That was the best comment on the list. I laughed my ass off.Followed by "My friends say that when they shave my back, I purr like a walrus."People are f**king crazy...
My "generalizations" are aimed first at the author of the Time article and then at people who blow off twitter as dumb or stupid, because they don't see a need for it themselves. @lazyslacker your situation is a great example of someone who doesn't use twitter because you have other tools to communicate with your friends. That's fine, I get that. It's not right for you, for that purpose, and you like other apps better. But that doesn't mean Twitter sucks.I don't talk to my friends on twitter either, I use those tools you mentioned for that. 95% of the people I follow and the people who follow me are people I've never met before. They are folks in my industry who provide value (in the form of resource links) in real time and across a specific set of topics that are of interest to me. It has allowed me to communicate and network with people who I would not have had the opportunity to address in such a conversational style or in real time and will lead to a more advanced familiarity when we do meet face to face. Here's another way Twitter is beneficial <a class="user" href="http://zi.ma/67db2b">http://zi.ma/67db2b</a> There are many other examples, of how people use Twitter to help them accomplish things that are not as easily managed by other programs. And I realize that it's not for everyone, but again, that doesn't mean it's dumb or stupid; it just means that not everyone can use it to help them. Kinda like Astrophysics doesn't help me, but I don't call it stupid.
When my mates mum was at school they locked a science teacher in a cupboard and she died. true story (I didn't believe him, so he brought in the news paper)
lordwowFeb 5, 2009
Needless to say, I was shocked to find out that Time writers spend all day wasting "workplace productivity" err... finding a story.
sanosuke001Feb 5, 2009
That was the best comment on the list. I laughed my ass off.Followed by "My friends say that when they shave my back, I purr like a walrus."People are f**king crazy...
timstainesFeb 6, 2009
My "generalizations" are aimed first at the author of the Time article and then at people who blow off twitter as dumb or stupid, because they don't see a need for it themselves. @lazyslacker your situation is a great example of someone who doesn't use twitter because you have other tools to communicate with your friends. That's fine, I get that. It's not right for you, for that purpose, and you like other apps better. But that doesn't mean Twitter sucks.I don't talk to my friends on twitter either, I use those tools you mentioned for that. 95% of the people I follow and the people who follow me are people I've never met before. They are folks in my industry who provide value (in the form of resource links) in real time and across a specific set of topics that are of interest to me. It has allowed me to communicate and network with people who I would not have had the opportunity to address in such a conversational style or in real time and will lead to a more advanced familiarity when we do meet face to face. Here's another way Twitter is beneficial <a class="user" href="http://zi.ma/67db2b">http://zi.ma/67db2b</a> There are many other examples, of how people use Twitter to help them accomplish things that are not as easily managed by other programs. And I realize that it's not for everyone, but again, that doesn't mean it's dumb or stupid; it just means that not everyone can use it to help them. Kinda like Astrophysics doesn't help me, but I don't call it stupid.
blageFeb 6, 2009
I also sent an a reply similar to yours. Time sucks really.
dreamcoreFeb 7, 2009
Hm, to my eye, the blurred screencapped friend's name is Cheri Lima.
bal8girlFeb 11, 2009
I agree, that is pretty pathetic... :)
hamatokamekoMar 14, 2009
Insofar as their urine smelling like a sugary morning cereal? Yeah, "diabetic" crossed my mind, too.
hamatokamekoMar 14, 2009
Myface.
nerdenSep 25, 2009
When my mates mum was at school they locked a science teacher in a cupboard and she died. true story (I didn't believe him, so he brought in the news paper)
nerdenSep 25, 2009
Makes you wonder how on Earth she got a job working for TIME