Comments | alias_sqbr: Twits on lj poll

alias_sqbr

Twits on lj poll

Mar 26, 2009 19:57

Poll Twits on lj

I looked back over my twitter feed today, apart from the replies to other people's tweets I could be adequately modeled by an AI which spit out an equal mix of geek links, tv comments, and health complaints.

poll, twitter, lj

Comments 19

cdave March 26 2009, 11:34:47 UTC

It depends how it is used. If it repeats things your already saying on LJ, or includes 1/2 of conversations with other people: irritating.

If I already follow the twitter feed elsewhere (such as facebook status updates, or twitter itself): irritating.

Otherwise: convenient.

alias_sqbr March 27 2009, 03:01:32 UTC

So, overall, irritating then? :)

cdave March 27 2009, 08:16:31 UTC

Usually. But most people seem to have figured out how to turn off replies now though, and it sounds like you don't meet any of the other criteria, so I voted: convenient for you.

alias_sqbr March 29 2009, 00:46:56 UTC

Ahh. Oh I'm not going to use it myself, there's too much chaff and not enough wheat :)

ext_2025 March 26 2009, 11:44:44 UTC

Utterly irritating, with the one exception that if you have realised you never make a normal post to your LJ and don't plan to in the future, it's OK.

alias_sqbr March 27 2009, 03:06:38 UTC

Mm, in that case I guess people can always defriend you and if they want just watch your twitter.

Heh. The chances of me ever being happy with only expressing myself via 140 character blocks are pretty low.

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alias_sqbr March 26 2009, 12:02:25 UTC

Oh never fear, I hate it and have no intention of using it. I was just wondering if everyone else find it as annoying, and as it turns out, they do :D

i_palimpsest March 26 2009, 12:03:46 UTC

If I wanteda Twitter account I would have one. I hate Twitter with a passion. Most of the Twitter feeds I see are random bits of conversations or are apropos of nothing and and make no sense.

alias_sqbr March 27 2009, 03:38:29 UTC

I quite like having a twitter account, it lets me express my little random ideas without having to remember them all at once in order to create posts, but the "turning them into posts" process does require some thought and effort since a lot of it is about as interesting out of context as your average line of irc chat.

i_palimpsest March 27 2009, 03:48:54 UTC

Which is exactly my issue with it. A post full of:

@somerandom; oh what a shame
"sigh"
@someoneelse: Ha ha

Is not how I want to communicate. If I did I'd have twitter, it's my choice not to have that kind of interaction and I object to having it foisted upon me.

shrydar March 26 2009, 12:12:30 UTC

You may be interested in the results of the poll I posted two weeks ago on the same topic.

(Oh, and it's still open if anyone else wants to weigh in)

alias_sqbr March 26 2009, 12:55:27 UTC

Huh, how did I miss that? *fills out*