Twitter sucks

Discussion in 'The Lounge' started by Major Attitude, Feb 6, 2011.

  1. Major Attitude

    Major Attitude Co-Owner MajorGeeks.Com Staff Member

    I dont get the fascination. Had to hear Howard Stern, one of the most technologically challenged famous people I have ever hear today talking about it... It made me lose interest I just don't care what people are doing every hour... How about you?

    I listened as they discussed different words to describe their Twitter use and for me only one word came to mind over and over again...

    For example...

    There is "Twitter" itself
    New posts are "Tweets"
    Reposting it is a "ReTweet"

    But I have a cool new related name for anyone who uses Twitter.... Your a "Twat".
     
  2. Major Attitude

    Major Attitude Co-Owner MajorGeeks.Com Staff Member

    My wife does not seem to find me funny.
     
  3. LauraR

    LauraR MajorGeeks Super-Duper Administrator Staff Member

    I signed up about 4 years ago because I heard everyone talking about it. I posted 'I don't get it'. That was my one and only post until I deleted my account 2 days later.

    I love everyone in the news or entertainment industry constantly saying 'follow us on Twitter'. Ummmm....no? Why in the hell would I want to do that when I can turn you on the tv and watch you 24/7? I don't want to do that either.

    Does anyone still do twitter? I don't know anyone who does...or if they do they don't admit to it. :-D

    that's bad...but really really funny. roflmao

    You could also just simply be called a 'Twit'. heh
     
  4. LauraR

    LauraR MajorGeeks Super-Duper Administrator Staff Member

    *Chokes on coffee.*

    lmao
     
  5. augiedoggie

    augiedoggie The Canadian Loon - LocoAugie (R.I.P. 2012)

    Well MA, I call them twits! What a waste of electrons!:puke
     
  6. handygal

    handygal First Sergeant

    Ditto on the twitto
     
  7. Caliban

    Caliban I don't need no steenkin' title!

    Don't use it - hell, I don't even use Facebook.

    I have heard that Twitter helps those guys that run mobile sandwich wagons in metro areas: "Joe's Submobile will be at the corner of Main and 42nd at 11:30", yada yada...

    If that's all it's good for, then that's all it's good for...:confused
     
  8. solaris89

    solaris89 First Sergeant

    Chris (star17) is no fan of it; he calls it "Jiffy Lube Journalism". :-D
     
  9. Major Attitude

    Major Attitude Co-Owner MajorGeeks.Com Staff Member

    Twits, thats great too and less offensive... oh wait...
     
  10. dyamond

    dyamond Imelda Marcos of Majorgeeks

    I never signed up because I don't get the fascination either. Why do I care what you are doing every five minutes?

    I just made lunch.
    I am now eating lunch.
    I finished lunch.
    Now I have to poop.

    Give me a break rolleyes
     
  11. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    MA.....we must be gender specific. A male twitter is a twit, a female twitter is a twat!! :-D:-D
     
  12. Gregoryno6

    Gregoryno6 Specialist

    Apparently it's popular among celebrities. You know, celebrities? The people who want us to think of them every minute of the day, but then turn around and say "Please respect my privacy"?
     
  13. Buck_nekid

    Buck_nekid Specialist

    Never have, never will.
     

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  14. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Never ever once connected to Twitter. Only once connected to Facebook to see what my son posted there. I have no accounts on these sites as I think they are complete wastes of time and also are sources of infections. Anyone ever hear of KoobFace which is a play on FaceBook. ;)
     
  15. Phantom

    Phantom Brigadier Britches

    Never have and never will get involved in so-called 'social' networks, mainly because I like my private life to remain private. I have no particular wish to tell the world that I just ate two bowls of Cheerios for breakfast or picked my nose yesterday rolleyes. Somehow, I'm just not that important.

    I made a Facebook page once and just wrote something like, "I guess this page will never be read, LoL!" Never been back to it since. Maybe G.W.B. and a whole heap of others have read it and are just dying for me to respond - somehow I doubt it, though.

    If you like the thought of your personal info being accessed by the world, including every low-life pervert and scam artist, then whatever floats your boat, I guess. Just don't come crying to me. "Whaa!, my computer is infected, I'm getting harassed by phone, mail and have strangers knocking on my door!" You made your bid for "fame", so deal with it ~ TWIT! rolleyes
     
  16. shnerdly

    shnerdly MajorGeek

    I manage IT for three small companies that total about 150 employees. All three of them were pleased when I talked to them about blocking ALL access to social networking sites. I forced redirects from all the major sites to a page telling them to go back to the tasks they are being paid to do.

    I can't imagine a greater waste of time, electricity, bandwidth and hardware then social networking.

    I once had a customer in my shop request that I contact her through Facebook instead of giving me a phone number. She seemed truly shocked when I told her I don't do Facebook and won't take her computer in without a phone number to contact her. She told me she didn't like giving out her phone number for privacy reasons and left with her computer to find someone more reputable to work on it. Go Figure.
     
  17. Rikky

    Rikky Wile E. Coyote - One of a kind

    I hear Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore are a couple of twatters.
     
  18. rustyjack

    rustyjack MajorGeek

    roflmaoroflmaoroflmaoroflmaoroflmaoroflmao
     
  19. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Indeed solaris, think he'd love to blast all those using it into space! ;)


    I've never understood the facination with this tweeting, twitting, whatever you wish to call it, as its mindless dross most of the time, and those twittering have too much time on their hands or a Blackberry/iPhone welded to their thumbs.

    I know some companies have twitter feeds now, but thats to keep up with the other companies as a we have to do this thing as its free advertising.

    Need to introduce some birdflu to twitter :-D
     
  20. oma

    oma MajorGeek

  21. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Indeed you will find Oma that the Queen likely has never tweeted or will do ever, that will be one of the minions that adds to the webpage and blog and Facebook pages. In all likelyhood and apart from a low % of celebrities, I would hazard a guess many of their tweet feeds are not posted by them but an assistant.
     
  22. silas

    silas MajorGeek

    My imput I dont use any social sites like twitter or myspace or facebook. IMO if I did/would it would be myspace cause atleast you can edit your background and add music and chat up. But twitter who wants to read/hear your every few minute life..(not me atleast). Got more important things like reading Major Geeks forum then twit!
     
  23. BoredOutOfMyMind

    BoredOutOfMyMind Picabo, ICU

    Not to mention the malware/virus being distributed these days on social networks....

    If I wanted you to be my "Friend" I would have invited you over for dinner....;)
     
  24. silas

    silas MajorGeek

    Social sites like twitter help keep places like this of staying open and busy.
     
  25. satrow

    satrow Major Geek Extraordinaire

    No, they keep most of the twats away from here ^_^
     
  26. Maxwell

    Maxwell Folgers

    ...nor does the Prime Minister of Britain. Famous quote of the day "The trouble with Twitter, the instantness of it - too many twits might make a twat,"

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8176194.stm
     
  27. Rikky

    Rikky Wile E. Coyote - One of a kind

    I disagree anyway I believe in nature over nurture in this case,twats use twitter,tweets don't make twats.

    :-D
     
  28. dyamond

    dyamond Imelda Marcos of Majorgeeks

    I must admit I have a fondness for facebook games. Well, one in particular (no, not farmville :-D) but I use a separate account to do that. ;)
     
  29. Spad

    Spad MajorGeek

    I don't get the attraction for Twitter either. I tried it - and found it pretty much useless . . .

    I did create a facebook page, but haven't done a lot with it of late. That would be the exent of my "social networking" ;)

    Something makes such venues attractive to scores of people - must be too esoteric for me to discern, I guess :-D
     
  30. rustyjack

    rustyjack MajorGeek

    Who wants to hear about someones evey little detail of their life, have enough details of my own life to think about never mind start telling everyone about it aswell ! :*** silly Twats, get a :*** life, is your own life so uninteresting, that you have to tell everyone about your every move !
     
  31. satrow

    satrow Major Geek Extraordinaire

  32. abz1nthe

    abz1nthe Command Sergeant Major

    Agreed. I never jumped on that bandwagon...
     
  33. alaiahawaii

    alaiahawaii Private E-2

    The thing that makes me crazy about twitter is that ppl are online to be 'famous' so to speak. It they are posting it is because they want to be seen and heard and some glorification in that-at least I do-but with twitter, when you follow someone you are subjected to their daily ramblings but can not force them to see yours... It just aint right.
     
  34. motc7

    motc7 Vice Admiral (Starfleet)

    my boss at work sent me an email:

    "Are we going to do something about blocking Youtwitface?"
     
  35. Baxter Stockman

    Baxter Stockman Private First Class

    Completely agree. This is not the way of the future. I wrote an article the paper about how pointless it is.
     
  36. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Would love to read that can you attach or link to it?

    I'm an information junkie, whore, hound.... take your pick! ;)
     
  37. motc7

    motc7 Vice Admiral (Starfleet)

    Twitter Tweet:

    "Hey my wife and family are loving our 3 week vacation in Europe!"


    Criminal: Looks like easy pickins for the house.
     
  38. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Should'nt that line be

    :)
     
  39. motc7

    motc7 Vice Admiral (Starfleet)

    we say pickins round these parts....
     
  40. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Kinda lost in translation maybe as Twitter = Birdy and Peckings = thing a bird would do to eat, unless they in your area they do "pickins" instead of peckings?
     
  41. motc7

    motc7 Vice Admiral (Starfleet)

    wasn't referring to the birdy stuff at all...


    MOD FAIL LOL
     
  42. Baxter Stockman

    Baxter Stockman Private First Class

    I'm looking now. They just reformatted their archives. I might just upload the original.
     
  43. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Humor fail ... Minor Geek! LOL
     
  44. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member


    Cool sounds good and can PM me a link if you dont wish to post a live one.
     
  45. bigbazza

    bigbazza R.I.P. 14/12/2011 - Good Onya Geek

    I agree. :-D

    Bazza

    ===

     
  46. Caliban

    Caliban I don't need no steenkin' title!

    Haha! Good one, David! :highfive
     
  47. motc7

    motc7 Vice Admiral (Starfleet)

  48. COBRA90GT

    COBRA90GT Private First Class

    Twitter? *yawn* I'll pass.
     
  49. jarcher

    jarcher I can't handle a title

    I check things out every now and again, discover they suck and move on.
    soo. .after you tweet you "have tweeted" or "have twat"?

    The twits that twat retwat the tweet that was twat by he who tweets?
     
  50. Fred_G

    Fred_G Heat packin' geek

    Good grief, are you trying to make me go back in time or something? :-D

    Oh, I just checked my email, and made a witty reply on MajorGeeks.com. I will most likely trim my fingernails Tuesday, and did fix a minor leak on the kitchen sink.

    LoL, I just don't get the twitter. Heck I let my cell phone lapse. I guess I am just not important enough to be in touch with 24/7.

    One person tried to get me on the facebook thingy. Because someone might be looking for me. Maybe an ex, or a long lost friend... The ex's are ex's for a reason, and if an old friend can't use the dang phone book to find me, we probably would not have much to talk about. ;)
     

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