I love Twitter
I know many people think it's a pile of donkey poo and in fact, so did I until I really gave a try properly by reposting people's links and so on.

Anyway, I've just been 'followed' (like the Friends and Fans thing on here) by Hans van der Klink (Dirrty Hans) whose bio says

"I make the groovy dvd. With the happy finish & the plumber "

I can die happy now.

EDIT

If you're on Twitter who is your favourite follower or to follow.
If not why have you decided against doing the whole Twitter thing?
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Thu 23 Jul 2009, 8:26, 20 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

To answer your question
I'm not a Twitterer because I can't really see the point. I'm still in the 'donkey poo' camp!

As for the Dirty Hans thing - I don't understand any of it. Went right over my head, that did. Must be a television or film thing, I guess.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 23 Jul 2009, 8:36, Reply)

i dont twitter
its just pages of fb status updates to me.

i like waffles and cream.
( rosalicious i fucking love youve been framed, Thu 23 Jul 2009, 8:39, Reply)

I got suckered into it
I followed it for a few days but now I can't really be bothered.
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Thu 23 Jul 2009, 8:41, Reply)

I'm also with the donkeypoo camp
I can't see the point of it... like I can't see much of a point to Facebook, Myspace or half of the other Web 2.0 "tools"
(Potty Jag har smör i min rumpspringa, Thu 23 Jul 2009, 8:41, Reply)

I can see the point of it
but don't need an excuse to spend even more time pissing about on the internet than I already do.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 23 Jul 2009, 8:46, Reply)

That's the biggest problem with it
I'm spending more and more time with 'my finger on the pulse' [read f5] because I want to know what's happening - and if you're following some reasonable Tweeters (Twits?) then you do get to know what's happening almost immediately.

It's addictive.

And competitive - more and more followers....better (Celebrity) followers...more replies/retweets/mentions.

It's almost as good as a double strength mocha with an extra shot of expresso.

*twitches*
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Thu 23 Jul 2009, 8:53, Reply)

It's the addictive aspect that puts me off
as I've been well and truely hooked on irc, msn, MUD and other stuff in the past. So I'm steering clear.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 23 Jul 2009, 8:59, Reply)

I was fine -
an occasional user until I checked out Hugh Laurie's page...he follows about six people and one of them a certain Mrs Stephen Fry - not SF himself, but Mrs - the apparent wife and mother of his six children. I looked at MSF and discovered some rather amusing posts...clicked Follow and before I knew it 'she' was following me....and now I'm hooked - s/he's very, very funny. Then I found Samuel Johnson and Sir Joshua Reynolds (yes, I know they're both long dead) and now I'm up to 143 followers.

Hooked.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Thu 23 Jul 2009, 9:15, Reply)

It's also easier
to read from your phone than b3ta.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Thu 23 Jul 2009, 9:15, Reply)

Opera Mini FTW!

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 23 Jul 2009, 9:18, Reply)

*Whoooooooossshh*
That's the sound of it going over my head.





/secret luddite
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Thu 23 Jul 2009, 9:36, Reply)

You have to get Opera Mini
Built-in browsers are pretty crap.

Just go to www.operamini.com on your phone and download it.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 23 Jul 2009, 9:47, Reply)

Visit this on your phone and install it.
mini.opera.com/

It beats the hell out of most built-in phone browsers. I use it for b3ta all day.

Edit: what he said.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 23 Jul 2009, 9:49, Reply)

Okay
I'll give it a go.

But only because you guys on b3ta said so.




/easily led
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Thu 23 Jul 2009, 10:37, Reply)

Okay I'm converted.
Using opera mini to post this. I'm impressed. Thank you!
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Thu 23 Jul 2009, 10:56, Reply)

Welcome.
Once you get speed dials and all the shortcuts sorted, you'll love it even more :)
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 23 Jul 2009, 10:58, Reply)

because
its fucking inane.

And yes, I realise the irony.
( I have run out of coke is a little sweaty, Thu 23 Jul 2009, 9:13, Reply)

Many years ago.
I read a science fiction story set in the future where everyone lives alone and only communicates through computers. Even family members are not in physical contact with each other and only see each other via the screen. One family decides to meet up and ends up violently killing each other.


You do realise this is where we are heading.
( girlinthehole, Thu 23 Jul 2009, 10:19, Reply)

Yep
That's why I'm not allowed near the kitchen knives anymore.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Thu 23 Jul 2009, 10:39, Reply)

I don't personally do twitter
and I couldn't see the point, until I saw my brother playing with his Tweet Deck. Then I realised the true potential of it in a big epiphany type moment. Having a Tweet Deck connects you to the entire interweb and shows you bits of it knows you want to see. Or something like that. I was impressed, anyway.
( warmfuzzies Isn't here, Thu 23 Jul 2009, 22:08, Reply)