Comments on: Why don’t I get Twitter? http://www.brelson.com/2008/07/why-dont-i-get-twitter/ the long-form thoughts of brendan nelson Sat, 21 Jan 2012 02:35:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: brelson.com - brelson’s blog :: Twitter in plain English http://www.brelson.com/2008/07/why-dont-i-get-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-7 brelson.com - brelson’s blog :: Twitter in plain English Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:28:18 +0000 http://www.brelson.com/blog/?p=11#comment-7 [...] my previous post on not “getting” Twitter, I’ve spent a fair bit of time getting to grips with it [...] [...] my previous post on not “getting” Twitter, I’ve spent a fair bit of time getting to grips with it [...]

]]> By: brelson http://www.brelson.com/2008/07/why-dont-i-get-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-6 brelson Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:19:57 +0000 http://www.brelson.com/blog/?p=11#comment-6 It makes sense to think of Twitter as a geek outlet rather than something to strengthen real-life social networks (for which there are already enough communication channels, as you say!). Thanks for the tips and advice, I'm going to follow them and hopefully become a much more adept twitterer than I currently am - assuming the "fail whale" doesn't put the kibosh on the whole thing... It makes sense to think of Twitter as a geek outlet rather than something to strengthen real-life social networks (for which there are already enough communication channels, as you say!).

Thanks for the tips and advice, I’m going to follow them and hopefully become a much more adept twitterer than I currently am – assuming the “fail whale” doesn’t put the kibosh on the whole thing…

]]> By: Mia http://www.brelson.com/2008/07/why-dont-i-get-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Mia Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:29:54 +0000 http://www.brelson.com/blog/?p=11#comment-5 Thanks for the link! I used to think it'd be great if my friends and family were on twitter, but then I figured I've got texts for local events and Facebook status feeds on RSS for general news, so now I think of twitter as my geek outlet. In terms of finding a community of like-minded people, if you set 'all replies' you can see interesting remarks addressed to your contacts, or you could look for tweets about events you've been to, or put your twitter username in your email signature. Thanks for the link! I used to think it’d be great if my friends and family were on twitter, but then I figured I’ve got texts for local events and Facebook status feeds on RSS for general news, so now I think of twitter as my geek outlet.

In terms of finding a community of like-minded people, if you set ‘all replies’ you can see interesting remarks addressed to your contacts, or you could look for tweets about events you’ve been to, or put your twitter username in your email signature.

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