Explaining Twitter

1. zav
   March 22nd, 2009 at 5:52 pm

   That's great and all but did you check the latest tweets?

2. VonSkippy
   March 22nd, 2009 at 5:53 pm

   Twitter, the new social media for the terminally stupid (which means anyone with a public education from the 1980's on, probably qualifies).

3. Sassafras
   March 22nd, 2009 at 6:04 pm

   Wow! That makes me feel better...I thought I was the only person in the world who felt that way about Twitter.

4. Johnny Cat
   March 22nd, 2009 at 6:11 pm

   Our local news station proudly announces every night that "you can follow us on Twitter..." This type of hype-without-merit is the only interesting thing about it. I'd rather go outside on a windy day and stare at garbage cans.

5. Non
   March 22nd, 2009 at 6:19 pm

   So true. Not that any of you care that I agree with the clip.

6. Hoshie
   March 22nd, 2009 at 6:47 pm

   Haha! Love the video, hate Twitter!

7. seefish3
   March 22nd, 2009 at 7:14 pm

   The brits shorten it to just "twit".

8. atanguay
   March 22nd, 2009 at 8:07 pm

   This animation is extremely hilarious and is dead on about a certain amount of the Twitter universe.

   I will say I was a Twitter hater for a LONG time, but have come to somewhat understand it. I wouldn't really say I love it or even like it, but I can use it.

   I use it for business...sending out tweets about my industry and monitoring it for people looking for help with projects. So I do play the game for that aspect of it. I will add people to see what they have to say in my industry, but the second they start blathering about their breakfast, or the temperature in their office, they are gone. So you can stop that and get it to the point where it's reasonably informative and useful.

9. Timm
   March 22nd, 2009 at 8:21 pm

   Twitter is so frickin stupid. The only use for it I could imagine is to trigger scripts on your home computer to turn on and off things like a fax machine, open a garage, turn on and off lights. And even in that capacity is really leaves something to be desired.

10. I'm Not Brian
    March 22nd, 2009 at 11:39 pm

    It would be easy to make a funny video mocking Twitter, but that one didn't even make me chuckle.

    And I think they're doing it wrong. If the only thing on Twitter were people's mundane "I'm having soup" tweets, then no one would use it. I've found job interviews, met friends, learned a lot about new topics and, yes, wasted some time on Twitter.

    To the haters, I get it. I also don't use a lot of social media services. But you know what? All you have to do is not use it. No one's forcing you.

11. Snob
    March 23rd, 2009 at 7:32 am

    The "people in the internet have no real friends" joke is getting kinda old, isn't it?

12. LisaL
    March 23rd, 2009 at 10:01 am

    Uh oh, looks like we have some Twitter fans getting upset here
    I kid I kid...
    Seriously though... I had no idea what Twitter was... I just never got in to the whole sharing who I am crap on the net.. such as myspace, facebook etc etc. And I really don't want to learn about anyone else.

13. Jim Treacher
    March 23rd, 2009 at 12:07 pm

    "Twitter, the new social media for the terminally stupid (which means anyone with a public education from the 1980’s on, probably qualifies)."

    Kids these days. When I was their age, I blogged 12 miles in the snow every morning. And liked it!

14. Kalel
    March 23rd, 2009 at 12:36 pm

    I'm actually a traveller from the 20th century...

    I've just been stuck here in the 21st century for, oh, nine years or so, trying to find my way back.

    Help.

15. HoolaGirl
    March 23rd, 2009 at 6:21 pm

    I use twitter to get updates from news sources like CNN Breaking News, CNet, and several tech blogs. This has worked out really well. They usually provide a link to a longer story, so if I am interested, I will click the link to go to their site.

    I use the twitter fox application, so I can see the new tweets as they come in, even if I am not on twitter.com. This is a great way to see all of the information I am interested in, without spending time going to various different websites throughout the day.

    I don't use twitter to read any personal updates. I have facebook for that.

16. renderanything
    March 23rd, 2009 at 11:17 pm

    Wow, so that's what I've been missing out on huh? A giant whale that punishes those who float in a specially delineated section of the troposphere then, huh?
    Maybe someone will make a nice educational video like this to tell me how much I've missed out on by not having myspace, Facebook, LinkedIn, a blog of my own, EHarmony, etc... Until then I guess I'll just go on living a semblance of a life in the real world and occasionally distracting groups of neurons with the small online communities in which I take part.

17. UK
    March 24th, 2009 at 10:15 am

    Eh? "This video is not available in your country"

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