I'm just trolling. Look I understand it as a medium for consuming media. It's the choice as a medium for self expression of regular shmoe's that mystifies me a little.
So. As I was saying... twitter is useless. Unless it's shit my dad says. On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 3:46 PM, Ras Tafari <[email protected]> wrote: > > lol. so misinformed, so so misinformed. > > i find that it really enriches my life. in ways that many other media do > not. > > On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 3:41 PM, Medic <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Exactly my point: Twitter is useless. > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 2:11 PM, PT <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > >> I am late to the party wheeeeee > >> > >> I am also late to the whole twitter thing. I knew how useful it is, but > >> I never took the time to get into it. > >> > >> I created a twitter account for my book projects. I intended to just > >> use it to provide status updates on my progress and toss out some > >> tidbits now and then .. get my name out there. Then I thought, "How > >> could this be useful for someone besides me, while helping me at the > >> same time?" So, I am also updating my feeds with progress on the > >> loooong tedious process of getting published and sharing any wisdom > >> gained along the way. > >> > >> Within 2 days, 3 publishers and 2 agents started following me, including > >> Penguin Books. Now I have somewhat of a direct line to these people and > >> they can see what I am doing. Like Ras said, the level of access is > >> unprecedented. > >> > >> I also started following other authors, like Neil Gaimen. He is pretty > >> active. Then there are the publishers and agents I started following. I > >> am getting some personal insight into an industry I know almost nothing > >> about just by watching what these people say and how they think. This > >> is a big thing, as Erika pointed out. For example, I found out there is > >> a general consensus that if your book opens with some "dark and stormy > >> night" scene, or you use the first chapter to introduce all of the > >> characters, in the trash it goes. Some feeds also constantly throw out > >> tips and topics, and information about seminars and other author related > >> events, some local to me. It is so much easier having it dumped on me > >> than weeding through Google searches to find it. > >> > >> I am also loosely affiliated with an online game company. The artists > >> and developers are constantly tweeting about what they are working on > >> and giving an almost real time status on things when problems arise. > >> The tweets about what is coming and the teasers they put out keep the > >> players excited. Excited players spend money. Letting the players know > >> what is going on when technical problems pop up prevents pissed-off > >> players. People will tolerate a lot when they are kept informed. > >> Non-pissed-off players don't take their money elsewhere. They also > >> don't spam the forums and harass us in-game mods. A 30 second tweet by > >> one person saves hours of work for one or more others. > >> > >> Twitter is like any other tool or technology; It's value depends on how > >> you use it. > >> > >> Oh! Also, how many of us here get news or topics we might not have > >> otherwise known about? How much do we benefit from having personal > >> opinions attached to that? Twitter is kind of like a CF-Community > >> digest, digest. > >> > >> That was longer than I planned. Now to lurk until I am called forth > >> once more. > >> > >> On 4/4/2011 1:00 PM, G Money wrote: > >> > > >> > On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 11:53 AM, Tony Weeg<[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > > >> >> > >> >> I'd love to hear why. I really would. > >> >> > >> > > >> > I dunno....I'm just anti-social I guess. > >> > > >> > Other people just don't hold much interest for me......which is > probably > >> why > >> > I don't understand the fascination with reality TV...or even cell > phones. > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:335966 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
