Time Magazine: How Twitter Will Change the Way We Live

[Chaunceythe3rd]

Twitter, MySpace, Facebook, etc. are for the "little people".

Those who exist in a station in life in which there exists nothing but the prospect of unending boredom, failure at all pursuits and absolutely no prospect for success in any milieu find the excruciating minutiae of another of life's rejects to be captivating. Yet another example of the degradation of society. I suppose that those addicted to Twitter, et al. are miscreants that can at night be found peeping in windows or exposing themselves to small children in the park.

[DTLB58]

Originally Posted by Chaunceythe3rd

Twitter, MySpace, Facebook, etc. are for the "little people".

Those who exist in a station in life in which there exists nothing but the prospect of unending boredom, failure at all pursuits and absolutely no prospect for success in any milieu find the excruciating minutiae of another of life's rejects to be captivating. Yet another example of the degradation of society. I suppose that those addicted to Twitter, et al. are miscreants that can at night be found peeping in windows or exposing themselves to small children in the park.

All of this some would include internet message boards also

[Chaunceythe3rd]

Originally Posted by DTLB58

All of this some would include internet message boards also

Yes, sir, if the interest in message boards is purely prurient.

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by Chaunceythe3rd

Twitter, MySpace, Facebook, etc. are for the "little people".

Those who exist in a station in life in which there exists nothing but the prospect of unending boredom, failure at all pursuits and absolutely no prospect for success in any milieu find the excruciating minutiae of another of life's rejects to be captivating. Yet another example of the degradation of society. I suppose that those addicted to Twitter, et al. are miscreants that can at night be found peeping in windows or exposing themselves to small children in the park.

Dude. You've posted 65 times in 2 months. Depending on when in April you joined, that is at the minimum a post a day. Plus in order for you to post, you first have to read. So you spend an inordinate amount of time on the internet too, buddy. I'd take a long look in the mirror before you go judging too much.

[Chaunceythe3rd]

Originally Posted by Buehler445

Dude. You've posted 65 times in 2 months. Depending on when in April you joined, that is at the minimum a post a day. Plus in order for you to post, you first have to read. So you spend an inordinate amount of time on the internet too, buddy. I'd take a long look in the mirror before you go judging too much.

It seems I've touched a nerve! Hit a little too close to home, pal?

[WilliamTheIrish]

Originally Posted by Chaunceythe3rd

Twitter, MySpace, Facebook, etc. are for the "little people".

Those who exist in a station in life in which there exists nothing but the prospect of unending boredom, failure at all pursuits and absolutely no prospect for success in any milieu find the excruciating minutiae of another of life's rejects to be captivating. Yet another example of the degradation of society. I suppose that those addicted to Twitter, et al. are miscreants that can at night be found peeping in windows or exposing themselves to small children in the park.

- Degradation of society. That's good.

[HonestChieffan]

Some day Im gonna get a DVD. They said that would change our lives too.

Im thinking people with lives dont have time to be a twit.

[NewChief]

Originally Posted by HonestChieffan

Some day Im gonna get a DVD. They said that would change our lives too.

Im thinking people with lives dont have time to be a twit.

My wife's company recently went to a trade show. In one day, they made $70k worth of sales directly related to her presence on twitter. So... umm.... some people are using twitter to enhance their lives.

[chiefs1111]

twitter is evil

[Saulbadguy]

I love how every new bit of technology ever goes through the initial hate phase. I'm not even that old but I remember people whining about cell phones being useless.

[Deberg_1990]

Originally Posted by Saulbadguy

I love how every new bit of technology ever goes through the initial hate phase. I'm not even that old but I remember people whining about cell phones being useless.

I still dont see this internet thing ever really taking off.

[irishjayhawk]

Originally Posted by Saulbadguy

I love how every new bit of technology ever goes through the initial hate phase. I'm not even that old but I remember people whining about cell phones being useless.

The best thing now a days is web design changes. People hate the new design, then fight to keep the same design later.

[NewChief]

Originally Posted by irishjayhawk

The best thing now a days is web design changes. People hate the new design, then fight to keep the same design later.

To quote Henry Ford: "“If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.”

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by Ari Chi3fs

It's pretty obvious that most of Chiefsplanet is Anti-Facebook and Anti-Twitter.

Chiefsplanet people tend to be late adopters.

I love twitter though. I have more than one account... one, where I follow everyone who follows me, and one where I only follow a few select people.

The industry news I get via twitter is invaluable.

Yeah, with so much hype around it, it's funny that some people still think it's all about what you had for breakfast. I guess if people actually read the articles, they would figure out that those who love it the most don't use it to update people on every insignificant moment of their lives.

Originally Posted by |Zach|

There are always going to be people using a medium for certain stuff. However, I think some are getting a bit hung up on the "what you are doing" part of it. The ability to spread information goes very far beyond what someone is doing. Even if that isn't what it was intended for in the beginning.

Exactly. It seems as if no matter how many times people talk about the great uses of Twitter, the vast majority of those who don't use it and don't get it always come back to "why would I care about the mundane details of your life, and why would you care about mine?".

I use Facebook to tell people what I'm up to, because there is some value to that, and FB's status comments makes it easy to post something like "had a great night at the P&L", and then give details to anyone who wants them.

Originally Posted by SBK

I'm on twitter and I love it. You can use it to follow celebs, like most of the girls in my family do, you can follow colleagues, as my brother in law does, or you can use it to make connections, which is pretty much what I do.

Twitter is awesome because it can be exactly what you want it to be, not what someone else, or the designer wants it to be. It just takes a little time to figure that out, and most people give up by then.

Yep... IMO, Facebook is like a high school reunion and Twitter is like heading to college for the first time. FB is for reconnecting, and it's actually hard to start good conversation because most people are hung up on using it as a status updater and for recommendations or sharing ideas/info. It's anticlimactic to say the least.

OTOH, people have turned Twitter into a way to start conversation, share ideas, spread information & knowledge, etc. For a long time I used it for the real-time search, and I've recently started using it almost as an RSS feed for tech news. I follow several tech sites, software developers, and social media people.... and I have several saved searches, too.

Originally Posted by Saulbadguy

I love how every new bit of technology ever goes through the initial hate phase. I'm not even that old but I remember people whining about cell phones being useless.

http://blogs.computerworld.com/the_6...ge_hell?page=2

[StcChief]

Seems media, marketing types are all about it.... so it must be F'ed up.