Twitter

Malabelm · **Posted:** Wed Feb 25, 2009 14:58

I dislike the people who seem to view the 140-character limit as a mild inconvenience, casually stepping over it without a second thought by spreading their inane crap over several tweets. This isn't the idea.

@mollydotcom, I'm looking at you. And with my other eye, I'm scowling at a few others, too.

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Feb 25, 2009 15:00

Malabar Front wrote:

I dislike the people who seem to view the 140-character limit as a mild inconvenience, stepping over it without a second thought by spreading their inane crap over several tweets. This isn't the idea.

There a several different schools of thought as to what Twitter is for. I, for instance, have no remorse about breaking the character limit, and don't mind if other people do.

Malabelm · **Posted:** Wed Feb 25, 2009 15:02

Grim... wrote:

Malabar Front wrote:

I dislike the people who seem to view the 140-character limit as a mild inconvenience, stepping over it without a second thought by spreading their inane crap over several tweets. This isn't the idea.

There a several different schools of thought as to what Twitter is for. I, for instance, have no remorse about breaking the character limit, and don't mind if other people do.

I don't mind it once in a while, but if I log on to find what is effectively an entire stando-blog post spread over many tweets filling an entire page, I get a bit peeved.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38464

Twitter.

Meh.

Just another way for people to inflate their own sense of importance in this cess-pool of a world.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

I object to sites that tweet regular updates that are 100-odd characters cutting off in mid-sentence with a URL to read the rest of it.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32619

DavPaz wrote:

Just another way for people to inflate their own sense of importance in this cess-pool of a world.

And this is different from Bits 'n' Bobs because...?

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38464

Just another way

Malabelm · **Posted:** Wed Feb 25, 2009 15:14

Craster wrote:

I object to sites that tweet regular updates that are 100-odd characters cutting off in mid-sentence with a URL to read the rest of it.

Yes. It's like someone sending you a text message that cuts off halfway through, appended with "…phone me."

Dr Lave · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5979

Experimenting with a Second Account on Twitter, to make 'Skeptobot' a bit more on focus and not filled with chatter about nonsense.

http://twitter.com/DrLave

Now I just need an app that allows multiple log ins and isn't based on Adobe Air (AKA THE RESOURCE HOG).

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32619

Dr Lave wrote:

Now I just need an app that allows multiple log ins and isn't based on Adobe Air (AKA THE RESOURCE HOG).

Let me know how that works out for you. I've already added your second account to the first post.

myp · **Posted:** Wed Feb 25, 2009 17:06

Dr Lave wrote:

Now I just need an app that allows multiple log ins and isn't based on Adobe Air (AKA THE RESOURCE HOG).

Tweetie. It does require you to have an iPhone, though.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32619

Stephen Fry earned his keep this morning talking about a mule ride up some godforsaken mountain in some far flung corner of the globe:

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After 3 hrs on board a mule, your humble tweeter's fesses and nates are tortured and tormented beyond hope... a testicle snuggled in each armpit vowing never to descend again: "that's twice and both times a disaster" ... Inner thighs more anguished and outraged than an Italian defender protesting innocence in the penalty box... Aside from feeling as tho I've been buggered by a train and stoned by a crowd of homo-hating fanatics, I'm tired & need a drink

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Feb 26, 2009 11:26

Fuck, Malabar Front is going to have a fit.

Dr Lave · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5979

myp wrote:

Dr Lave wrote:

Now I just need an app that allows multiple log ins and isn't based on Adobe Air (AKA THE RESOURCE HOG).

Tweetie. It does require you to have an iPhone, though.

I dunna hav nah ayephone lad.

Though on CraigG's recommendation I've been trying out blogo which lets you switch quite nicely. I'll be using that me-thinks.

EDIT: BLOGO GROWLS MY TWITTER FEED!* :DD

*Most web2.0 sentence ever.

Malabelm · **Posted:** Thu Feb 26, 2009 13:22

Grim... wrote:

Fuck, Malabar Front is going to have a fit.

I stopped watching Fry quite a while ago, because he's seriously fucking boring. He has his gems, but he's mostly inane.

myp · **Posted:** Thu Feb 26, 2009 13:30

Malabar Front wrote:

I stopped watching Fry quite a while ago, because he's seriously fucking boring. He has his gems, but he's mostly inane.

See also: his podcasts. I switched off halfway through the first one.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32619

Malabar Front wrote:

I stopped watching Fry quite a while ago, because he's seriously fucking boring. He has his gems, but he's mostly inane.

I've gone the other way. Now I follow 130 or so people, Fry and Ross's frequent tweets are still just a small part of my Twitter reading, so they bother me less.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Thu Feb 26, 2009 13:40

Grim... wrote:

There a several different schools of thought as to what Twitter is for.

I can only think of Nerds. What are the others?

kalmar · **Posted:** Thu Feb 26, 2009 13:52

Zardoz wrote:

Grim... wrote:

There a several different schools of thought as to what Twitter is for.

I can only think of Nerds. What are the others?

Slebs.

Dr Lave · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5979

kalmar wrote:

Zardoz wrote:

Grim... wrote:

There a several different schools of thought as to what Twitter is for.

I can only think of Nerds. What are the others?

Slebs.

Nerdy Slebs. Slerbs.

kalmar · **Posted:** Thu Feb 26, 2009 16:42

Also: Nathan Barleys. As discussed.

Dr Lave · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5979

Oh wow. Blogo is great for Twitter. CraigG was 'write' on the money.

It sticks both feeds from Skeptobot and DrLave together seemlessly. Woo! Might stop following people on Skeptobot for neatness. Not sure yet. Please don't take offence if I do. :|

Goddess Jasmine · **Posted:** Sat Feb 28, 2009 12:49

I think I broke it - it only seems to allow me one tweet a day.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

Really? That seems a little...odd.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32619

Goddess Jasmine wrote:

I think I broke it - it only seems to allow me one tweet a day.

Are you getting a "rate limit exceeded" message? Do you have any Twitter applications left running on a computer?

Goddess Jasmine · **Posted:** Sat Feb 28, 2009 20:24

I think it's just my net connection tbh. It works fine from the phone and It's been working fine since Sam turned his x-box off.

ChocoboOfDoom · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 279

http://www.twitter.com/chocoboofdoom

Joans · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 8648

Goddess Jasmine wrote:

I think I broke it - it only seems to allow me one tweet a day.

Quality control.

Goddess Jasmine · **Posted:** Sun Mar 01, 2009 10:10

Just had this

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Twitter is over capacity.
Too many tweets! Please wait a moment and try again.

What have you all done???

kalmar · **Posted:** Sun Mar 01, 2009 12:03

Wot no fail whale?

MaliA · **Posted:** Sun Mar 01, 2009 13:14

Sorry, I still find twitter fairly pointless and a bit dull.

Goddess Jasmine · **Posted:** Sun Mar 01, 2009 13:58

Yeah, but you can't copy that into a quote box. Or can you...?

ETA: To Kalmar obv.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32619

MaliA wrote:

Sorry, I still find twitter fairly pointless and a bit dull.

MaliA wrote:

I have purchased a dragonfruit and am thinking of what to do with it. I have a few ideas, but will try and report back, as these are expensive, and i've only got one

MaliA wrote:

Had criminal law today. it keeps the bad thoughts away.

MaliA wrote:

Do you think filling up the bit marked "Coolant" might make my motorbike faster?

MaliA wrote:

Paid work today. This is a new thing for me.

Dude, you're the most Twitter-ish poster Beex has!

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32619

Our Fearless Leader likes Twitter.

Grim... · **Posted:** Mon Mar 02, 2009 18:19

Oh Lord. I suspect someone got hold of my phone.

Grim... · **Posted:** Mon Mar 02, 2009 18:20

The tweet Gaywood cruelly left out suggests that's what happened.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32619

Grim... wrote:

The tweet Gaywood cruelly left out suggests that's what happened.

Grim... · **Posted:** Mon Mar 02, 2009 18:21

In fact, he didn't leave it out, he cut it out of the image - you can see that there are two white rows in a row. Cheeky bugger

Wullie · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 6183

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

Our Fearless Leader likes Twitter.
[Image, see above]

That and Bizarre Magazine's assorted oddness have been the highlights so far.

Dr Lave · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5979

Infact I would say this version tells the most honest story.

MY FIRST DRINK IN AGES -------> EVENT GO HORRIBLY WRONG/RIGHT

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Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

Grim... wrote:

In fact, he didn't leave it out, he cut it out of the image - you can see that there are two white rows in a row. Cheeky bugger

Heheheh.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Tue Mar 03, 2009 10:28

What viewers do you use fro Twitter?

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

Teletwitter on PC, Tweetie on iPhone.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32619

Tweetdeck and Tweetie. Tweetdeck does have an unpleasant habit of chewing up an entire CPU but fuck it, I've got four.

Dr Lave · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5979

For the mac Twitterific is nice and isn't cpu mental like most of the others. But current fave is Blogo which also is a pretty good Blog publishing app.

MaliA · **Posted:** Tue Mar 03, 2009 10:50

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

MaliA wrote:

Sorry, I still find twitter fairly pointless and a bit dull.

MaliA wrote:

I have purchased a dragonfruit and am thinking of what to do with it. I have a few ideas, but will try and report back, as these are expensive, and i've only got one

MaliA wrote:

Had criminal law today. it keeps the bad thoughts away.

MaliA wrote:

Do you think filling up the bit marked "Coolant" might make my motorbike faster?

MaliA wrote:

Paid work today. This is a new thing for me.

Dude, you're the most Twitter-ish poster Beex has!

I was being post modern.

The Rev Owen · **Posted:** Tue Mar 03, 2009 17:25

Skittles.com front page now consists of tweets mentioning the word Skittles.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32619

The Rev Owen wrote:

Skittles.com front page now consists of tweets mentioning the word Skittles.

It's been that way for a couple of days now, which is pretty ballsy of them in the face of stuff like

Quote:

are we still doing skittles? because I moved on to starburst. that's the natural progression, yes? skittles being the gateway fruit candy

Quote:

Skittles make you gay. And not cool gay like on "Will & Grace". Actually have-to-have-sex-with-a-dude gay. *ANALLY*. #tcot #skittles

Quote:

Fun Fact: Skittles are made from aborted fetuses. As a result, all you Skittles lovers are automatically pro-choice. The More You Know

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Skittles stormed my village. All forced to work in the diamond mines. My son, a child soldier. Wife, I don’t know. Damn you #skittles

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ZOMG!! Skittles fit perfectly in my cat's anus! #skittles

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You know if you swallow your Skittles whole like I do, they pop right out the other end like corn kernels. #skittles

devilman · **Posted:** Tue Mar 03, 2009 17:59

Surely an ideal opportunity to pimp uptojump/beex.

'Skittles saved my life say uptojump.co.uk founder'
'Free (pictures of) skittles at beteo.co.uk'
etc

tossrStu · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 1326

Kovacs Caprios wrote:

What viewers do you use fro Twitter?

TwitterFox works nicely for me.

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