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minority opinion:
i like seeing loudtwitter posts on my friends list. yes, i (am pretty sure i) follow you all *on* twitter, but 80% of my computer use time (okay, fine - 60%) is at work, where i don't access twitter (i could, i guess, but oddly enough, i have other stuff to do. strange, that).
so i see loudtwitter and twitteriffic (the client i use) as two different means for communication. twitteriffic allows conversation, allows me to interact in real time. loudtwitter lets me catch up, and allows me to leave a comment, starting a timeshifted conversation. those are two entirely different things, for me. but they're both valuable. your mileage may vary. probably it does.
what do i find annoying? twitter under an lj-cut. i think *one* of the people on my flist actually produces a daily list of tweets that actually takes up more screen space than the lj-cut entry does. and i wish she didn't cut, either - if i'm in a rush, i tend to forget to go back to read those. however. the solution to that is entirely within my power - i could install an lj-cut unfolder script if i really felt strongly about it. (i don't feel strongly enough to counter my laziness, so.) since i know i could change my experience relatively easily, and i believe that people should do whatever with their journals, i'm not going to start omnidirectionally bitching about it. much. other than right now, briefly.
you know what is also within my power, if i felt differently about loudtwitter? installing twitterless or a similar script so i didn't have to see them. or, if i were really offended that someone chose to speak in a way i found aesthetically displeasing, i suppose i'd drop them. i mean, i know that's an option, since at least three people (two of whom i knew for years, people i had met and spent time with in person and considered actual friends), and very possibly more, have dropped me and stated that was the reason.
i don't believe in telling people what they can or can't talk about, or by what means they can or can't talk, or what language they can or can't use to express their ideas (well, okay, there are exceptions here, certainly - but hate speech and loudtwitter = apples and tennis balls, really.) and if you need to vent about how much you hate loudtwitter, go for it. you should certainly do that, and i will continue to read those posts. but i feel like i need to say, for the record, that i am very fond of it. because i haven't seen anyone else say that, and i am.
addenda, on a parallel topic: the above is about other people using loudtwitter. i use it myself because i don't trust twitter's stability, and i want to keep my posts. (yeah, i only sort of trust lj's stability, but i can, and do, back that up.) also, loudtwitter posts do start commentversations, and questions posed in twitter but unanswered are sometimes resolved here.
i like seeing loudtwitter posts on my friends list. yes, i (am pretty sure i) follow you all *on* twitter, but 80% of my computer use time (okay, fine - 60%) is at work, where i don't access twitter (i could, i guess, but oddly enough, i have other stuff to do. strange, that).
so i see loudtwitter and twitteriffic (the client i use) as two different means for communication. twitteriffic allows conversation, allows me to interact in real time. loudtwitter lets me catch up, and allows me to leave a comment, starting a timeshifted conversation. those are two entirely different things, for me. but they're both valuable. your mileage may vary. probably it does.
what do i find annoying? twitter under an lj-cut. i think *one* of the people on my flist actually produces a daily list of tweets that actually takes up more screen space than the lj-cut entry does. and i wish she didn't cut, either - if i'm in a rush, i tend to forget to go back to read those. however. the solution to that is entirely within my power - i could install an lj-cut unfolder script if i really felt strongly about it. (i don't feel strongly enough to counter my laziness, so.) since i know i could change my experience relatively easily, and i believe that people should do whatever with their journals, i'm not going to start omnidirectionally bitching about it. much. other than right now, briefly.
you know what is also within my power, if i felt differently about loudtwitter? installing twitterless or a similar script so i didn't have to see them. or, if i were really offended that someone chose to speak in a way i found aesthetically displeasing, i suppose i'd drop them. i mean, i know that's an option, since at least three people (two of whom i knew for years, people i had met and spent time with in person and considered actual friends), and very possibly more, have dropped me and stated that was the reason.
i don't believe in telling people what they can or can't talk about, or by what means they can or can't talk, or what language they can or can't use to express their ideas (well, okay, there are exceptions here, certainly - but hate speech and loudtwitter = apples and tennis balls, really.) and if you need to vent about how much you hate loudtwitter, go for it. you should certainly do that, and i will continue to read those posts. but i feel like i need to say, for the record, that i am very fond of it. because i haven't seen anyone else say that, and i am.
addenda, on a parallel topic: the above is about other people using loudtwitter. i use it myself because i don't trust twitter's stability, and i want to keep my posts. (yeah, i only sort of trust lj's stability, but i can, and do, back that up.) also, loudtwitter posts do start commentversations, and questions posed in twitter but unanswered are sometimes resolved here.