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Re: Why I Stopped Using Twitter

Rohit Prakash — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:47:19 -0000

Actually, Twitter has its own pros and cons. The audience is different but people started thinking themselves among the audience. It is a great way to keep team updated with up-to-date information.

Its not for all. I just evaluated it and came to know that the guys whom I was following never replied back and few were following me. But why?

Re: Why I Stopped Using Twitter

Maja — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 12:53:48 -0000

I recently dove into the twitter-sphere by watching twitter's introductory video on their website. The main premise seems to be this: that people will feel and be more connected if the "little" happenings in their lives get micro-bloggedto their friends and potential friends. The video mentions blogging that you are "having a cup of coffee" or "reading a book", etc. To tell the truth, how does anyone have the time or enjoy some peace and quiet when they have to twitter their daily activities to "keep in touch"? Time wasting indeed.

Re: Why I Stopped Using Twitter

pallavi — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:53:35 -0000

Its not fair to call these latest technologies a massive waste of time. While its agreed that there are too many applications out there, that may not really sound useful it all depends on what you want and how you want to use it. For me, twitter is my friend and it follows me wherever i go. It helps me to catch all the ongoing action and I simply love it.

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Re: Why I Stopped Using Twitter

Dave Yates — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 05:08:44 -0000

I have just decided to experiment with twitter, there was a lot of talk about it at the recent WordCamp UK conference and so, being in the web trade, I thought I should get some first hand. I find it hard to believe that I would ever find it addictive. It seems to be an utter waste of server space, or am I missing something?

Re: Why I Stopped Using Twitter

Javaun — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:44:11 -0000

I think you've distilled many of my gripes about Twitter. Besides just hearing half the conversation, many times there's simply no conversation, it's simply self-proclamation. I feel like I'm in a room where whoever yells the loudest and most often gets heard. I have a sneaking suspicion than 5-10% of users are responsible for 90% of all tweets. And as you say many of these posts and observations are fascinating, but an awful lot are just clutter. I do want to follow some of the big thinkers on Twitter, but if they tweet 20 times a day and my best friend tweets once a week, I'll miss her posts. So what good is a social networking tool that buries the most important posts from the most important people? The simplicity of Twitter is what holds it back. Beyond just its scaling problems, the tool is too crude to really capture meaningful interaction. I think there is some very interesting dialogue taking place on Twitter, but I'm back to where I was a year ago: if the top visionaries in new media have an idea to share, please flesh it out and I'll read your blog. For richer, more reliable interactions w/ friends, I'll stick with Facebook.

Re: Why I Stopped Using Twitter

jansegers — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 10:49:39 -0000

I do believe you're right, but I don't experience it this way, because I'm only following 1 person.

I'm very interested to put this technology into a social network about a specific subject.

Re: Why I Stopped Using Twitter

ShadowBJ21 — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:44:06 -0000

I think it depends on what you use it for. Using it on a daily "what am I doing base" doesn't make much sense in my opinion.

I do this with plazer on location related information... but this just updates my location automatically. In the rare occasion I find a new plaze I add it quickly an decide later if I want to add additinal infromation.

But twitter seems to be a great way to use it for live comments on some special live events (like it was done on on Lotusphere OGS).

I found a similar use for it. I added twitter to my blog (http://shadowbj21.blogspot.... and use it for live updating on special events (esp. in conjunction with the SMS capability) ... in my case it will be nothing tech related (poker tournaments) ;-)

Re: Why I Stopped Using Twitter

Christian — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:13:43 -0000

Twitter Must Die.
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Re: Why I Stopped Using Twitter

Dan Perry — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 11:50:40 -0000

I couldn't agree more. I like Twitter, and will continue to use it, but the signal to noise ratio is WAY too high.

Re: Why I Stopped Using Twitter

Jan — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 09:00:36 -0000

EinMensch238 wrote on December 15th, 2007 at 10:40
">> But the noise to signal ratio is WAY too high.

Sorry, but a high SNR is better than a low SNR, at least in it´s technical meaning…"

You have to learn to read better, Einmensch238; the author wrote exactly the opposite of your quote of him, i.e. the NOISE to signal ration is way too high (not: the SIGNAL to noise ratio).

Re: Why I Stopped Using Twitter

Jan — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 08:57:05 -0000

I fully agree. That's why I stopped using / following Twitter weeks ago. Though I like the concept of forcing people to be concise, there is way too much irrelevancy on it.

Re: Why I Stopped Using Twitter

EinMensch238 — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 10:40:57 -0000

You wrote
>> But the noise to signal ratio is WAY too high.

Sorry, but a high SNR is better than a low SNR, at least in it´s technical meaning...

:-P

Re: Why I Stopped Using Twitter

Norman — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 08:32:37 -0000

Most people love time wasters on internet, believe or not. That is why the most popular stuff are time wasters such as youtube, facebook, and now twitters. The really useful websites will never be that popular.

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Re: Why I Stopped Using Twitter

Steph — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 11:17:11 -0000

I like the idea of Twitter but not the execution. Take, for example, people who insist on Twittering a conference. They're so eager to be the first ones to tell youw hat this guy is saying.... that they fill up the whole Twitterpage with running quotes and commentary that could easily wait until they got home to blog it -- and summarize the important parts instead of emptying their brains into Twitter. It's not as if they are covering some earth-shattering news that we nee need to know right now. Furthermore, that's not the point of Twitter -- it's supposed to be about conversation, not "I talk and everybody has to listen." Meh. Too many doofuses typing too much.

Re: Why I Stopped Using Twitter

yiweekly — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 08:54:21 -0000

from china,i stop it too.
it makes too many message that's Garbage?

Re: Why I Stopped Using Twitter

Alan Wilensky — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:53:48 -0000

I guess there are no trackbacks allowed here so my article is posted on the Demon Bride of Twitter:

http://bizcast.typepad.com/...

Re: Why I Stopped Using Twitter

Toby — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:38:57 -0000

I have been exploring twitter only recently, found it a while back, stopped, and now came back to look at it more througly.

It is a very interesting idea if you look at it as an RSS feed into the life of posters. Just like blogs, there are A LOT of very bad blogs but you have to read some of them to find the gems.

However, from a personal stand-point I have to agree with Scott. It is going to become cool, jump the shark, and then die a painful death (i.e. MySpace).

Re: Why I Stopped Using Twitter

BarbaraKB — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:49:32 -0000

Twitter is like *any* social network: work it for your own use. There are many ways to use Twitter. And, yes, *all* of social networking can be a big distraction from *real work*. But I do believe, just like the water cooler, people like that distraction.

Scott, some of us miss you at Twitter. Especially for wise tweets like this:

http://twitter.com/scottkar...

Peace to your day!

http://twitter.com/BarbaraKB

Re: Why I Stopped Using Twitter

May C — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:30:56 -0000

I never really "got" it or really understand its appeal although I do have an account. I mainly use it as a "status update" for my site to let my readers or visitors get an idea of what I'm doing. Other than that, who except my closest friends (and I really mean those that matter, or maybe not even them) wants to know what I'm eating, or that I'm going for my errands, etc? They can get quite boring after a while. I didn't subscribe to tweets but did get text message status updates from Facebook which is very similar. And, I certainly didn't like getting constant updates interrupting me 24/7. After a while, it was totally annoying. Like Blackerry, it can get addictive quickly but also totally destroys your life as you can't really live it without being interrupted by something that seriously can wait. Turn it off or shut it down and claim back your life. I have and it's so much better now.

Besides, I don't have enough time to blog anyway.

Re: Why I Stopped Using Twitter

Chris Borokowski — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:07:47 -0000

I feel the same way about most blogs and print media. All this conversation, but does anyone have anything really insightful to say?

Insight has been and always will be rare. People now are more informed on pop culture, and less informed on critical thinking and knowledge application, than ever before in history. It's easy to mistake junk for knowledge.

Re: Why I Stopped Using Twitter

snooker — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:54:07 -0000

facebook is not the internet!

Re: Why I Stopped Using Twitter

john — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 10:59:36 -0000

Your updates strikes me as the "it's not you...it's me" cop-out.

Re: Why I Stopped Using Twitter

Montage Communications — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 10:39:14 -0000

Heard a compelling arguement from Euen Semple recently, that Twitter is good for knowing who is where and hooking up with them. Equally, knowing when people are "live blogging" about you.

I happen to agree that Twitter is alot of noise, but like the fact that it is intergrated with IM / Mobile tech.

I prefer blogs as they tend to be more considered, but think that Twitter is more of a comms platform.

Re: Why I Stopped Using Twitter

Josh — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 10:38:57 -0000

Twitter is a massive waste of time and human energy. I feel bad for anyone misguided enough to believe it is anything more then a more annoying chat client.

Re: Why I Stopped Using Twitter

Matt — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 09:57:46 -0000

I gave up on the internet last week, haven't looked back since.