.josh Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 What the fuck is this twitter shit. Yeah, I've seen the sales pitch, listened to the guy on the Oprah&Co shows. I see them hyping it up as a more real-time way to stay in touch with people, because stuff like forums and email are not so, well, real-time. And for some reason, people buy into this bullshit. But I can't but help look at it from the other side of the fence. What the fuck was wrong with instant messaging? They are instant! You know what I think of twitter? I think it's a glorified chatroom. That's what twitter is. A chatroom that caters to cell phone users. How the hell is that impressive? I mean, clearly it is impressive to lots of people, but I'm just not getting it, and I want to know. People have been directly texting their friends long before twitter came around. Sure, people can now follow tweets of random famous people, bands, networks, companies, etc.. but you know what I think of that? I think that's a way to get people to willingly sign up to receive advertisements. That's all that twitter really offers beyond what people have already been doing with texting each other's numbers directly or logging into their IM service on their phones: yet another way for people to shove advertisement down each others' throats. A glorified chatroom where people can spam adverts to each other. You sign up to follow some famous person/network/company's tweet, and you get advertised to. You know, this whole advertisement thing really boggles my mind. Out loud we say we hate ads, but virtually everything we do revolves around them. Which reminds me. I went to the movies a couple weeks ago, saw the new Star Trek movie. I rarely go to the movies, but I had to go see Star Trek. Not because I'm particularly a huge fan; I would by no means call myself a trekkie. Or a going-to-the-movies fan. Truth be told, I'd rather wait until it comes out on dvd and watch it at home. I mean, I have this comfy couch. Big screen TV. Surround sound. $2 worth of popcorn will fill a garbage bag instead of my hand. Get smashed. In short, I get to really get into it without paying a fortune to be cramped in some moldy-stained fold-out lawnchair, fighting to have my arms any which way other than crossed over my chest, just so I don't makeout with the other fat guy sitting next to me. So why do I go to the movies? I make it a policy to go to movies that involve large outdoor scenes. Epic space battles. Giant fields full of thousands of warriors screaming, trying to pummel each other. Whatever. Even if I'm not a big fan of the movie itself. I mean, I can watch a movie just fine on my own tv but come on, scenes that involve outdoors on a massive scale are best seen as big as you can get it. So I'm willing to shoulder rub the left and rights and kick the head of the belows (assuming I can unsticky my feet from the floor...) and brave getting shit dumped on me from the aboves to see that sort of stuff. But only for outdoors type movies, which isn't all that often. So maybe they've been doing this for a while and I'm just now getting around to notice, so pardon my noobness if this is old news, but wtf is up with advertisements before the movie? I'm not talking about previews. I like the previews. Unless the preview just sucks. But that's rating the movie/preview itself. In general, I like previews. How can you not? Previews are always all the good scenes from a movie. I'm talking about blatant fucking advertising. I sat there for like 15 minutes watching standard commercials like I would see on tv. Why the fuck do I go to the movies again? I'm already spending like $10 for a fucking ticket, just to be sardined into a stale popcorn and sweat smelly place, being charged a week's salary for a kid's meal portion snack assortment. And now I'm paying to have people spam their shit on a 50 foot screen? Fuck that noise. It's already depressing how crappy movies are getting these days. Seriously, I have to find increasingly innovative ways to dumb myself down just to tolerate shit anymore. I feel like I'm living a real-life version of mystery science 3000. I just need a couple of robots, and the picture will be complete. Cool robots, though. Not those dumbass robots. Mine would have finger lasers. And they'd actually use them. And not spend an hour being dramatic and building up to it. "Hey man, how's it goi<ZAP>". Sometimes I really fucking hated that show. All the time, actually. The idea was great, don't get me wrong. But too many times they utterly failed to deliver. I swear half the time my friends and I sat around making fun of Joel and his retarded robots, rather than the supposedly stupid movie they were watching. They should have hired me to write it. So what does all this have to do with twitter? Absolutely fucking nothing. I went off on some tangent. Let's get back on track here. I recently read (I shit you not, I actually do read, and also, I really read this), and I quote from memory: "With the advent of twitter, it is for the first time possible for us to conclusively determine in a very scientific way, the legitimacy of ESP". That's short for Extra-Sensory Perception, not Electromagnetically-Shrunken Ponies. I know, I was pretty disappointed too! But hey, I guess this other ESP is a pretty hot topic, too, right? Seriously?? THANK GOD for Twitter. After thousands of years of all of history's most brilliant minds trying to figure this shit out, we now have the means to put this dog to rest. And how is this modern miracle of science possible? These scientists are going to post pictures of scenes around different areas, and people will use twitter's advanced never-before-seen technology to send in their best estimation of what location they are referring to. 1 real pic, 3 look-alikes. You tweet in door #1, door #2, door#3 or door #4. If enough people tweet the right answer, holy shit, ESP must be real! An actual excerpt from some random article I found: "At 3 PM (GMT) each day, I will travel to a randomly selected location. Once there, I will send a Tweet, asking everyone to Tweet about their thoughts concerning the nature of my location. Thirty minutes later, I will send another Tweet linking to a Web site that will allow everyone to view photographs of five locations (the actual location and four decoys), think about the thoughts and images that came to them in the 30 minutes before, and vote on which of the five they believe to be the actual target location. If the majority of people select the correct target, then the trial will count as a hit." I'm sorry..but how the fuck does that count? That sounds more like a memory test to me.. but I guess that's why he's the scientist and I'm the lay-person. And by that I really mean I get laid and he doesn't, because he's a retard wasting my tax dollars on retarded shit. I know what this is really about. Yet another geek trying to figure out the secret to getting inside peoples' heads so they can take the guess-work out of getting inside their pants. Dude, it's not a fucking secret. Read your tweet subscriptions. Any one of them will tell you how. All you have to do is buy their product and it will guarantee some hot chick will be all over your nads. For real. Really real this time. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/162092-twitter-sucks/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybride Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 Sounds like someone hates Twitter, despite the blatantly obvious thread name. And I agree with all you've said, I never used Twitter myself, but seeing as majority jumped the wagon, I could not force myself to join in (like MySpace...) Anyway, my question is: are you pissed off more at Twitter, or at scientists dumbing themselves down to using Twitter to claim ESP is real? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/162092-twitter-sucks/#findComment-855368 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PugJr Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 Did anyone actually read his entire post? I quit reading about at paragraph 3. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/162092-twitter-sucks/#findComment-855411 Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted June 14, 2009 Author Share Posted June 14, 2009 So that's the thanks I get, after you complained about missing out on all those other posts. This actually started behind closed doors, but I moved it here just for you. Bastard. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/162092-twitter-sucks/#findComment-855414 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PugJr Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 Heh heh. CV, when you type out 7386 letters, it gets quite tiresome to read all of that. Humour is never good when its long. Has to be short and quick. Like your last post, that was good because it wasn't a small story. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/162092-twitter-sucks/#findComment-855417 Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted June 14, 2009 Author Share Posted June 14, 2009 No longer than 130 characters, right? right? RIGHT?? You automaton. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/162092-twitter-sucks/#findComment-855419 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PugJr Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 Oops, looks like CV logged off! His green bar isn't on. Oh well, he must have chickened off. Well, I don't see any reason to be sticking to this topic any longer! Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/162092-twitter-sucks/#findComment-855421 Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted June 14, 2009 Author Share Posted June 14, 2009 Just for that, I'm going to mention how you're not privy to our epic limerick thread. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/162092-twitter-sucks/#findComment-855439 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 Just for that, I'm going to mention how you're not privy to our epic limerick thread. I remember that one. I completely owned you all. There wasn't even any competition Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/162092-twitter-sucks/#findComment-855488 Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted June 14, 2009 Author Share Posted June 14, 2009 Uh oh. Sounds like someone didn't get enough of a beating the first time around, and is looking for seconds Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/162092-twitter-sucks/#findComment-855573 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrg_alpha Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 CV, as I'm reading your utterly useless rant about going to the movies, I'm rapidly growing annoyed by all this and thinking there better be a very good god damn point to this relating to Twitter.. only to see that you just 'went off on a tangent'?.. I'm thinking to myself, 'You've got to be tweeting me here'.. all that for nothing? WTF? I want the time I spent reading that post back dude.. in change, plus interest. In fact, I'm going to set up a Twitter account just so I can bitch about this utterly useless anti-twitter post, for tweet sakes! Don't 'follow me' on twitter.. more importantly, don't go off on some idiotic tangent next time.. that was seriously painful to sit through. But I have learned one important lesson here today though; CV + long post = Tweeting off to another post effective immediately. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/162092-twitter-sucks/#findComment-855689 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PugJr Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 CV is getting rotisserized! Who else wants to spin the chicken around the fire? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/162092-twitter-sucks/#findComment-855698 Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted June 14, 2009 Author Share Posted June 14, 2009 I'm actually more of a pig. At least, that's what the ladies keep calling me, right before they slap me... Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/162092-twitter-sucks/#findComment-855702 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jxrd Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 I agree. Well, with the subject anyway, I cba to read the post Twitter does suck cock though. I don't understand why everyone uses it... Hey...I decided to read the post. How was star trek? I plan on seeing it next week...although unlike you I'm a bit of a fan Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/162092-twitter-sucks/#findComment-855703 Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted June 14, 2009 Author Share Posted June 14, 2009 I wanted to post this on the main site as a blog but the responses here confirmed my suspicions that the quality is less than ideal. You know what they say...when you post shit, the flies start buzzing... Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/162092-twitter-sucks/#findComment-855712 Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbin Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 A limerick thread? Aw! So jealous! I didn't err... exactly read your entire post either, although I do plan to later, but I must say, I hate twitter. I think it's basically just an excuse for everyone to be an attention whore and pretend people care about what they're thinking, doing, seeing so on at any given moment. I think twitter just gives naive people a false notion that people actually care about them that much. (Sorry if I just entirely repeated your rant... Not sure if I did or not haha.) Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/162092-twitter-sucks/#findComment-855713 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrg_alpha Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 While I don't use Twitter myself (I'm not big on setting up social accounts like that [or facebook or the like]), I do see it's use. I don't think in all fairness Twitter can be exactly compared to instant messages, just for the reason of allowing 'followers' to subscribe to certain Twitter accounts. Log in, check out the Twitter accounts you follow and see what they posted. Sure one could argue that email serves this purpose.. but getting any updated info in real time while you are there sounds kind of nice. Plus you can search Twitter for a topic (without even having to sign up) and get up-to-date info on the fly (whether this info is actually of value to you is perhaps another story). But yeah, it's not a game changer in my eyes. Twitter isn't my cup of tea.. but it is certainly taking off to be sure whether you like it or not (with no signs of slowing down). Apparently there were some big companies that were interested in acquiring Twitter, but the founder flat out refused.. Perhaps he was waiting for Twitter to get bigger?... I read in a report that last year, there were 3 million users? Today, over 32 million and climbing.. so if the founder ever wanted to sell it off, he could command a chunk 'O change I'm sure. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/162092-twitter-sucks/#findComment-855716 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 A limerick thread? Aw! So jealous! It's in TBB. You should be able to view it. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/162092-twitter-sucks/#findComment-855725 Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbin Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 Ooo awesome! Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/162092-twitter-sucks/#findComment-855730 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkWater Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Lmfao, I love how most of the people on the thread just tl;dr'd but still have an opinion. xD About Twitter though, I still don't know what to think of it. A lot of people have it, but it seems extremely pointless. I'm totally not against social networking sites (I have a Facebook and positively adore it), but I feel like Twitter is just a website dedicated to the same thing that Facebook statuses accomplish. Oh well. =/ And I loved how you addressed the people in the movie theater as directions. =P Actually made me chuckle. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/162092-twitter-sucks/#findComment-855957 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zane Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Good god. I still didn't read all that (and I just went back for seconds too). Yeah I've never been to keen on twittin' or diggin' or bloggin' either. But Twitter takes the cake on retards coming together. I hate texting and hell..I don't even have a cell phone. Nevertheless, texting is taking over the world and twitter is there to make it even more shinier. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/162092-twitter-sucks/#findComment-856032 Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbin Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Wait... There's actually a person in the world without a cell phone? Whoa! Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/162092-twitter-sucks/#findComment-856037 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerRobot Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 but I feel like Twitter is just a website dedicated to the same thing that Facebook statuses accomplish Not just me then. As far as i can tell Twitter is facebook/myspace status updates without the rest of the social networking stuff. What the hell is the point? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/162092-twitter-sucks/#findComment-856129 Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted June 15, 2009 Author Share Posted June 15, 2009 Lmfao, I love how most of the people on the thread just tl;dr'd but still have an opinion. xD Being the OP, I have a love-hate relationship with this. I mean, I totally agree with that statement. Sometimes it amuses me, sometimes it's annoying. Considering this is by far not the first time my posts have been labeled as TLDR, I don't really take it personal anymore. I mean, how much can I really expect out of mere mortals? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/162092-twitter-sucks/#findComment-856170 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 I'm not too much of a fan of all those social networking sites. I've never had a Facebook account. I once made a Twitter account just to see what it was, but I deleted it again. I do use social bookmarking sites such as StumbleUpon, reddit and Digg to find new cool stuff, but I rarely comment. Wait... There's actually a person in the world without a cell phone? I have a cell phone, but I think texting is an inferior type of communication. They're only good for delivering a brief message to someone, not for prolonged communication like some people do. Although I don't use my cell phone very much, I wouldn't want to live without one. Essentially it boils down to convenience. I can bring my cell phone with me the same way I can bring my laptop with me. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/162092-twitter-sucks/#findComment-856177 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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