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Why Twitter Sucks and Some People Shouldn't Use it [COMIC]

penny-arcade.com — Penny Arcade gives a good example of why Twitter sucks when you use it to report everything you do..

Who dugg this? Made popular Apr 24, 2008

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  • xdeliriumx, on 04/24/2008, -24/+348time to check my digg comments to see how many people love me!
  • Bukowsky, on 04/24/2008, -12/+283Anyone who actually uses Twitter, knows how true this comic really is....
  • YamiJim, on 04/24/2008, -47/+313omfg can you ***** please STOP LINKING DIRECTLY TO PICTURES
    bunch of bandwidth sucking *****, support the web comics add revenue.
    http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/4/23/
  • xdeliriumx, on 04/24/2008, -16/+244Thats okay I use digg comments to do the same thing...
    Now I am off to check out some lolcats!
  • synystar, on 04/24/2008, -6/+156Everytime someone says "Dugg!" and nothing else...that's a Tweet. It's like saying "I'm digging this article right now."
  • whoreable, on 04/24/2008, -2/+131I put too much effort into concealing my activities, to go and tell everyone about them.
  • inactive, on 04/24/2008, -3/+122Commenting via laptop from the bathroom.
  • whoreable, on 04/24/2008, -1/+77I just ate some cottage cheese. So I know exactly what you mean.
  • ZZax, on 04/24/2008, -3/+66I thought this was the best quote from Tycho's accompanying post.

    "The last "tweet" I ever did really explains it all, for me. I was up in Vancouver, and I put up a message saying so, and what kinds of activities I was engaged in. After I did it, I heard a voice - my own voice - saying, "Who the ***** do you think you are? Who are you that you can force your Goddamned minutia on other people, your stupid *****, your stone-ground artisanal condiments? How dare you. You should be ashamed." And I was."
  • inactive, on 04/24/2008, -0/+62Correct. Here is the link that will work indefinitely:

    http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/4/23/
  • laserblazer, on 04/24/2008, -9/+69He who writes on Twitter's walls
    Rolls his ***** into little balls
    Whoever reads these words of wit
    Eats those little balls of *****
  • BevansDesign, on 04/24/2008, -5/+63I still don't understand why anyone uses Twitter.
  • xdeliriumx, on 04/24/2008, -64/+120Watching the newest Zero Punctuation! This guy really knows games!
  • martoq, on 04/24/2008, -1/+56Guess its good hes not a video blogger.
  • thesonofdarwin, on 04/24/2008, -6/+60Uhm, Digg surfs with Firefox and we do not know what these ads are you speak of. So totally irrelevant.
  • xdeliriumx, on 04/24/2008, -3/+57does everyone realize it is a series of twitter updates or do they only like this one because it is true to them?
  • JonTheGoose, on 04/24/2008, -2/+54If a blogger tweets in the forest and no one follows him, does he update?
  • xdeliriumx, on 04/24/2008, -57/+109damnit! I already read this XKCD like 10 times, why doesnt this dude update more! now I am going to go rickroll myself
  • xtremesniper, on 04/24/2008, -0/+49He's demonstrating how he uses digg comments as his twitter.
  • wontstoptalking, on 04/24/2008, -14/+55Yeah! Screw relevance!
  • Whackly, on 04/24/2008, -3/+43That's actually one of the more useful aspects of twitter... lies and obfuscations. Tweet that you're staying late at work again when actually you're meat slapping some bar skank.
  • Narcism, on 04/24/2008, -2/+40When a new comic comes out, that link will not longer work...
  • nullx42, on 04/24/2008, -0/+38Yes, he is an artist.
  • rosenblat, on 04/24/2008, -2/+35I, don't, like, Twitter, but, I, do, like, commas.
  • inactive, on 04/24/2008, -2/+35Most seemed to miss the joke :P
  • Kabrabnzada, on 04/24/2008, -1/+33lolcats killed his father.
  • WoollyMittens, on 04/24/2008, -3/+33Gabe? Is that you?
  • inactive, on 04/24/2008, -1/+29Yes, but what, exactly, is your poop status?
  • logicalnoise, on 04/24/2008, -0/+28except this a webcomic and the one picture is always by itself with minimal ads.
  • krets, on 04/24/2008, -1/+28Doug.
  • idconvict, on 04/24/2008, -1/+27What did the cats ever do to you?
  • Arcesius, on 04/24/2008, -1/+26Dugg.
  • Myonosken, on 04/24/2008, -0/+25Sarge, we have visual
  • BevansDesign, on 04/24/2008, -0/+23It's like Facebook for people who like getting updates about what their friends are doing every 5 minutes. And you shouldn't.
  • championchap, on 04/24/2008, -2/+25Same here, is it just me.. or is it an entire built around the facebook Status Updates?
    Erik is.. eating dinner

    I update mine like once a week, i've been eating that same meal for some time.
  • Harabeck, on 04/24/2008, -1/+23I think the point is giving them ad traffic to support them.
  • rentmitchum, on 04/24/2008, -0/+19I can really relate to the cottage cheese thing, because my dad works at a prison. He drives a Silverado so he'd probably remember the movie It's A Wonderful Life.
  • chnkymnky700, on 04/24/2008, -1/+19Don't do it, you have so much to live for!
  • StarExtreme, on 04/24/2008, -0/+18I'm replying to xdeliriumx's comment.
  • Gudlyf, on 04/24/2008, -0/+17And, of course, the Twitter account exists (though sans-Bio updates): http://twitter.com/CWGabriel
  • suprfli, on 04/24/2008, -3/+20When I first heard about Twitter my first thought was, "Do I care that someone is eating lunch, brushing their teeth and taking a *****? Don't I get enough spam already? Why would I care about someone's every move and thought?"

    If Warren Buffet or George Bush was twittering I might care. I would be interested in their thoughts and insight. What does a guy like Warren Buffet think about and could I gain any knowledge from him and his thoughts/actions? For someone like Bush, I'd love to know what that idiot is thinking. I imagine it would be something like, "I like the color on that wall. I wonder what shampoo Condoleezza uses? My finger stinks."
  • championchap, on 04/24/2008, -1/+18Lolcats ARE his father!
  • buckfast, on 04/24/2008, -3/+20I'm off to take a dump
  • insllvn, on 04/24/2008, -0/+16Personally, I disable adblock on sites I want to support. Penny-Arcade is one of those sites. Don't be a dick unless the ads are intrusive, these sites need ad revenue to survive.
  • davidpoop, on 04/24/2008, -4/+20I use Twitter all the time... but not for BM-related activities. For tracking my poop, I use hoospoopin.com, the social network for tracking my poop.

    I'm not just the president, I'm also a member: http://david.is.hoospoopin.com
  • GRAVEWiSH, on 04/24/2008, -0/+15keep us posted pls
  • FearFactory, on 04/24/2008, -3/+18Sharted in my pants
    Feel kinda weird
    Ordered steak at Outback Steakhouse
    Saw Outback tonight commercial on tv
  • Shambla, on 04/24/2008, -1/+16Watch this comic get created here: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/366114
  • mytimac, on 04/24/2008, -9/+24Twitter is for self-absorbed douche bags.
    I hate when the TWIT podcasts have nothing but them talking about what they did with Twitter.
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