I have an account, I can tell my hordes of followers about my fascinating errands, but what's with the # and @? How do you send twats? What is the secret to this mysterious and superficial messaging system?
I hate youth-biased technological changes.
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ImCrushingYourHead |
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I don't get how to use Twitter. There I said it. I'm obviously stupid, but aren't most Twitter users as well?
I have an account, I can tell my hordes of followers about my fascinating errands, but what's with the # and @? How do you send twats? What is the secret to this mysterious and superficial messaging system? I hate youth-biased technological changes. |
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SurvivorArctic |
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kill yourself
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ImCrushingYourHead |
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Aw, SA. <3
That is one solution. |
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Mrpoopypants |
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hire someone to twitter for u :\
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ImCrushingYourHead |
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Are you applying for the position?
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Mrpoopypants |
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umm.. no .. just giving the best advice I can . I dont know how to use twitter.
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ImCrushingYourHead |
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Me neither!
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Kitten Gloves |
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twitter is made for narcissists and stalkers. That is all.
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ImCrushingYourHead |
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Is that why I can't figure it out? Or is it just the 'stupid' thing?
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Kitten Gloves |
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Oh you're fine, rise above twitter and just keep spilling your brainfarts here.
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AlreadyFuzzy |
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Do you have facebook?? If so, you know those idiots that post the worst moment to moment updates all day everyday???
"OMG if I could just get the kids to not fight for 3 minutes together I could balance the checkbook..." "Making the kids meatloaf for dinner and then going to have a romantic night watching xyz stupid network show..." "The pee-wee team game was the best yet today and we celebrated with Dairy Queen..." "Made an appointment with the dentist for next week, wish me luck!!" I mean seriously boring stupid things that nobody wants to know about or cares about. Which is why I refuse to check facebook - ever. I imagine that is what Twitter would be like, but I am too lazy to find out. |
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ImCrushingYourHead |
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I prefer to horde my brainfarts ... doling them out at rare intervals.
But I guess I'm gonna have to forget the whole twitter thing. I can't crack the code. |
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ImCrushingYourHead |
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I know you're right, alFuzz. I hate the trivial self-indulgent crap people post.
I need to send one, however, so I'm stuck ... |
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SurvivorArctic |
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If you have an account with twitter, you should see that big empty box at the top that has the suggestion to write something in it.
Do that and hit send. then kill yourself. I say all this because I care. |
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Apprentice Talker |
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Don't use Twitter. It may causes internet hacking.
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EmmaPeel |
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I think you should try "listening" to other tweets more and posting tweets less.
Follow people that interest you, and check out their lists. Follow news feeds, etc. Don't worry about tweeting anything. That's the key. Use it like a radio. |
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EmmaPeel |
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and Google Twitter 101
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star jumper |
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no one has ever given me a clear answer on weather or not people I'm following are getting my replies to their tweets.
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EmmaPeel |
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If they are following you, you can Direct Message (DM) them and they'll receive your message privately.
If you're addressing them using the "@" sign, then it gets to them out in the open where everyone can read it. If you addressed it properly, the other party got your message. But it may be buried, too. Unless you're sending messages to people who really know you, I wouldn't be surprised that you're not getting an acknowledgement of your tweets. |
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star jumper |
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Well damn.
I was better off not knowing. :sad |
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kooyah |
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They only see your replies in their feeds if they're following you, though. If they're not even following you, they don't see your replies unless
they click the link to check their @ replies.
Oh, and people who use twitter to share their brainfarts are idiots. |
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