if someone follows me who has thousands of followers and follows ~the same amount of people i just assume they some bullshit spammy business dude
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 2 October 2013 21:28 (ten years ago) link
otm
― obi wankin' obi (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 2 October 2013 21:43 (ten years ago) link
there are get followers now omg type services that can make you look heaps popular (e.g. our new prime minister's twitter account gained like 60,000 followers overnight)
― obi wankin' obi (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 2 October 2013 21:46 (ten years ago) link
fucking cannot believe i just said that
anyway
― obi wankin' obi (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 2 October 2013 21:47 (ten years ago) link
you can buy 10k followers for $60! http://ipmtech.com
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 2 October 2013 21:49 (ten years ago) link
holy shit
― obi wankin' obi (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 2 October 2013 21:51 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/wq6lAZ5.jpg
― ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Wednesday, 2 October 2013 22:10 (ten years ago) link
"spies of sorts"
― obi wankin' obi (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 2 October 2013 22:24 (ten years ago) link
I am shocked - SHOCKED, I SAY - to learn that Twitter has never turned a profit. $1 billion IPO cash-in here we come wheeeee
― Hip Hop Hamlet (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 3 October 2013 23:40 (ten years ago) link
more like social peedia
― JEFF 22 (Matt P), Friday, 4 October 2013 00:01 (ten years ago) link
hey
― ienjoyhotdogs, Friday, 4 October 2013 01:13 (ten years ago) link
They changed the TL again. I don't mind the auto-showing of pictures, but the darker 'reply retweet etc' buttons make it very messy to look at.
― In the airplane over the .CSS (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 4 October 2013 12:48 (ten years ago) link
app or web?
― markers, Friday, 4 October 2013 15:29 (ten years ago) link
stock symbol squatting? +1000% profithttps://www.google.com/finance?q=OTCMKTS:TWTRQ
― best null wave (bnw), Friday, 4 October 2013 15:47 (ten years ago) link
nothing's changed for me. autoshowing of pictures would suck pretty hard
― k3vin k., Friday, 4 October 2013 16:50 (ten years ago) link
I meent web, Markers. On mobile I use tweetbot (which didn't implement those annoying blue lines tg)
And then there's this: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-10-04/twitter-may-be-forced-to-extend-character-limit/4999514
― In the airplane over the .CSS (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 4 October 2013 18:53 (ten years ago) link
lol analysts
― lag∞n, Friday, 4 October 2013 18:54 (ten years ago) link
Documents filed with US Securities and Exchange Commission show Twitter had 218 million active users as of June 30, and lost nearly $US80 million on nearly $US317 million in revenue in 2012.
i don't understand money but doesn't this just mean they were 237 million in the black?
― k3vin k., Friday, 4 October 2013 19:12 (ten years ago) link
I think it means they had close to $400 million dollars in expenses
― smang culture (DJP), Friday, 4 October 2013 19:13 (ten years ago) link
^
― 乒乓, Friday, 4 October 2013 19:14 (ten years ago) link
oh wow
― k3vin k., Friday, 4 October 2013 19:17 (ten years ago) link
#AddaWordRuinaMovie
ffs
― mookieproof, Saturday, 5 October 2013 04:21 (ten years ago) link
Regarding the title of this thread, I conclude that Twitter is a resounding Dud.
And about buying Twitter followers, I’m not planning on doing so but, I must say, all this phony outrage I constantly see on the internet about buying Twitter followers would be amusing if not so sickening. Twitter was designed to be superficial, and buying Twitter followers fits into such a superficial paradigm perfectly. Buying Twitter followers is a perfect fit for the essence of Twitter. Anyone who thinks that Twitter is meant to enable you to ‘cultivate’ worthwhile and lasting ‘relationships’ in 140 characters or less, probably has something very wrong with them. Relationships (with some psychological depth to them) are not ‘cultivated’ by engaging in deep mollification that’s limited to 140 characters. It would not surprise me one bit if the ‘head honchos’ at Twitter were the ones paying for all these ‘don’t buy Twitter followers’ articles to be published and prominently displayed on the internet. Big business/corporations don’t have to pay for followers; all they have to do is intimidate their employees (with not-so-subtle threats of unemployment) if the employees don’t follow whomever the business wants them to on Twitter. Twitter deems such immoral intimidation and abuse of employees as ‘ethical social marketing’, but when the ‘little guy’ tries to purchase some advertising/Twitter followers/PR at reasonable prices for posting on Twitter, the practice suddenly becomes ‘gaming the system’. And keep in mind: Sometimes the ‘little guy’ is a former (intimidated and abused) employee of one of these corporations, trying to strike out on his or her own. Yup, I’m pretty sure Twitter is paying for the advertising (in the guise of fake tech/news articles) condemning the little guy for buying (OMG! In a capitalist society no less!) Twitter followers.
For anyone taking issue with my description of communication on Twitter as being ‘blather’, I hereby direct you to this article, which pretty much supports this description: http://www.pearanalytics.com/blog/2009/twitter-study-reveals-interesting-results-40-percent-pointless-babble/. And here’s a newer article, from last year: http://www.fortytwotimes.com/739/study-finds-two-thirds-of-tweets-useless-per-twitter-users/.
(And no, I don't work for any of these companies where you can buy Twitter followers.)
― am.curious.sometimes, Sunday, 6 October 2013 00:07 (ten years ago) link
It's just communication - if you're not enjoying it then block / unfollow / choose better whose blather to read. I like it because it's inessential blather. It's a good place to stick dull/unimportant background stuff with friends and suchlike. Start again with a new account or something. Approach in a different way.
― ineloquentwow (Craigo Boingo), Sunday, 6 October 2013 00:29 (ten years ago) link
i.preferred.banaka
― Are you a horse? (onimo), Sunday, 6 October 2013 01:05 (ten years ago) link
RT
― lag∞n, Sunday, 6 October 2013 02:13 (ten years ago) link
I wish to thank all of those who have followed me on Twitter. I also wish to thank all of those who have offered helpful advice to me regarding Twitter. I guess time will tell how this ‘Twitter thing’ works out.
― am.curious.sometimes, Tuesday, 8 October 2013 17:32 (ten years ago) link
keep us posted
― ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Tuesday, 8 October 2013 17:33 (ten years ago) link
prediction: it works out BIGTIME
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 8 October 2013 17:33 (ten years ago) link
if you could repost your tweets here that'd help me to know when to go on to twitter
― Evil Juice Box Man (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 8 October 2013 17:45 (ten years ago) link
Spiritual Travel followed you
i hate myself
― lag∞n, Thursday, 10 October 2013 19:12 (ten years ago) link
Utterly otm
http://www.buzzfeed.com/tomphillips/the-29-stages-of-a-twitterstorm
― Deafening silence (DL), Friday, 11 October 2013 11:46 (ten years ago) link
There's so much unintentional comedy arising from that it's astonishing.
― Matt DC, Friday, 11 October 2013 12:40 (ten years ago) link
PriceHound character is A+++ as well. So much pathos.
― Matt DC, Friday, 11 October 2013 12:42 (ten years ago) link
Extra points for Fergus McContrary and Julian Abercrombie.
― Deafening silence (DL), Friday, 11 October 2013 12:48 (ten years ago) link
they set up actual accounts for both the pricehounds too
― when I was Ted Croker man I couldn't picture this (DJ Mencap), Friday, 11 October 2013 12:57 (ten years ago) link
looking at them there is literally about 20 minutes before it drowns in a media twee mudslide so live in the moment imo
― when I was Ted Croker man I couldn't picture this (DJ Mencap), Friday, 11 October 2013 13:00 (ten years ago) link
It's actually quite difficult to work out who is and isn't taking it seriously.
― Matt DC, Friday, 11 October 2013 13:02 (ten years ago) link
The original post is perfect, the response rapidly annoying. Plus ca change.
― Deafening silence (DL), Friday, 11 October 2013 13:14 (ten years ago) link
oh my god all those accounts have been created and people are interacting them, this meta wormhole is too much
― lex pretend, Friday, 11 October 2013 13:15 (ten years ago) link
wait that didnt actually happen, right?
― ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Friday, 11 October 2013 13:53 (ten years ago) link
No, it's all made up but some people seem to miss this key point!
― Alba, Friday, 11 October 2013 14:49 (ten years ago) link
hahaha this whole thing is beautiful
― Bitch Fantastic (DJP), Friday, 11 October 2013 14:54 (ten years ago) link
ban @pricehound
― lag∞n, Friday, 11 October 2013 14:54 (ten years ago) link
@twittermod is still untaken afaict lag∞n, you could some some good work there imo
― gotta lol geir (NickB), Friday, 11 October 2013 15:00 (ten years ago) link
This is amazing. Dying at William Price-Hound's plaintive "leave me alone" msgs.
― sktsh, Friday, 11 October 2013 15:17 (ten years ago) link
^^^
― The normative power of the factual (Michael White), Friday, 11 October 2013 15:18 (ten years ago) link
iirc your twitter handle can't have 'twitter' in it?
― when I was Ted Croker man I couldn't picture this (DJ Mencap), Friday, 11 October 2013 15:24 (ten years ago) link
(I appreciate Nick wasn't being 100% earnest in his suggestion btw)
― when I was Ted Croker man I couldn't picture this (DJ Mencap), Friday, 11 October 2013 15:25 (ten years ago) link
lawl
― lag∞n, Friday, 11 October 2013 15:31 (ten years ago) link