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Someone has just sent me an e-mail in which I'm refered to as " @sam " and included "hashtags" at the end of the e-mail.
Are twitter users so retarded that they can no longer convey the subject they want to get accross without reducing it to 3 random words and puting a # infront of it?
What was wrong with Sam (or Samuel if the missus is in a mood with me), its worked for the last 25 years, why am I now @sam (and why no capitals?).
They also insist on having every conversation via "reply to all", why does everyone else need to know, and more anoyingly, why do I need 6 e-mails from you as you have a conversation that has nothing to do with me?
It's even more f****** anoying than people who use text speek, or possibly the word 'lol' in conversation.
Having just spotted it on another thread I wont be buying a nicolai now either!
geetee won't be pleased.
There's a simple solution to this. If they do it again, just punch them. It'll soon stop
Simple...the bit after @sam was meant for you...so wind your neck in and go read the bit that confirms what you need to do. It won't be to come on here and try a half-hearted rant about not much...
Failing that, sounds like you are now too old for the Internet...retire now if you can't keep up with the kids!
Turn the email alert off. You then won't receive an email whenever your are @ mentioned.
Simple...the bit after @sam was meant for you...so wind your neck in and go read the bit that confirms what you need to do. It won't be to come on here and try a half-hearted rant about not much...Failing that, sounds like you are now too old for the Internet...retire now if you can't keep up with the kids!
Get down with the kids grandad, the context was actualy a past event, they were replacing 'Sam was awesome' with '@sam was awesome'.
Turn the email alert off. You then won't receive an email whenever your are @ mentioned.
It's not an alert to a twitter post (which would be borderline acceptable if I used twitter), this was just an e-mail!
Fair enough, I can understand your annoyance. Suggest return all emails with "no longer cares at this address" as the subject.
Holy shit, Bartoni! You been taking lessons off that Placid Pedro fella?
Seems to me your problem isn't Twitter, it's email and halfwits.
#chillaxgrandad
@tinas get yous lol :p #brrap
Seems to me your problem isn't Twitter, it's [s]email and [/s]halfwits
FTFY cougar 😉
It would appear that there is a whole other world out there that I am pleased I know nothing about
FTFY cougar
Good point, well made.
you are now too old for the Internet...retire now if you can't keep up with the kids!
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I don't do twitter. Is it good? might give it a whirl.
I just use twitter to follow comedians - bit of light relief
although....text speak really #F*$?smeoff !!
I use the @ prefix sometimes in news forum conversations where real names are used to show a reply is aimed at a specific poster in an otherwise general post. I don't bother with hash tags, and almost never post on twitter. It's useful for following various authors, writers, 6Music presenters and for news threads like the Japan tsunami, (which is what got me onto twitter), and the middle east uprisings.
I sometimes get emails from people who are 'following' me.
All I can say is they must lead astonishingly empty, shallow lives if they want to follow someone who's only ever posted three or four times.
Only thing I use twitter for is following sportspeople during events. You get a slightly different side of things if you follow Cav, Wiggo and co. during the TdF.
We use it to sort out dates and times for rides etc. Quick and easy and everyone can see who's doing what.
#twitterist
Simple solution throw your smartphone down the toilet cancel your twitter and Facebook accounts and get a life 😉