Comments for Twitter Bashers

Comment on Nominate the Terrible Tweet of the Day by Vettrease

Vettrease — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 18:54:40 +0000

so what do you think?

Comment on Tweet This: Get a life by Tyler

Tyler — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 09:27:01 +0000

You are officially and forever my favorite people in the world.

Comment on Nominate the Terrible Tweet of the Day by Me

Me — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:24:05 +0000

From TheOnion:

Day 33: Pres Obama still hasn’t updated his Twitter account, leaving millions of tweeple tweet-deprived for over a month http://bit.ly/5q6nc

Comment on “Twestivals” - Really? by MasterBasher

MasterBasher — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 07:00:54 +0000

OK, gotta give them credit. I just checked their site to see what they tallied up…and it was an impressive $250k+. I take back all the nasty things I said about cheap bastard Twitterers that don’t give. I guess there are a lot of idiot Twitterers that are also generous. Me included.

Comment on A Hot Twitter Debate on TechCrunch by MasterBasher

MasterBasher — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 02:57:52 +0000

Sure, you’re right - they did say the same things about Facebook. But Facebook’s growth has come from 30+-year-old parents showing off pix of their kids and more recently, signing up their parents so they can keep up with all the fun on the community. Oh yeah, and those glorious viral nuggets like ‘25 things’. Twitter gets its buzz from internet ‘gurus’ talking about how important it is and celebrities getting a shot to their egos by updating their creepy fans with snippets throughout the day.

I do think the micro blogging breaking news aspect and the appropriate use of surveying a group of followers or passing along an interesting article / blog post will give Twitter staying power. Younger gens will continue to love it as group SMS-type messaging…at least until the next hot thing comes along in 6 months.

No way Twitter becomes Facebook. If anything, they become part of each other (which is already happening). Different apps, different uses, different audiences. But Twitter Nation, at best, will be a subset of Facebook Nation. That’s if Facebook stays ‘cool’. Remember MySpace? Wasn’t it the cool kid on the block at one time?

I wonder what we’ll all be touting or bashing a year from now…

Comment on A Hot Twitter Debate on TechCrunch by hector

hector — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 22:43:25 +0000

You know, the same thing was said about Facebook a year ago. When you have to say every 15 minutes, there are going to be some repetitious elements. Get over it.

Comment on What is Your Worthless Tweeting Worth? by MasterBasher

MasterBasher — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 04:41:23 +0000

Oh, and by the way…

I decided to add to the irony that is TwitterBashers by adding ads from Google on the site. Go ahead, click one! Support paying for the hosting of TwitterBashers.com!

Comment on What is Your Worthless Tweeting Worth? by MasterBasher

MasterBasher — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 04:38:13 +0000

I value Twitter at $0.63.

Seriously, let’s think about this. Google makes money by serving ads. Facebook is starting to make money by serving ads. And in the ‘early days’ of both, early adopters whined and moaned about how ‘their’ sites were now being polluted by ads. Hello. Welcome to business. If they don’t find a way to pay for the products and services, they will cease to exist. You put up with ads so you can continue to enjoy Google, Facebook, etc.

So where do we think that may lead Twitter? Ads? Charging businesses a $ per tweet fee? Rumors are swirling on that one:

http://www.blogherald.com/2009/02/10/is-twitter-considering-charging-business-users/

Comment on What is Your Worthless Tweeting Worth? by MasterBasher

MasterBasher — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 04:30:16 +0000

That thing is cool! What really catches my eye is that no one in Montana or the Dakotas are tweeting! True TwitterBashers!!

Comment on Tweet This: Get a life by Smedley Goofester

Smedley Goofester — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:12:39 +0000

Useful tip: Treat Twitter as if you’re occasionally dipping a ladle into a bitstream for a drink of information. Much like the river analogy, if you try to drink the whole thing you’ll drown. Everything in moderation.