** I recently joined Twitter, which in my view, is only a "fad" -- even though
it's grown to about 10 million subscribers. I find it very annoying, akin to
instant messaging limited to 140 characters. However, amazingly, I've found
people that had fallen through the cracks at other places like -- to me -- the
overly narcissistic Facebook. Though I expect Twitter will "twitter out"
quickly, a small group of people do discuss posters, esp. their market values,
e.g., an opinion that the "Gilda" style B to be offered by Heritage with a
$20-25K estimate -- might be $10-20K too low compared to prices for the more
oft-seen "This Gun for Hire" and "Out of the Past". One site just started is
at: http://twibes.com/movieposters
** Advice -- if you do this -- keep your cell phone alert settings OFF -- and
have 'em sent instead by e-mail into a separate e-mail folder like I've done
for years for MoPo posts. After just 10 min. of getting stupid "tweets" from
people with nothing to say, I couldn't take it; I prefer getting them on the
web on my own time. Not good for the office. Twitter is best for concise
breaking news from your fav news sites, which ALL use it.
** I understand some of these sites help find jobs in a slumping economy, but
some of its users (not all) -- esp. those who use Facebook -- in my view, are
guilty of self-absorption taken to the extreme. Sorry if I've offended
Facebook users -- but my criticism is more aimed at users who feel compelled to
explain -- in "cosmic" detail -- why blue is a good "karma" color, why new-age
mystic stuff is "mind-blowing, man" or why their yoga mats are more important
than refrigerators. -d.
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