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Taming Twitter with the Command Line
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I've avoided twitter so far. From all I've heard about it I don't feel like I'm missing anything.
> From all I've heard about it I don't feel like I'm missing anything.
Just a bunch of twits. :)
Just a bunch of twits. :)
I thought they were tweets, which makes it sound like the whole thing is for the birds anyway.
> hI thought they were tweets
The posts are tweets, yes. I wasn't referring to the posts. :)
The posts are tweets, yes. I wasn't referring to the posts. :)
As a new teacher I had a lot of meetings this last week and one of the presenters uses twitter for collaboration with other teachers around the world. It was probably the only use of twitter that I have heard about.
Pure drivel drives ordinary drivel off the screen, every time.
> It was probably the only use of twitter that I have heard about.
I'm absolutely certain that there are people who find productive uses for twitter. I'm also certain they're a significant minority.
I'm absolutely certain that there are people who find productive uses for twitter. I'm also certain they're a significant minority.
Like controlling a botnet?
Quoting:I'm also certain they're a significant minority.
Don't you mean insignificant. Or do you mean they are significant only because they are such a small minority.
> Don't you mean insignificant.
Significant as in being rare enough to stand out from the normal population. Sort of like an albino deer.
Significant as in being rare enough to stand out from the normal population. Sort of like an albino deer.
I had all sort of snappy responses for jdixon's post but they're all inappropriate for LXer for one reason or another. Pity...
Hey, pet rocks were popular once too. They were about as useful as Twitter seems to be.
Hey, pet rocks were popular once too. They were about as useful as Twitter seems to be.
> Like controlling a botnet?
Ohh, I hadn't considered that one. Yes, that might be considered a "productive" use.
Ohh, I hadn't considered that one. Yes, that might be considered a "productive" use.
Some details aside, his article's larger point has merit.
@jdixon:
Yes, there are people in Russia, Nigeria, China, and Afghanistan who consider that "productive," at least for their bank accounts.
Yes, there are people in Russia, Nigeria, China, and Afghanistan who consider that "productive," at least for their bank accounts.
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what makes twitter knda useless, fullstop. Heinlein may have been right when he said 90% of everything is cr4p, but he didn't know about twitter then, where it's more like 99% of everything is cr4p.