I have visions of rubber and thongs and things that Berlusconi is alleged to indulge in, but it doesn't bring about regime change.Rogerdodge wrote:these SN sites have helped to bring regime change
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I have visions of rubber and thongs and things that Berlusconi is alleged to indulge in, but it doesn't bring about regime change.Rogerdodge wrote:these SN sites have helped to bring regime change
Pete Eeles wrote:To be honest, the Facebook page is simply there to attract (and foster an interest in) those individuals that consider Facebook to be their primary interface to social networking.
A superb move, regardless of whatever current members think. After all, it's Pete's website!Pete Eeles wrote:Just moving with the times
It's actually an on-line community Gibster, created by Pete and run by him (in his spare time to our collective gratitude) for and on behalf of the members of this community. The site belongs to all of us. Except you.Gibster wrote:Pete Eeles wrote:A superb move, regardless of whatever current members think. After all, it's Pete's website!Pete Eeles wrote:Just moving with the times
We already have the problem with the forums. The short answer is that UKB (me!) will not be posting these and if someone posts on *my* wall with sensitive info, then I'll zap their message. Just like we would on the forums hereGruditch wrote:Mind you, what happens when someone posts a live report that for conservation reasons, we usually withhold on UKB and the BC sites.
Quite right. The value of Twitter is directly proportional to the value of the tweets. UKB shall be tweeting high-value tweets only. Anyone who tweets otherwise is a twit. I hope that clears things upFelix wrote:It's actually an on-line community Gibster, created by Pete and run by him (in his spare time to our collective gratitude) for and on behalf of the members of this community. The site belongs to all of us. Except you.
Anyway, Twitter is great. I can read things such as "just having a cup of coffee" written by someone of whom I have never heard; and discover not only that by dint of them being a 'celebrity' my life is less rich for not having heard of them, but also that without this medium I would have missed out on the latest revelation that they see fit to share with the world.
Twitter has a very distinct and rigid class system from what I can gather; those who have lunch, and those many millions who log on to discover what it was they ate. And our lives are enriched by this.
Fortunately, whatever utility Twitter might have as a small-scale personal diary or communication cloud is negated and obscured by Twitter's tendency to clog up with @replies and other nonsense. Thank goodness, I for one would be appalled to read anything of any magnitude or noteworthiness.
I can't decide whether Twitter is populated by people with egos of such grotesque dimensions that they really do presume that I am going to care that they have "just popped into Harvey Nichs", or that I am deficient and inadequate by not hanging on the every word of people who were put on this earth to be appreciated by humble non-celebrities such as myself.
Judging by the sheer volume of people who really do appear to care what Stephen Fry is eating for his luncheon, it is probably the latter.
OKPete Eeles wrote:if someone posts on *my* wall with sensitive info, then I'll zap their message. Just like we would on the forums here
Thank you for enlightening me! I have never been on Twitter but, as mistress of the banal and inane albeit without celebrity status, I have obviously missed my calling in life. If anyone wants me I shall be tweeting.Felix wrote: Anyway, Twitter is great. I can read things such as "just having a cup of coffee" written by someone of whom I have never heard; and discover not only that by dint of them being a 'celebrity' my life is less rich for not having heard of them, but also that without this medium I would have missed out on the latest revelation that they see fit to share with the world.
Hmmm...well thanks for clarifying the error of my light-hearted comment. I shall consider myself moderated. Maybe you'd deign to PM me Felix?Felix wrote: by Felix » Wed Mar 16, 2011 3:24 pm
Gibster wrote:
Pete Eeles wrote:
Pete Eeles wrote:
Just moving with the times
A superb move, regardless of whatever current members think. After all, it's Pete's website!
It's actually an on-line community Gibster, created by Pete and run by him (in his spare time to our collective gratitude) for and on behalf of the members of this community. The site belongs to all of us. Except you.
Good news, I'll put my handbag away nowFelix wrote:Just joshing Gibster, just joshing.