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Chris_2k11
09-02-2009, 22:14
I keep hearing about this new messaging site "Twitter" apparently a bit like Facebook/Myspace. seems to be the new thing
does anyone have it and is it worth signing up? :hmm:
Another one!
Cant we all stick to one, I like facebook :D
Why do we have to have one social network site to join to another
DaVeyWaVey
09-02-2009, 22:17
I've heard about this on Radio 1 in the mornings.. don't people follow celebrities on there? :confused:
Kirsty :]
09-02-2009, 22:19
I only heard about this the other day. Phillip was going on about it on This Morning
Chris_2k11
09-02-2009, 22:21
yeah i heard that davey, i wonder what you actually do on there tho :confused:
I just did a search for it, its been around since 2006
Chris_2k11
09-02-2009, 22:23
really :eek: i thought it had just come out :lol:
CrazyLea
09-02-2009, 23:04
I saw it on 5 news the other week, and thought I'd sign up to check it out. It's boring haha. It's just the status's off FB... you can do that on FB.
I'm following Richard Bacon, Sara Barielles and Chris Moyles though :searchme:.
It's rubbish though, I wouldn't join.
My friend has a Twitter and he keeps linking to it in his FB status. It's a bit like Live Journal, if anyone has had one of those.
I wouldn't sign up for one, can think of better things to do than write my thoughts down for all my friends to see.
di marco
10-02-2009, 20:34
ive heard about it but dont think id join. facebook is fine for me!
i was reading that when the plane landed on the water in america and the pilot got everyone to safety it was twitter that broadcasted it first
StarsOfCCTV
11-02-2009, 19:50
Stephen Fry has a Twitter! :p They had a report on Twitter on the One Show.
Some people make up pages on celebrities. I hope Hugh Lauries and Robert (forgot his last name) ones are real. Because they are quite hilarious. :p
To me its like facebook but simpler. Easier to keep track on people. :rotfl:
By the way mines http://twitter.com/SparkleWard
Robert Sean Leonard? He plays Wilson.
StarsOfCCTV
11-02-2009, 22:26
Yes that's it :D Except he's called Bobby Sean on Twitter.
I'm not sure if they are real profiles, but Stephen Fry's is, at least according to the One show. :lol:
Miley Cyrus had her Twitter page temporarily suspended after it was hacked.
For a short time, readers seeking the Hannah Montana star's page would receive the message: "Sorry, the account you were headed to has been suspended due to strange activity. Mosey along now, nothing to see here."
The suspension occurred after a number of expletive-laden messages were Twittered on the singer's feed.
Posts included: "I'm not a *******ing role model. I hate little kids, I only do Hannah Montanna for da $$$$$$$$$" and "Me and Mandy had sex n Hannah Montanna wigs".
Another fake message claimed that Cyrus would pose for Playboy next week.
At the weekend, Cyrus appeared to forget the lines to one of her songs during a live TV performance.
The star is also facing a $4 billion lawsuit for allegedly pulling a racially insensitive pose in a photograph, a claim that she denies.
I "twitter" :D
I love reading Stephen Fry's twitters and Philip Schofields too. I follow a few celebs, don't think enough to be classed as a stalker yet though lol
Social networking sites like Twitter may harm the emotional development of young people, a study has found.
Research by scientists at the University of Southern California showed that information provided by social networking sites moves too fast for the brain of a child to process, which affects emotional development, CNN reports.
"If things are happening too fast, you may not ever fully experience emotions about other people's psychological states and that would have implications for your morality," researcher Mary Helen Immordino- Yang said.
Researchers looked at how volunteers responded to real-life stories chosen to stimulate admiration for virtue or skill, or compassion for physical or social pain. Brain scans of the test subjects showed that humans can respond quickly to signs of physical pain in others, but it takes longer to show admiration or compassion.
"For some kinds of thought, especially moral decision-making about other people's social and psychological situations, we need to allow for adequate time and reflection," Immordino-Yang added.
Ashton Kutcher has become the first user of Twitter to have one million followers.
The actor beat CNN in a competition to reach the milestone, passing the mark just 30 minutes before the news organisation.
Celebrating his win with wife Demi Moore and friends, the star posted a message saying: "We have victory!
"We have shown the world that the new wave is here, it is present and it is ready to explode.
"You guys are all of it because I can't follow me, so I don't even count.
"We can and will create our media. We can will and edit our media. We can and will broadcast our media. We will censor our own media ourselves," he added.
Earlier this week, Kutcher promised to donate 10,000 mosquito nets to charity for World Malaria Day if he amassed one million followers before CNN.
Chris_2k11
19-04-2009, 20:11
everyone seems to be getting this now, I think I will sign up.
I've signed up - but i dont get it - you follow people and they follow you. Facebook is DEFFO better; im not really fussed about all the celebs!
Chris_2k11
19-04-2009, 20:16
I've signed up - but i dont get it - you follow people and they follow you. Facebook is DEFFO better; im not really fussed about all the celebs!do you actually talk to the celebrities? how do we know its them though
Well as far as i get - you folllow them, and can comment on what they say - and them you. Some of them i suppose you don't know its them, but Jonathon Ross and Stephen Fry are like Twitter addicts and have their own accounts
Heather Mills has vowed to "tell it exactly like it is" on Twitter after joining the social networking site.
The former model set up her own page on the microblogging service earlier this week and has since attracted 83 followers.
Writing on her official website, Mills explained: "I thought it about time that I joined the online Twitter revolution, so I'll be tweeting on issues close to my heart, both in and out of the news, posting favourite links to websites and campaigns or stuff that simply makes me laugh or even cry.
"I'll be sharing recipe ideas, my thoughts and feelings on any number of things. Of course I promise to try not to be too controversial but I can really only be me, and in all honesty I wouldn't be true to myself if I didn't tell it exactly like it is."
She added: "It seems there have been quite a few people pretending to be me, twittering in my name. How very dare they!"
The ex-wife of Sir Paul McCartney posted two updates on her page on Thursday night but has not yet returned to the website.
Mills recently announced plans to clear the internet of media "lies" about her personal life.
Anything to remain in the public eye, can't see too many people following her though
Chloe O'brien
17-05-2009, 00:46
When is she going to get the message that the public don't give a toss about her or what lies have been supposingly told.
di marco
17-05-2009, 20:22
i went on there the other day and was looking at a few different peoples ones. i found it quite boring tbh
I followed the NUS official one when it was conference week. It was great to know what was happening every few minutes (yes, I was sad enough to refresh the page every five minutes to see what motions had been passed) because I couldn't be there in person.
For general, every day friends and family I find it a bit strange. Constant, one line updates on what people are doing :hmm: If I wanted to know that, I'd ring or text them.
MadGamer
23-05-2009, 13:19
I have an account on there, but I dont use it, I prefer Facebook
DaVeyWaVey
10-06-2009, 19:40
I don't get Twitter. I was considering signing up and had a proper look round the site, but really all you do it seems is type what you are doing like 10 times a day? :confused: e.g. "Hiya, just gone to the toilet xx"
Like Abigail said, if I wanted to know what people were up to, I'd get in touch.
Yep, it's not like facebook where you can play games or apps. It's basically telling followers what you're doing.
Maybe it's more interesting for followers of famous people like Ashton Kutcher (most followed tweeter) :searchme:
Hannelene
10-06-2009, 21:31
Thinking about signing up is it any good?
Join Facebook instead :) There's a Soapboards group on there and lots of other soapboards members.
There was an article (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8089508.stm) on bbc news today that said 10% of users make up 90% of all activity on Twitter.
Hannelene
10-06-2009, 21:52
Already on facebook :)
Hannelene
10-06-2009, 22:22
Join Facebook instead :) There's a Soapboards group on there and lots of other soapboards members.
There was an article (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8089508.stm) on bbc news today that said 10% of users make up 90% of all activity on Twitter.
the one with 24 members?
Join Facebook instead :) There's a Soapboards group on there and lots of other soapboards members.
There was an article (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8089508.stm) on bbc news today that said 10% of users make up 90% of all activity on Twitter.
the one with 24 members?
This one :) (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?sid=f583650223b1df7cd56318b5cd31686b&gid=65922936291&ref=search)
Hannelene
10-06-2009, 23:42
Join Facebook instead :) There's a Soapboards group on there and lots of other soapboards members.
There was an article (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8089508.stm) on bbc news today that said 10% of users make up 90% of all activity on Twitter.
the one with 24 members?
This one :) (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?sid=f583650223b1df7cd56318b5cd31686b&gid=65922936291&ref=search)
isn't this the same one I just mentioned with 24 members?
DaVeyWaVey
11-06-2009, 18:52
Actually, I've changed my mind. I've just seen Ruth Lorenzo on Twitter and I really want to follow her :o :o
Hannelene
11-06-2009, 19:10
I'm on there also:
http://twitter.com/Hannelene_Cass
Yep, it's not like facebook where you can play games or apps. It's basically telling followers what you're doing.
Maybe it's more interesting for followers of famous people like Ashton Kutcher (most followed tweeter) :searchme:
Ashton is only the most followed because him and Larry King had a race to be the first to have 1,000,000,000 followers at which point they would be donating 1,000,000,000 malaria nets (I think it was) which was why everyone was following him. He talks a load of c and isn't worth following for sure though.
DaVeyWaVey
13-06-2009, 11:07
I'm on Twitter.. feel free to follow me if you wish
www.twitter.com/daveytheman
Chris_2k11
13-06-2009, 11:11
lol i like it davey "watching corrie" :D
oh im gonna have to join :cool:
DaVeyWaVey
13-06-2009, 11:15
lol that's how exciting my life is at the moment :D
lol Love it Dave!!! I twitter utter tosh half the time lol
Kirstie Alley is another that does that too - I was following her for ages and then decided I couldn't cope with her ramblings anymore lol
I have twitter have done for a while but i keep on forgetting i have it so it's not used as often as it could be.
Hannelene
13-06-2009, 17:32
lol Love it Dave!!! I twitter utter tosh half the time lol
Kirstie Alley is another that does that too - I was following her for ages and then decided I couldn't cope with her ramblings anymore lol
I used to love Kirstie and then it was so shocking to see her balloon in weight!
DaVeyWaVey
15-06-2009, 21:44
Really liking Twitter actually - I am following Alan Davies, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Ruth Lorenzo :D:D:D Alexandra Burke, Alan Carr chattyman (who is following me back!) Chris Moyles..
Though I do twitter random rubbish when I'm bored.
drinking a lovely cup of tea whilst watching a fly journey round my room... gripping stuff eh :D
A teenage girl was electrocuted after dropping her laptop into the bath as she twittered in the tub.
Police said they believed Maria Barbu, 17, had tried to plug in her laptop with wet hands after the battery died during a long session on social networking site Twitter as she took a soak at her home in Brasov, central Romania.
She was found dead by her parents with the laptop lying next to her.
http://www.austriantimes.at/index.php?id=14023
Really liking Twitter actually - I am following Alan Davies, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Ruth Lorenzo :D:D:D Alexandra Burke, Alan Carr chattyman (who is following me back!) Chris Moyles..
Though I do twitter random rubbish when I'm bored.
drinking a lovely cup of tea whilst watching a fly journey round my room... gripping stuff eh :D
Don't forget Alan Carr's "personal" account too - doesn't update it often, but when he does, there's a string of hilarious one liners - will have you in stitches Dave
DaVeyWaVey
30-06-2009, 22:20
Really liking Twitter actually - I am following Alan Davies, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Ruth Lorenzo :D:D:D Alexandra Burke, Alan Carr chattyman (who is following me back!) Chris Moyles..
Though I do twitter random rubbish when I'm bored.
drinking a lovely cup of tea whilst watching a fly journey round my room... gripping stuff eh :D
Don't forget Alan Carr's "personal" account too - doesn't update it often, but when he does, there's a string of hilarious one liners - will have you in stitches Dave
I've starting following him now too as well. He is so funny :D I think he's wonderful. I don't update my Twitter very often, but I like reading the updates as some of them are interesting or hilarious.
di marco
01-07-2009, 09:59
A computer geek in Guatemala has become one of the first in the world to be arrested for Twittering.
Jean Anleu was so tired with corruption in his country that he decided to vent his feeling with a 96-character message on the social-networking site.
The message, or tweet, has now earned him a potential five-year prison sentence.
Writing under his internet alias "jeanfer," Mr Anleu urged depositors to pull their money from Guatemala's rural development bank, whose management has been challenged in a political scandal: "First concrete action should be take cash out of Banrural and bankrupt the bank of the corrupt."
These words illegally undermined public trust in Guatemala's banking system, according to prosecutor Genaro Pacheco. Authorities proved Mr Anleu sent the message by searching his Guatemala City home, and then put him in prison with kidnappers, extortionists and other dangerous criminals for a day and a half before letting him out on bail.
His lawyer, Jose Toledo, believes the government wants to make an example of him.
"Clearly, the message was: Watch out, any of you guys that want to post messages, this can happen to you. ... It was a dissuasive measure," Mr Toledo said.
Guatemala, whose democracy is still emerging from a genocidal civil war, is not the only government concerned about the potential of lightning-fast tweets to spread stinging words.
More recently, Iran has shown its determination to clamp down on huge protests over its disputed presidential election, banning first-hand reporting by international journalists and blocking access inside the country to websites such as Twitter and Facebook as well as many sites linked to the political opposition. Text messaging has been blacked out and mobile phone service in Tehran is frequently down.
More than 2,000 people have been arrested in Iran, many of them for internet activity, estimates Hadi Ghaemi, director of the New York-based International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran.
di marco
04-08-2009, 11:53
A tenant's tweet about her mouldy apartment has left a Chicago woman facing a 50,000 dollar (£30,500) lawsuit.
Amanda Bonnen moved out of her rented flat on June 30 but not before using the microblog site Twitter to complain: "Who said sleeping in a mouldy apartment was bad for you? Horizon realty thinks it's okay".
Horizon, a letting agency based in the city, took offence and sued for damages. It claims that the company's good name had been tarnished "throughout the world" as a result of the slur, which would have been picked up by twitterer's 17 followers.
The offending tweet was posted by "abonnen" - later identified as Ms Bonnen - on May 12. It referred to damage to the apartment caused by an overnight leak two months earlier.
Other flats were also affected but according to Jeff Michael, whose family have run Horizon for 25 years, all other tenant grievances were resolved.
The firm, which manages some 1,500 apartments in Chicago, claims that the tweet had damaged its reputation, adding that the now deactivated Twitter account was set to public meaning that any user could view the message.
As a result it filed a lawsuit on Monday against the former tenant.
"We're a 'sue first, ask questions later' kind of an organisation, Mr Michael told the Chicago Sun-Times.
He added: "The statements are obviously false, and it is our intention to prove that."
Ms Bonnen has since counter-sued the company over a separate issue. She claims that Horizon violated city laws by failing to pay tenants interest on security deposits.
Hannelene
04-08-2009, 11:58
wow I hardly 'tweet' these days I can't be asked.
i have to say this is quite addictive, im following s few celebs, such as Jason Manford the comedian, i think he is hilarious.
Hannelene
04-08-2009, 17:42
I started off following a few people now I can't be bothered
My tweets never seem to be as good as anyone else's!
i really cant see twitter taking off.
Hannelene
04-08-2009, 18:26
Some people think this is better then myspace and facebook- I'm not so sure
Jessie Wallace
04-08-2009, 23:21
I Love it, am on there all the time, not posting very much, i do nothing with my life, but i love reading of peoples tweets
Hannelene
05-08-2009, 06:15
I read others peoples tweets too!
Amazing what people will write about
I Love it, am on there all the time, not posting very much, i do nothing with my life, but i love reading of peoples tweets
I havent heard from you on twitter for ages:nono:
Jessie Wallace
05-08-2009, 19:38
I Love it, am on there all the time, not posting very much, i do nothing with my life, but i love reading of peoples tweets
I havent heard from you on twitter for ages:nono:
Sorry my lovely one, will tweet you right now :)
Chris_2k11
05-08-2009, 20:58
i really cant see twitter taking off.I dunno, sounds like its getting more popular :eek:
i really cant see twitter taking off.
I think you are wrong Bryan. Its much handier than facebook and the likes. You can give a quick twitter from your mobile. In fact I am following the TransAtlantic Tall Ships race at the moment and Twitter is updated instantly just like an Instant Message
Hannelene
06-08-2009, 06:55
I prefer facebook :)
Kirsty :]
06-08-2009, 18:32
Oohhhh Twitters been attacked :ninja: ... Facebook are having problems too so they;re looking into that.
di marco
06-08-2009, 18:38
I prefer facebook :)
i agree. twitter seems a bit pointless
Hannelene
06-08-2009, 20:57
I prefer facebook :)
i agree. twitter seems a bit pointless
wow someone who agrees with me!
Hannelene
06-08-2009, 21:01
;675600']Oohhhh Twitters been attacked :ninja: ... Facebook are having problems too so they;re looking into that.
I just read about twitter being attacked
All day facebook has been having issues I couldn't log on :(
GossipGirl
22-08-2009, 13:34
Not on twitter- yet- the bug hasn't got to me just yet but I am on myspace:
http://www.myspace.com/gorgeous-gina
And
Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/georgiemichellewest?ref=mf
Coronation Street actress Kym Marsh is the latest victim of a Twitter hoaxer (@KymMarsh) as the owner of the account - impersonating Kym - tweeted that she's leaving the show to record another album.
I can confirm that this is 100% pure bullsh*t.
Reacting to the news that she was allegedly on Twitter, she told me this afternoon: "How funny - I'm not quitting, I'm not releasing an album and I'm not even on Twitter - I don't have the time!"
Oh, and @bev_c isn't Corrie landlady Bev Callard, either.
Don't people have better things to be doing?
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a180014/confirmed-kym-marsh-bev-callard-not-on-twitter.html
I tried to give Twitter a go, but none of my friends are on there, so whats the point?
I was confused with the @(membersname) stuff? :S
wow someone who agrees with me!
I agree as well, I really dont see the point in twitter
I have it but hardly use it, I'm not interesting enough! I do use it because others I know just post little and often, so it's a way of keeping up without us all having to write posts all te time!
Im still and avid fan of twitter.
i could see how it would be good if my friends used it, but they dont, so its kind of a redundant thing to me!
The only thing I like about it is when Alan carr takes the mic on his show
im on twitter but i dont use it! it bores me!!!!
sindydoll
26-01-2010, 16:07
im on twitter get to know bits of westlife news before the website
im on twitter but i dont use it! it bores me!!!!
It really depends who you follow
Ruffed_lemur
14-11-2010, 16:10
Just looked into registering with twitter, and they ask for your real name and say it will be displayed. Any members on here know if it is compulsory to give your real name? Seems daft to me having a username and then displaying your real name!
Chris_2k11
14-11-2010, 16:37
I still don't have this!
CrazyLea
20-11-2010, 18:09
You won't HAVE to give your real name.. there's some man on there that is named something like Dr Green or something (not an exact name haha :p) who posts things as if he is from the 1920's or something similar..
And there are things like "Glee Fans Unite" or something like that haha..
So I'm sure you could give a fake name if you want :)
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