)

Have I missed anything?

EDIT - I did, I forgot lazy journos

[i]Have I missed anything?[/i]

you do know you only have to read what people you're interested in have to say, not [i]everything anyone says[/i] don't you?

I'm only messing. Each to their own. Enjoy

billysugger - if it wasn't for Twitter, the Daily Mail would have almost zero 'news' items to 'report'

Damn you Twitter! Feeding the indiscriminately ravenous DM Trolls!

I think it's actually a fact that you technically don't exist these days unless you can be followed on Twitter.

Yay ive got 2 followers already [well i blocked 1] but they both seem to be xxx related. 😥
Do you block them or ignore them?
Presume its just computer generated spam. Is there a filter/setting to stop this?
Thanks

I probably would've known Elf had been banned had I been on twitter.

He's like that T1000 though...

binners - Member
Doesn't @self-obsessed narcissist just cover everyone on Twitter?

@binlidski 😉

In all fairness you are hardly a prolific tweeter

i'm only on twitter so i can find out where pro mountain bikers go in their vitosport vans.

I hope that [b]isn't[/b] elf posting on twitter TBH.

@ iDave

@philconsequence

(only use it for stalking darcy when he's not on the forum)

In all fairness you are hardly a prolific tweeter

I think the last one was 4 years ago, wasn't it? About a week after the first one. I can't think of anything more spirit-crushingly tedious for anyone, than being constantly informed as to what I'm up too.

Edit: Thanks for reminding me what my log on is Harry. I'd forgotten. 😀

*runs off to Twitter to see whats going on with Fred*

I'm going to start following triathletes I reckon... training inspiration.

Oh, and Philly for 'other' reasons.

I hope that isn't elf posting on twitter TBH.

I'm pretty sure it is... if not it's a very convincing replica.

Elfinsafety Elfin Safety
Uh-oh: the thick-as-pig* ugly *er with the big chin's waded in; spect even more bollocks now

He really isn't a very nice person

Cav is good and Rob Warner's quite amusing. I mostly use it to follow stuff like news announcements (Govt. Depts relevant to my work and the like) to keep me up to speed with new stuff for work. Never directly tweet myself really, only if replying to someone else.

@shitmydadsays is also quite amusing...and insightful! Not very prolific though.

EDIT - Brant is interesting to follow, just to get a look at the industry from the inside and new stuff that On-One/Titus are doing.

I finally joined Twitter a couple of months back, mainly to follow industry stuff in information security (lots of researchers post up stuff). I'll occasionally tweet myself, but that's a rare thing.

I really should start doing something with it, but to be honest, it's a better tool for getting off the press news than most other things.

@jamesey_b if anyone wants to follow me.

By the way, Robert Peston (@Peston) is a decent person to follow though.

If anyone is interseted

@CFWJonBoy

EDIT - Brant is interesting to follow, just to get a look at the industry from the inside and new stuff that On-One/Titus are doing.

And Chinese cuisine.

Thanks.

@shedfire

Oh...Try @easilytempted.

I'm [url= https://twitter.com/#!/miketually ]@miketually[/url] on there too. Mainly just moaning about #marking, informing you of my #hometime and photos of bread and chickens.

I hear d-list celebs post photos of what they're eating

Because we're all equal on Twitter, we all get to be D-list celebrities!

I have just joined too.

Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup.

Seems to have inherited our hamsters 🙄