Twitter?

[Pappa]

I just signed up to Twitter and I don't know why.

http://twitter.com/DrPappa

[AshtonBlack]

follow me! (and clinton!)

[Pappa]

follow me! (and clinton!)

How?

[AshtonBlack]

follow me! (and clinton!)

How?

You using a client like Destroy Twitter, Tweetie or just the website? (all clients available for MAC as well.)

[Pappa]

follow me! (and clinton!)

How?

You using a client like Destroy Twitter, Tweetie or just the website? (all clients available for MAC as well.)

Just the website at the moment.

[Existentialist1844]

You do realize this means we cant be friends anymore.

[Pappa]

You do realize this means we cant be friends anymore.

OK. Bye.

[Pappa]

I just added you and several others.

I hate it already. What's the point?

[Existentialist1844]

You do realize this means we cant be friends anymore.

OK. Bye.

bye.

[Transgirlofnofaith]

I hate social networking sites. It's just a big in-group composed of people spouting random shit in a lame attempt to sound funny.

[Meekychuppet]

I just added you and several others.

I hate it already. What's the point?

You can add news feeds, search BBC or NASA. I follow Stephen Fry, Lance Armstrong and others.

Also, it turns up surprises, for example, when petrol went stratospheric, someone set up a community account with open access. People would post GPS coordinates for cheap fuel stations. It can work very well. You can disseminate Rationalia content for example.

[Bella Fortuna]

I hate social networking sites. It's just a big in-group composed of people spouting random shit in a lame attempt to sound funny.

You mean like here.

[Meekychuppet]

I hate social networking sites. It's just a big in-group composed of people spouting random shit in a lame attempt to sound funny.

No they are not, and people who say these types of things are merely trying to dress up there ignorance and lack of vision as faux-ludditery in an attempt to look retro-cool.

The possibilities brought about by this technology are endless and are genuinely revolutionary. You might not like it, but you don't have to do it and this kind of bilge as an excuse is just silly. The only source of news from the people of Iran right now is Twitter, for example. Such a dismal and whiny dismissal of something you do not happen to like is predictable, pathetic, utterly graceless and a sure sign that you do not know what you are talking about.

[Existentialist1844]

I hate social networking sites. It's just a big in-group composed of people spouting random shit in a lame attempt to sound funny.

No they are not, and people who say these types of things are merely trying to dress up there ignorance and lack of vision as faux-ludditery in an attempt to look retro-cool.

The possibilities brought about by this technology are endless and are genuinely revolutionary. You might not like it, but you don't have to do it and this kind of bilge as an excuse is just silly. The only source of news from the people of Iran right now is Twitter, for example. Such a dismal and whiny dismissal of something you do not happen to like is predictable, pathetic, utterly graceless and a sure sign that you do not know what you are talking about.

You are always right, Meeky.

[Transgirlofnofaith]

I hate social networking sites. It's just a big in-group composed of people spouting random shit in a lame attempt to sound funny.

You mean like here.

Jokes aren't as funny when you explain them, Bella.

No they are not, and people who say these types of things are merely trying to dress up there ignorance and lack of vision as faux-ludditery in an attempt to look retro-cool.

Well, first off, you are unable to recognize a joke when you see it. Secondly, I get the basic premise, and I disagree with having a description of your whole life on a profile page available to total strangers. As for supposed "ignorance and lack of vision", that is a barely veiled ad hom, so you should either apologise or fuck off. And it is truly imbeceilic to sneer at someone's less than entusiastic attitude towards something that seems to them to be the online equivalent of a cult, and to deride them automatically for not wanting to join in. Talk about a lack of vision.

The possibilities brought about by this technology are endless

Really? Can it mow your lawn? Try to keep your hyperbole somewhere within the bounds of reality.

and are genuinely revolutionary.

I don't consider opportunities for Identity theft, potential stalking,

Such a dismal and whiny dismissal of something you do not happen to like is predictable, pathetic, utterly graceless and a sure sign that you do not know what you are talking about.

and for potential employers to judge you for your private life when it's none of their business revolutionary, except in a negative sense.

The only source of news from the people of Iran right now is Twitter, for example.

Somehow, I think that personal e-mails and posts on other sites play a part. And from what I gather, yes, twitter has played a role. But how the fuck is that a defence of the worth of social networking sites in general?

Such a dismal and whiny dismissal of something you do not happen to like is predictable, pathetic, utterly graceless and a sure sign that you do not know what you are talking about.

You know what? I think that's another ad hom. Such a dismissal of someone's opinions, coupled with particularly stupid ad homs is pathetic, disgusting, idiotic, and a sure sign of the invalidity of your own opinions. Consider your post fucking reported.