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Just signed up to Twitter and I'm kinda wondering why really. So, who's interesting to follow/stalk?
me
and Danny Baker.
I am very tedious. Avoid me at all costs. I do.
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Talking of Twitter (I'm stupidly bored today), there was a report about the local police and the calls they have to answer on TV yesterday. Now some nice lady had phone the police (yes, phoned the police) to report being harassed on Twitter.
I don't think any further typing is necessary.
@Aiannucci
@DaveGorman
@ukbikeskills -mainly for coffee related news 😉
a few more for you.
Boringly predictable picture posted by boringly predictable stationary salesman to demonstrate just how boringly predictable he is. 🙄
There's a right tosser for you: @deadlydarcy.
Generally, comedians are good...Dara O'Briain, Alan Davies, Jimmy Carr, etc. I use it to contact my local MP and though I'm no fan of hers, she always replies. Some good political figures to follow too: your MP, Alastair Campbell. And plenty of cyclists tweet: Cav, Bradley, Thor etc.
@daysnways
I need the dudes . . . .
@Humblebrag
Ive bought one bike frame and two holidays via twitter, the normal peeps can be interesting but i suggest @markcavendish for straight talking views 🙂
@ffflow
@shitmydadsays
A lot of the TdF riders are funny! Cav, his girlfriend @PetaTodd,
Mark Renshaw they are all on there.
jimmy Carr is funny.
Don't follow @miketually, especially now the summer's nearly here and he'll just be banging on about not being in work.
Qui est @lhommedunord ❓
my bin ninja skillz are weak, what's your @ on there Rickos?
dom jolly uses c**T alot!!!! and loves a good troll he be perfect for here!
Houns - I ain't tellin' you. Facestalk is for buddies, ****ter is for stalking the glitterati.
Thank for the suggestions. I'd already found Cav, but I'll look out for some of the others. Particularly like the idea of sh1tmydadsays. 😀
Facestalk is old hat though, the cool kidz (and freedom fighters) use twitter
Nah Google+ is where the cool kidz are
Oh and Rickos :finger:
I likes it..
Met some great people on it..
It's good way to get some unguarded comments from people.
For cycling I follow Cav and Brad Wiggins.
I also follow a few journalists. It's good way of finding out breaking news and gossip. Giles Coren (@gilescoren) is entertaining.
And then some comedians like Richard Herring (@herring1967)
Not a twitter user myself - but a lot of the thebigsam's tweets get put up on football forums and they're mortal funny (IMHO, defo would not be to everyone's taste). Think he had to change his name to notthebigsam or some variation like that.
I follow a few authors like William Gibson and Cory Doctorow, a bunch of writers from Tunisia, Yemen, Japan and various 'interesting' parts of the world, and some musicians.
And I hardly ever post anything, so I'm not going to bother putting my username here, 'cos it would be pointless.
Am I the only one that doesn't really get it?
@Citizenfishy for once a week cycling book writing blog malarky
@dick_barton - not got much of value but every now and again (literally now and again!), I come out with a gem...think last one was about 3 months ago so I'm surely due one shortly...
Don't follow the rich and famous - figure as I don't follow them on tv, no point wasting my time with them there...follow other bikers/folk I know and other diabetics...my postings are completely random in lot of cases...if you do follow me, standby to be underwhelmed!
All the cool kids have moved on to the 'alternative' social network
I've got rid of most of the people I was following as ended up getting swamped so now just follow cyclists. I use tweetymail which sends tweets in batches to my email a/c and find that works best for me.
Twitter is for those middle of the night, can't get to sleep so need to read some random sh*te moments...
@jojo1 #tweetinglesscosworkingmore
Am I the only one that doesn't really get it?
No. I don't get ****ter either.
You may as well just shout inane things into the street from your front door. Just as interesting, and just as many people give a 5h1t.
I wasn't sure about it before I signed up but definitely converted now.
You only follow the people or groups you are interested in so should only receive tweets you want to see. Can be very useful for events, people like NoFuss are pretty good at offering info you wouldn't normally get via Twitter.
Then there's the famous folks, people like Cav post up some great stuff that they probably shouldn't. He's pretty new to it and was pretty much told to by HTC I think, definitely a few tweets sent in the heat of the moment which gives thoughts you wouldn't hear in the normal interviews when he's calmed down.
If you follow people you are interested in I think most people would enjoy it.
Am I the only one that doesn't really get it?
What would you like to know?
No. I don't get ****ter either.
Congratulations, you share the same sense of humour as David Cameron. My condolences.
You may as well just shout inane things into the street from your front door.
Interesting that your opinion suggests you have no idea what twitter is. It's quite similar to saying mobile phones are crap because you read once that someone used one to say something stupid.
What if someone was shouting insightful, funny or pertinent information from their front door? Would it be OK then?
Like everything in life, if you seek shite you'll find it, but it's your choice.
I'd suggest that the people who intentionally read threads about things they don't get and then take time out of their lives to respond for no other reason than to criticise those who do should take a good long look at themselves.
I've had a coffee and now I can feel the blind eel wriggle... 8)
I'll update shortly.
Congratulations, you share the same sense of humour as David Cameron. My condolences.
What's a David Cameron ?
Interesting that your opinion suggests you have no idea what twitter is
possibly
what [i]is[/i] it for then?
does it have an actual purpose or value?
does it have an actual purpose or value?
Does it have to?
i'm hoping that someone can highlight why i should use it, other than "ooh, ooh, look what a moderately famous person just typed into the interwebs"
if it's all just inane gossip, I get enough of that from real people I live and work with 🙂
promotion... for example i found out a well known 'alternative music' reviewer was listening to our album through twitter... i got in contact via twitter and a month later he was at a show on our tour, 2 months later we get an amazing review in metal hammer magazine, full page photo of me... even though we weren't the headlining band of that show.
music industry uses it in a big way.
You may as well just shout inane things into the street from your front door.
If you tweet inane things, no one will want to follow you. Perhaps you should try being interesting, helpful or amusing?
Via Twitter I've met some great people; got a loan of a sweet bike for a couple of races; got interviewed by the World Service, local and Irish National Radio; featured in several national newspapers; rediscovered riding in Swaledale; kept up-to-date on current affairs; been entertained and amused.