What the hell is Twitter?

Robin_T_Cox

Now, I wonder what Martin's Twitter username is, so that we can follow him?

Mine is robintcox.

isofa

mrbirchwood wrote: »

Read some of the One Liner's by Stephen Fry , or Johnathan Ross !! unimaginative NOT:mad:.. shear brilliance!!!

Is he a bit like Jonathan Ross?! :rolleyes:

Darth_Trader

And it is used a LOT by internet marketers - and spammers as somebody else already mentioned - and if you blog, you can also tweet links for your new updates to your followers, while also getting a backlink (I don't think links are 'nofollow' on there) for an added bit of off-site SEO.

judderman62

RobertoMoir wrote: »

twittering, as far as I can tell, is a way of telling everyone precisely how much of a self-obsessed boring twit you really are.

I think you got a letter wrong there :whistle:

davethorp

isofa wrote: »

Anyone know what the Internet is, I'm a bit baffled? Is it something I should get into, or should I have my own mind?

Not sure what the internet is but according to Homer J Simpson, apparently they have the internet on computers now

mrbirchwood

Here's a new @ MayorOfLondon tweet, for us tweeter's :T

jaydeeuk1

Right. So twitter is used by people to say what they're doing, what they're up to etc and everyones perfectly fine with it. Phorm comes along and everyones in uproar because they can see what your doing, where you've been...

isofa

jaydeeuk1 wrote: »

Right. So twitter is used by people to say what they're doing, what they're up to etc and everyones perfectly fine with it. Phorm comes along and everyones in uproar because they can see what your doing, where you've been...

They are like chalk and cheese, Phorm scans packets and supposedly removes any identifying data to the original user, creating a profile and they allowing targeting ads and other sorts of material to be based on it.

Twitter you choose to say a short phrase (or not), not upload your entire internet traffic / visits for the week.

Marty_J

jaydeeuk1 wrote: »

Right. So twitter is used by people to say what they're doing, what they're up to etc and everyones perfectly fine with it. Phorm comes along and everyones in uproar because they can see what your doing, where you've been...

One is a blogging service and one is an invasive targeted advertising system, so they're rather difficult to compare.

However, the main difference is that one is voluntary and one is not. Your ISP doesn't upload your movements and deepest darkest thoughts onto twitter. However, they may very well allow Phorm to intercept your internet traffic.

I don't think anyone has a problem with Phorm itself, merely its implementation. If people want to allow Phorm to send them targeted ads in return for £1 off their broadband subscription (or whatever), then fair enough. There just shouldn't be an automatic presumption that we're all fine and dandy with it.

Ice_2

PMSL LOL!LOL!LOL!:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
What the bloody hell is twitter?
Good one....:rotfl: