Quite enjoy reading Twitter for insight on other people's lives. Seen some really interesting things off the likes of Jonathan Agnew, Jenson Button, Webber, golfers and people generally in the public spotlight.

However people who ask for a retweet are doing my head in, how utterly pathetic. Some people seem desperate to have their moment with a celeb.

Anyone prepared to admit they have?

Or is being on Twitter at all a cardinal sin?

Chop

 

WTF is a retweet?

Why anyone would like to sit and read that some Celebrity t.w.a.t. is eating a Ham sandwich is beyond me? Seriously, have you nothing better to do?

 

I don't see what the fuss is with twitter,the tone in which people raved on about it.Must be missing something as i haven't visited the site for many many months.

 

Says the man with 9000 posts on a car forum

I can understand you point of view even if made fairly poorly, it is is full of useless information but that is not why I look. We all spend time doing things someone else would say is a waste. I wasn't posting about that though.

I like the insight, for example during the Ryder Cup some of the posts from players were genuinely interesting for a golf fan/fanatic like me. Watching Tiger Woods and Phil Mickleson (two men who are supposed to hate each other) playing table tennis and joking around with some of the Europeans was an insight no other media outlet could offer me. That's only one of the top of my head.

Chop

 

I was ultra cynical re twitter then realised (business wise) just how invaluable it is....helped me get ahead a great deal Helped my wife's business too (self employed).

Superb

However, totally agree about the saddos asking for a retweet although some of the causes (charitable etc) seem worthwhile.

 

Usually have a look at the f1 based tweets during a gp weekend.

 

Understand the charitable requests, it is more people asking for a retweet as their big toe has grown today or to celebrate their 37th Birthday.

Chop

 

Rory mcilroy's pictures of the USPGA press conference and the cup, taken from where he was sitting and then pics of him, Darren Clarke and Graeme McDowell downing a pint of guiness the week after the open was funny

 

I enjoy taking the **** out of big headed celebs on there As some are real big headed c*nts.

 

I thought you liked BIG HEAD Will

 

She does, and she gets it

 

Followed a few pro cyclists during tour de France and the excellent inrng.

Some great information gets shared.

 

I cant figure out how do you know if you are following a true celeb or some sad fan based club ?
have to admit to having a giggle at some posts Wagner has had me in stitches before now

 

they'll be verified with a tick.


I agree with chopper does my ******* head in, Robbie Earnshaw is a **** for it.

whats everyones username so i can stalk ya!

mine is @antcarroll

 

People who communicate and socialise on the web are neds



oh wait....

 

I'm not really up on Twitter, I signed up when it first came up.

Kath69 and forgot my username, abd it's set up with my old e mail adress so I can't log in

How does a re tweet work?

 

@boxa_net

 

But you can't explain what a retweet is then!

Les

 

Must be some Twitter word they use meaning Retreat..

 

Now stalking

 

Twitter is an awesome resource, have a problem with something search twitter and for sure someone else is bitching about it. Was that an Earthquake, twitter will tell you. Space Station due over head, twitter.

I don't think I follow anyone who posts dross or at least I don't see it, just information relevant to my interests.

Use something like Flipboard to read it and it becomes an nice looking magazine.

 

Im not on twitter, should I join#

 

Wunning away?

 

I'm not sure they have at home in the nude type people on twitter,but then again .

 

Yes good one,but no one can explain the real meaning of it.

Les

 

I have never used Twit ter but at a rough guess I would thing a retweet is another user forwarding a tweet/post from someone else so that more people could see it who are not friends of the original Twit, but could be wrong.

 

Correct to an extent.

The problem is that everyone re tweets the same thing so you have to read the same thing 20 or 30 times.

 

I use it quite alot for F1 on a race weekend if I can't watch it live, I'm thinking I'll be using it alot fooking more next year.

 

my new phone has twitter installed on it and I have been thinking about setting up account for while, is it really worth it or as good as it sounds and people make it out to be ?

Also is the a Titter site too ??

windyboy

 

Yes ok thanks Wurzel.

Don't think I will bother with it anyway, got enough to occupy myself here.

les