Twitter, I don't get it
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Twitter, I don't get it
28-01-2009 2:52 PM
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I have registered an account now but I don't understand it and how it works.
I type in an answer to the question "what I am doing" and my followers can read it, except I don't have any followers yet.
I looked for other tweeters, found Stephen Fry and arranged to be one of his followers.
Today I learned that he has decided to go for a walk because he has missed out for the last two days.
Does anyone else who uses twitter care to enlighten me?
Re: Twitter, I don't get it
28-01-2009 4:02 PM
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We use it to try and catch customer service issues. A good example is using tools like this: http://tweetscan.com/index.php?s=Plusnet&u=&de=1 We can see if people are getting frustrated with our service and venting publically
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Re: Twitter, I don't get it
28-01-2009 7:09 PM
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Anyway, I'm not sure that I want to know what folk are doing, much less me wanting them to know what I'm doing!
Do continue your experiment (and report back) Santiago, just to see if you can change my mind.
Re: Twitter, I don't get it
28-01-2009 7:21 PM
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Seemed to me it might be a facebook light when I'm on the move, plus it's interesting to know when Bob hasn't made the tea in PN towers
With twitterfox it's quite unobtrusive..
If it helped click the thumb
If it fixed it click 'This fixed my problem'
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28-01-2009 8:03 PM
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I have put Twitterfox on too, you're right it's quite neat.
*What am I doing?
Well I just had dinner, flan, boiled potatoes. sprouts, green beans and coleslaw along with a big glass of water.
I am just finishing making up some email templates and then I will be going for a walk
Interesting poppy?
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28-01-2009 8:21 PM
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28-01-2009 8:46 PM
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Also, having a good moan sounds quite therapeutic. I must say that it is beginning to sound a bit like a journal, but without the privacy.
I wonder if it is a generation thing - younger people seem to be a bit more open about themselves than we older ones.
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28-01-2009 8:56 PM
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@poppy
I get the impression that the kids are more interested in facebook, myspace etc.
This is how I did my email templates
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28-01-2009 9:10 PM
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I also agree about the therapeutic side. It's a bit like those situations where sometimes a stranger will start talking to you to moan about something - e.g. if you've both been waiting half an hour for a 10-minutely bus, if there's a huge queue somewhere because there's hardly any staff serving customers, whatever. Well, Twitter is very much a place for those kinds of moans - just, on the internet for all of your 'followers' to see, rather than face-to-face with a complete stranger.
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28-01-2009 9:19 PM
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