Political Humor #philgoffevil

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1. Lanthanide 1

   23 March 2011 at 4:34 pm

   Twitter seems good for celebrities who want to get news out or interact more directly with their fans. Also good for marketing companies trying to hype new products. Finally good for keeping up to date on fast-moving events, particularly if you want on-the-ground coverage.

   Otherwise, waste of space.
   • lprent 1.1

     23 March 2011 at 4:41 pm

     Pretty much what my conclusion is. The first two are not useful as far as I’m concerned. The last one I’m looking at. But I do find it repeats a lot. The links are what makes it interesting in google but it needs a filter to remove repeated links. When I have a reason to use it next time I’ll have a look around for a feeder that does that.
   • felix 1.2

     23 March 2011 at 7:08 pm

     I disagree Lanth, I find twitter hardly takes up any space at all.

     Now if you want to waste some TIME, on the other hand…. 😉
2. Pascal's bookie 2

   23 March 2011 at 4:54 pm

   But the twitter did just turn five which is a pretty long lasting flare.

   Kyle Stephenson, from Stevenage, became the 300 millionth human to puke his brains out via the site, adding: “Hpy bday 2 Twitter! Jst totally LOLed at ths kittin pic! Mum sed Im ‘semilitirit’. WFT?”
   • lprent 2.1

     23 March 2011 at 5:26 pm

     Yeah, but I usually find that the 7-8 year mark is the one to watch with software. It usually takes between 2 and 3 years to go from crap to usable and to build up an sizable group of users. They slide along for a few years scaling up the business. Which is when they often fail because that is when they find the flaw in the business model .

     Then one of a few things happens. They cash up and the new owners kill it. They try to do a grandiose version x and it is over hyped and/or requires systems that won’t exist in the market for another 5 years and/or makes the UI unusable and/or they take 10 times as long to produce as they expected and/or a competitor builds a clone and without the legacy code and business systems it is better and/or they hype it to shareholder and investors too much and when one of the preceding happens they all cut their losses and/or etc. Or they start to feature add to the point that it is unusable. Or they waste their capital trying to repeat the success with another product.

     After 7-8 years the system is has either successfully extended into the future or it chugs along for a few years slowly dying.

     I look at things when they come out and decide if I can use them. I early adopt if they help with something I need (google search for instance was far better than Alta Vista) or the organisation has a long track records of producing things that work (Apple for instance).
     • Lanthanide 2.1.1

       23 March 2011 at 6:25 pm

       Doing new version x, or making UI unusable are two things that don’t apply as much to online applications. One of twitter’s “core competencies” would be the simple (but powerful) UI.

       It could easily go under if sold, or be feature-creeped to death; the latter being a big threat to Facebook.
     • sukie damson 2.1.2

       23 March 2011 at 6:40 pm

       So are you saying there is still time to be the 300,000,001st early adopter?
       • lprent 2.1.2.1

         23 March 2011 at 7:00 pm

         🙂 Actually I thought I was saying that I either adopt very early if I can find a direct use when I first look at something OR I tend to wait for more than 7 years before I start thinking that there might be something there after all – ie a late adopter.

         Twitter for me is in the latter class. I have only found one use for it so far, and that was from a different app (google) making it useful.
3. mickysavage 3

   23 March 2011 at 6:54 pm

   I used to think twitter pretty naff but I gave it a go coincidentally on the day of the second Christchurch Earthquake and was amazed at the flood of tweets that came in. One of the first had a link to a photo of the cathedral.

   Ever since then if there is breaking news I check out Twitter. It feels a bit like the Matrix scene where Tank watches the feed …
   • Colonial Viper 3.1

     23 March 2011 at 6:59 pm

     Watch out for the Agents in blue ties…
4. KINTO 4

   23 March 2011 at 7:08 pm

   How does one use the twitter to read the other hash tags?
   • felix 4.1

     23 March 2011 at 7:11 pm

     It’s part of the search function. Just type the hashtag (with or without the “#”) into the search box.
5. Phil Lyth 5

   23 March 2011 at 7:42 pm

   Try this from the House yesterday:

   @leesgallowaymp: Simon Bridges just called out ‘is that a red tie?’ Melissa Lee turned around and told him off. #nzqt #philgoffevil
6. Phil Lyth 6

   23 March 2011 at 7:43 pm

   But the killer tweet on #philgoffevil is this from:

   @philgoff: Politicising Korea Day posing for a photo with Labour MPs and candidates. #philgoffevil http://t.co/CDBN451

   Take that Melissa Lee!
7. Scott 7

   23 March 2011 at 8:16 pm

   I was slow to come to Twitter, but I now think it’s a great form of social media. It’s a good way to connect with people in an instant, and when there’s a big event breaking it’s always on Twitter first.

   I have had Twitter exchanges with journalists and politicians that I would never otherwise be able to communicate with in any meaningful way.

   There’s plenty of rubbish on Twitter too, but the easiest way to avoid reading someone else’s rubbish is to not follow boring people.

   BTW, the #philgoffevil hashtag was my creation. My vast ego requires this to be known to the world.
   • lprent 7.1

     23 March 2011 at 8:34 pm

     Congrats Scott, that hashtag did provide a second reason for twitter.

     But I’m arrogant enough that I prefer my own company and live a irreconcilably happily antisocial life, except when Lyn, family or friends force me to be social. Going on social media sounds more like a duty without obligation.

     I only got involved here (a sort of social media) because of the usual reason – a friend wanted my skills and was prepared to ask.
     • Akldnut 7.1.1

       23 March 2011 at 11:25 pm

       Many. many thanks to your friend – a wise man.
8. Lew 8

   24 March 2011 at 8:36 am

   Not directly part of #philgoffevil, but the following by @covlin gets my vote for the best: “I can’t believe Russel Norman politicised St Patricks Day yesterday by wearing green.”

   L

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