Twitter C/D

I have no idea what this "power user info network" is and this seems to be getting into how a very, very small subset of twitter's users (professional/semi-professional writers) use it, which is um perhaps not indicative of how the majority of users use it

yeah but if u think ryan was otm then i don't think you know how the majority of users use it either

ppl use twitter to 'hang out on,' not to be directed other places.

I'm old, I don't know anybody who "hangs out"

my observation is that the majority of twitter usage and content is generated by power users, that it has a much more top heavy distribution than say facebook or instagram, power users dont have to be writers they cld be just ordinary civilians with 5k followers, or heavy hitters in whatever industries (i follow a lot of design and dev ppl)

there are plenty of ppl who check in occasionally have like 65 followers and have made 650 tweets but where most of twitter is actually happening is amongst ppl who are on there all day every day, which explains twitters inability to grow past a certain point despite spending billions of dollars and trying everything

ppl use twitter to 'hang out on,' not to be directed other places.

― Keith Mozart (D-40), Wednesday, May 27, 2015 5:19 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

idk i use it for both, the majority of my reading prob originates from twitter links

where most of twitter is actually happening is amongst ppl who are on there all day every day, which explains twitters inability to grow past a certain point

huh weird this would not have occurred to me but makes sense

ppl use twitter to 'hang out on,' not to be directed other places.

i definitely agree that ppl are bad

lol

in deej's defense rap critic twitter is terrible

that sounds pretty damning to me

i've had to mute or unfollow most of "rap critic twitter" for being terrible

i so feel like a lot of ppl who disparage twitter argue that the form is bad when they really just don't like its users

here are the things i have found twitter valuable for:
* Complaining to corporations with twitter presences
* Following record labels that don't have RSS feeds
* Following bars in Philadelphia that announce when they're tapping something new
* That's it

corporate complainers are my least favorite class of twitter user tbh

surely they're preferable to rap critics

1 problem with twitter the platform: sometimes it's really hard to follow conversations, even if you follow everyone involved. you click the "see 10 more messages in this conversation" or whatever, and it's like, obviously there were more than 10 in there. not sure why that happens but i know people who start replies with .@ instead of @ can fuck the whole operation up

if i could import the 5 ppl i actually care about following as RSS feeds i would never have to open twitter.com again

i use twitter to favorite nba vines for future ref and to get info on emerging basketball news and for no other purpose

i also espouse all other forms of social media as insidious tools that have eroded a generation's ability to find value in privacy but that's for another thread

corporate complainers are my least favorite class of twitter user tbh

― gwyneth anger (patron sailor), Wednesday, May 27, 2015 5:34 PM (26 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

if ur directing a complaint @ their account using it like customer service fine but twitter/irl famous ppl who make general tweets complaining abt whatever rental car company theyre mad at hoping to extort them via bad publicity are shameful

Xp espouse totally wrong word meant to say ignore need to sleep and stop posting in equal measure

comedy corporate @'s are good tho

some companies respond so much quicker to @'s on twitter than traditional emails. obv i'd prefer to never expose any details of my personal life to twitter but when you need a response...

https://twitter.com/DryDickRando/status/603329801856811008

this was lol, lol

1 problem with twitter the platform: sometimes it's really hard to follow conversations, even if you follow everyone involved. you click the "see 10 more messages in this conversation" or whatever, and it's like, obviously there were more than 10 in there. not sure why that happens but i know people who start replies with .@ instead of @ can fuck the whole operation up

― flopson, Wednesday, May 27, 2015 5:36 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah its p difficult interaction design problem, look at all the weird hackish devices we use on ilx (quoting, xp), and twitter is more complex, my feeling is the conversations work fine for the ppl who are having them but observing them is not great

neil hamburger's corporate complaint tweets are A+

What happened with the retweet that made everybody threaten to quit twitter a few weeks ago

You guys wanna know what I think about Twitter?

Twitter is

good!

omg what RT xp

If this thread was on Twitter, I could unfollow all the dummies saying that Twitter is like potato chips and follow all the cool dudes who like Twitter. I wish this thread was on Twitter.

i definitely agree that ppl are bad

― polyphonic, Wednesday, May 27, 2015 4:27 PM (20 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this wasn't an attack on twitter!

the privacy shit is real though warn your children: i foolishly used my non-common government name when setting up twitter so i had to change my handle, but all these stupid sub-twitter sites like tweettunel.com archived my shit X-(

it was an attack on shakey mo / ryan for not knowing how ppl use twitter, but as far as a description of twitter it was neutral

i agree that it is a good place for links but 'power users' arent RSS feeds, they tend to interact more, it's a place for getting instant feedback

https://twitter.com/Cheesegod69/status/600450579194720258

this is basically a solitary post that defines ILX or ILX board descript, there is nothing more that can be said beyond this

social justice aphorist twitter can be very bad

http://i.imgur.com/11Q2hvV.png

i like his wallpaper xp

you guys are misunderstanding my twitter position, which is not that it's entirely good or bad, but that i think ppl are being too bullish itt about it & not recognizing the obv downsides that annoy me personally/professionally/productively about the platform

that riker/moscaddie/iankarmel exchange is def one of the best moments in twitter history

it perfectly crystalizes multiple types of bad twitter behavior/culture

https://twitter.com/IanKarmel/status/531888369077604352

i unfollowed moscaddie yesterday

these tweets are for unfollowing, not for replying to

aphoristic dialectical logical point scoring fortune cookie style tweets r not for me

ppl love to RT them tho oh boy

it seems like a lot of ppl on twitter are experiencing high levels of drama

Otm i think that is partly what is addictive about it, feels like you're presenting yourself publicly to important ppl or something

drama llamas are my personal least favorite group of twitter users

its fun to research a twitter drama

i'm on it a fair bit for work-related purposes and it's very useful but exhausting

mordy otm tho -- rss is the best thing the internet ever did

fees also the best thing for the stomach