Explaining Twitter



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This 4-minute video from Current TV's SuperNews lampoons the Twitter phenomenon. Why would anyone want hourly updates on the mundane details of other people's lives? SuperNews explains.

Via Gavin Richardson


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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.
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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.
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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.
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"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!
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Once I mailed some homemade salsa to a blog friend. The postal clerk asked, "Is it fragile, liquid, or dangerous?"

I replied, "All of the above."

One of the two jars broke in transit. They put the whole mess in a plastic bag and delivered it. The recipient thought it was ruined, until I told him there were two jars. He opened the bag, rinsed out the salsa, and found the second jar still intact and sealed among the bagged broken glass, cardboard, and packing material.
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This was a great article to read, sounds like lots of fun. Made me sad, because the postal clerk in my local post office is a raging d-bag, the epitome of someone who loves to enforce the rules for the simple feeling of power it gives him. None of these would have made it into, or out of, his post office, and no notice would have been given either (I've had "lost items" that required opening a formal case via the USPS complaint web site)
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oh don't get me started on the USPS. ugh!!!! my sister sent me 2 packages. they both came to me torn and crazy taped up and they even made a handle for one of the boxes. the postal lady told my sister that they just throw stuff on top and most likely the box will get damaged. and she needs insurance for her box but to have receipts for everything or they wont help you with any claims. i sent a box to my sister 3 weeks ago and put tracking and she still hasn't received it. it is a very large box....we now will ship through UPS or fedex.
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We ship a lot of packages with the postal service, and with very rare exceptions, the packages arrive in timely manner (We do pack and box items well - I have no delusion that the packages will be treated gingerly in the transit system).

The strangest thing we've ever mailed is the Animail postcard.
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