Do you use Twitter? Why or why not?

[Bertha Venation]

Thanks.

[In_The_Wind]

1. No.

There isn't anyone for me to twitter with so I don't have a twitter profile/account.

[onehandle]

2. Yes. I mostly use it as a news feed. Replacing RSS.

I follow people who post interesting links involving my industry and my interests.

[hobbit709]

3. I'm not a twit.

[HappyMe]

4. No.

I don't know that there is anything all that interesting on the Twit to read.

[sinkingfeeling]

5. No, like Facebook, it doesn't appeal to me.

[GoCubsGo]

6. No.

I will look at various Twitter feeds, but I don't use it myself. I use Facebook, which bad enough. Don't feel the need to put my life out there any more than I already do.

[Xyzse]

7. No

I don't see it being any one else's business to know my thoughts or what I have been doing.

[bigwillq]

11. But yet you post on a message board

You just told us your thoughts on Twitter.
You made it my business.

[Xyzse]

18. I should have clarified

Twitter to me is like a 24 hour diary.
Going around broadcasting what has been done in a very pervasive manner.

Like Facebook it connects to many aspects of the internet.
Like Facebook it is one of those things that I think slow down the internet due to it's connectivity.

Not really my thing.

Though you may be right. My time with message boards probably should come to an end soon. I've been a member of various boards since the late 90s, it's harder to get out of.

I generally use these things for news and a resource on being able to understand issues a bit better. So, it may be for the best to read more, post even less.

[pokerfan]

22. It depends on who you follow

I don't follow people who make "what I had for breakfast" type posts. It's basically RSS for my phone.

Following @TAB_DIY, @AstroKarenN, @BreakingNews, @billmaher, @neiltyson, @louisck, @CraigyFerg, @StephenAtHome, @GeorgeTakei

[Xyzse]

23. Guess so...

I also have people I know that would like to see me there.
I don't want a network where I'd feel obligated to post.

[rrneck]

8. Email, texting and all the rest are bad enough.

Twitter is just more than I can stand. You only get what, 140 characters? Jeez. I've noticed that there advertisements inserted into Facebook now. And it doesn't really facilitate conversations like an online forum like DU. It is really designed for short comments and pictures.

The fact that they are monetizing relationships is bad enough. But when you consider that each site is x amount of human interaction and y amount of advertising and data collection, reducing the richness of language to little more than grunts and snorts in relation to the amount on monetization that they can squeeze out of it makes it repugnant to me.

[Chan790]

9. I attempt to.

It's easier done when I have a smartphone than now. I don't want to be logged-in to it all day on my computer.

I occasionally twitter for potential work. I have that Social Media certificate, I kind of have to stay on top of how to best utilize those tools.

[bigwillq]

10. I use it for work and love it.

For my job, it's a valuable tool.

I also have a personal account, but don't use it that often.

Give it a try. If you don't like it, delete your account. If you like it, follow me! lol

[onehandle]

12. I use my personal account as my professional account.

Prospective employers do look into this sort of thing.

I have @onehandle to follow politics. Politics and career, you want to keep separate.

[datasuspect]

13. no

because it's stupid.

[UTUSN]

14. "Use" includes: A half-dozen mystified attempts?!1 Can't figure out the #s and @s

and the concept of "following" is impenetrable to me. Can't think of who to Search for, end up with Joy BEHAR and Kelly RIPA. But most of all, can't navigate the system. Haven't written it off yet.

[femmocrat]

15. No.

Nor facebook.

I have checked them both out and they simply do not interest me.

[Flashmann]

16. Do you use Twitter? Why or why not?

Nope...Never have...I don't want anyone following or twitting me,not that I'm delusional enough to presume someone might want to,and there's no one I care to follow or twit to...

[onestepforward]

17. Yes. It's good for political activism.

It makes contacting politicians or corporations easy.

On a lighter note, I follow a few inspirational or funny folks too. I'm not heavily into it, but it's useful at times.

[Raffi Ella]

21. Yeah, that's how I use it too.

I find that when I'm on there I'm too busy reading my time line and reading interesting stuff to actually tweet anything myself though, lol.

But as far as politics go, perception/narrative is important. Twitter is so popular- even the President tweets- I want to contribute to that narrative. I don't want "#tcot" to be the dominant voice on Twitter.

If you're on DU then, in my opinion, it would be a natural jump to open a twitter account to support the people and organizations important to you even if you never tweet. You can follow and re-tweet to show your support.

[olddots]

19. I barely use this computer

as can be witnessed in my posts .

I don't tweet and facebook is a mystery to me. I understand the mystery but just don't want to participate in short hand life.

[Bertha Venation]

26. "just don't want to participate in short hand life" -- well said, olddots

[patricia92243]

20. No - I am not interested if they washed their hair today, etc, etc.

[Iggo]

24. Nope. No use for it yet, really.

[LWolf]

25. No.

Time is finite, I can't keep up with what I DO use, and I can't figure out why I want to be constantly interrupted with random remarks.

I don't really care about what anyone is doing unless they have an emergency at that moment. If it's great or terrible, they can tell me later in a real conversation. If it's not, why do I need to know?

FWIW, I don't text, either. Same reason.

[tabbycat31]

27. I used to

But one of the campaigns I worked on made us all give it up cold turkey (which I did during that race). I never got back into it.

[yewberry]

28. Nah. I don't have a smartphone or tablet.

I just have my home computer and my work computer-- can't be bothered to learn why I should bother!

[Tuesday Afternoon]

29. No, not interested. meh.

[hibbing]

30. Yes

Hi,
Like pokerfan said, it is all in who you follow. I don't post much but I do follow a lot of people and interests that I have. I like how you can keep finding more and more feeds to follow that match your interests. I find a lot of the comments here interesting poo pooing it out of hand. I guess I do that with Facebook. I like the immediacy and shortness of Twitter. I must not be following the right people because none of the posters I follow post about what they had for breakfast, although Anthony Bourdain does post some food pics sometimes.

Peace

[derby378]

31. No

I'm not an elected official, I'm not a wealthy philanthropist, I'm not a movie star, and I don't have any pressing need to tell you what my latest score is on Candy Crush Saga or how many pepperoni slices adorn the pizza I'm currently eating.

And Twitter really needs a smartphone, which I have yet to obtain - partially because I'm unemployed.

[madinmaryland]

32. No. Especially after reading the "so-called journo" here who thinks that twitter is

the next greatest thing, after the so-called journo continues to get it wrong.

[shanti]

33. yes

but only to keep tabs on my youngest son. i don't really use it otherwise.

[AsahinaKimi]

34. Yes!!

https://twitter.com/AsahinaKimiko

I love it, It gives me a chance to post Jpop, Jrock, Visuel Kei videos to my followers, who love Japanese and Asian music. I also have some friends who are actually in Japanese bands, and are big there, for example I am followed by two guys from Antic Cafe, and followed by others like; Aural Vampire, JinnyOops, M:a.ture, Chatmonchy, and a few others. I am also followed by Yoko Ono! (She follows mostly everyone anyway!) and its a kick to occassionally get a message from one or two of them.


I even got a hello from William Shatner. That made my day!

[pinboy3niner]

35. Use WHAT? Say again?

Does not compute.

[alarimer]

36. Yes, but I rarely tweet anything myself

I have like 20 followers. So anything I say is basically talking to myself.

Plus I haven't quite figured the whole thing out yet.

[Myrina]

37. I use it to follow my favorite hockey teams & players.

I pretty much don't ever have anything to SAY, but just poke my head in once in awhile to see if there's news I need to know.

[TrogL]

38. Weather - just dealt with a tornado

[Rhiannon12866]

39. Yes, subscribe to get the news

Folks like the POTUS, FLOTUS, Rachel, my senators. And a whole lot of dogs...

[BensMom]

40. Want to learn more

I look at tweets for instant updates on sports, breaking news, and a few local tweeters from my town.

I would like to learn more and start using it.
140 characters work for me.