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June 12, 2009

Brownstoner on Twitter

If you're on Twitter, you can follow us here.




Posted by Brownstoner at 11:45 AM | Comments (10)
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Not to sound like a cranky old person, but what is the deal with twitter? I signed up for an account but didn't write anything yet, didn't put up any pics, no profile info, and yet some weirdos are following my twitter account. To quote Jerry Seinfeld "WHAT is the deal with THAT?"

Posted by: CG_ups at June 12, 2009 12:02 PM

As I understand it (per our Marketing Manager), it is customary to follow anyone who is following you on Twitter.

Therefore, the best way to get people to follow you is to follow them.

So all the marketing managers (or, to be precise, all of the assistants to marketing managers) in the world are busy following everything they can think of in the hopes that the people they are following will start following them so that at the next staff meeting the marketing manager can say "we have XXXXX following us on Twitter, up 15% from last month!".

Posted by: northsloperenter at June 12, 2009 12:16 PM

I don't even get it. I signed up for it, tried it, and don't understand it at all. And yup, CG ups, there are people "following" me too.

Posted by: Nokilissa at June 12, 2009 12:21 PM

CG Ups, how are you feeling? Are you recovering?

Posted by: Biff Champion at June 12, 2009 12:40 PM

I love Twitter. Out of all the social networking sites, I see twitter as having the most staying power and being an excellent marketing/information tool. It is simple, so simple people figure there is something more to it, and it works. I find the best way to use it is with a third party app that lets you run it on your desktop or phone so you get a constant stream of tweets.

Posted by: king of the burg at June 12, 2009 1:08 PM


Twitter's cool. But I don't need to follow Brownstoner on it. Enough is enough!

Posted by: East New York at June 12, 2009 2:25 PM

Re: king of the burg comment: "...so you get a constant stream of tweets."

OMG - here's a great example of the "culture wars" - some of us can think of few things worse than getting a constant stream of tweets! Does no one have a life anymore?

Posted by: the_why at June 12, 2009 2:53 PM

heya biff. feelin kinda lousy. scheduled for foot surgery, will have screws put in. then frankenfoot for 4 months. the surgery to take the screw back out. ick! i'm very sad to miss the fort greene garden tour this weekend.

Posted by: CG_ups at June 12, 2009 3:10 PM

CG ups, that sound awful. Fortunately, you're young and healthy and it should heal quickly and fully. At least you have every reason to be a couch potato without feeling guilty about it, unlike me. Best of luck with the surgery and recovery.

Posted by: Biff Champion at June 12, 2009 3:44 PM

i think where twitter is interesting is the ability to get information out to lots of people at the same time. like texting but on a larger scale. i also think it has a future in drug dealing, not sure if anyone is using it for that yet.

Posted by: randolph at June 13, 2009 1:04 PM

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