#1
RoyBatty (Steve) wrote:
On behalf of those of us who know fuck all about the internet, puters and all types of interstellar communication (or, perhaps have corporeal lives to attend to): what the fuck is Twitter?
Posted on Wed, 27 May 2009 at 23:57
#2
Simon (Simon) wrote:
Its like an even more pointless and shitter version of facebook but with nothing to actually do but update your status every minute in the desperate hope that someone actually cares that you have just found your favorite pencil or taken a dump.
I refuse to take seriously something that leads to people asking me if i’m “tweeting yet?”…??? FUCK OFF and come back and when you can ask me a worthwhile question like an adult.
I can see why bands do it as these days it sadly seems to be a way to let people know whats going on… I generally don’t like people to know whats happening in my life and have even less interest in others hourly updates.
Gumble gumble whatever happened to written letters grumble grumble or the phone…
Posted on Thu, 28 May 2009 at 05:02
#3
mfgeorge wrote:
CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP
perfectly stated Simon, perfect!! ha!
Posted on Thu, 28 May 2009 at 05:25
#4
msd wrote:
Heh heh Simon, good one…I guess you’re not “tweeting” then?
Posted on Thu, 28 May 2009 at 06:27
#5
Simon (Simon) wrote:
Surprisingly no… I actually lost respect for Trent from NIN for it.
“9.30am i have my fluffy slippers on and made some scrummy toast
10.27am just put my readers digests in order
12.06pm just going into my dark place ready for the recording in the studio
7.58pm written a heavy and industrial tune about fucking people like animals
8.30pm cool..will and grace is on”
Fuck that, its one thing to be up to date with whats going on in peoples lives like family/ friends or what bands are doing… but then there is too much info and i would rather have some mystery and suspense left in my life for when i do find out stuff.
Posted on Thu, 28 May 2009 at 06:39
#6
Gav wrote:
twitter rhymes with shitter
Posted on Thu, 28 May 2009 at 07:12
#7
Old twat wrote:
Posted on Thu, 28 May 2009 at 10:15
#8
Gav wrote:
“Do you like it up the twitter sir? do you? ooh suit you sir”
Posted on Thu, 28 May 2009 at 10:46
#9
Gill Rockatansky (The Music That Nobody Likes) wrote:
Divers wrote:
Surprisingly no… I actually lost respect for Trent from NIN for it.
To be fair, he did just use Twitter to help raise about $1,000,000 for charity in under a week.
Posted on Thu, 28 May 2009 at 18:43 in reply to an earlier post
#10
Epitome (Dave) wrote:
I hate twitter too, really. Definitely have no interest in using it, and find it slightly embarrassing when bands I like are using it, but oh well.
Posted on Thu, 28 May 2009 at 19:11
#11
Simon (Simon) wrote:
Gill Rockatansky wrote:
To be fair, he did just use Twitter to help raise about $1,000,000 for charity in under a week.
Yeah that’s cool of him, as i said bands these days do have to use stuff like this to promote themselves and update the fans.. in this case to raise money for something. But when he was going on twitter just to say how shit Cornells album was (even though it was) was a bit childish.
Posted on Fri, 29 May 2009 at 05:22 in reply to an earlier post
#12
Gill Rockatansky (The Music That Nobody Likes) wrote:
Maybe it’s different if you’re following a lot of random people just for the hell of it, or expecting band members to be more than just a normal person.
Most of the people in bands that I follow are people that I actually know, or have an interest in the opinions of. I reckon that twitter is pretty useless unless you’re seeing posts by people who either pass on more information about things that interest you, or they’re people you don’t have a realistic view of and they’re posting everyday stuff - making them more like a real person.
Posted on Fri, 29 May 2009 at 05:23
#13
Simon (Simon) wrote:
I don’t think its a case of not wanting them to be real… i prefer bands to come across normal, all the big bands i’ve had the pleasure to work with have a presence about them but when you are talking to them about kitchen fittings it makes it easier to connect.
I will be honest, i haven’t been on or look up trents page.. i am going on what people have told me he posts up all the time which isn’t band updates. Just made me wonder why someone who was So private has suddenly started doing this… not being a big computer person myself i’m probably missing the appeal?
:)
Posted on Fri, 29 May 2009 at 05:45
#14
fatboy wrote:
I’m staying away from it, end of
Posted on Sun, 31 May 2009 at 18:52
#15
marja (sinner) wrote:
I only have an account to follow some bands I like, not to “tweet” anything, because that’s just pointless
Posted on Sat, 6 June 2009 at 12:39
#16
allroy (Rainer) wrote:
And why don’t you follow Therapy? then? ;-)
It’s not less pointless then most things on the internet. I had mixed feelings about twitter myself but a mate got me into it and now I think it’s fun.
Posted on Sun, 7 June 2009 at 01:12
#17
! (Fuzzeh) wrote:
msd wrote:
Heh heh Simon, good one…I guess you’re not “tweeting” then?
Hahaha! :D
Posted on Thu, 18 June 2009 at 17:11 in reply to an earlier post
#18
Squall wrote:
0% Interest in it. I would delete my Facebook if it werent for the fact you need an account to see your friends photos. And if theyve been on holiday or something, it’s easier than them hosting them all an eamiling them to you one by one… But apart form that its shite. What is your real age in metric tonnes ?! OH DO FUCK OFF :p
Posted on Sat, 20 June 2009 at 16:34
#19
g (Does everything start with destruction?) wrote:
im quite getting into twitter
Posted on Sat, 20 June 2009 at 19:53
#20
allroy (Rainer) wrote:
Therapy? on twitter wrote:
Czech-enjoy,clowns,turn,fantasy,teeth,crooked,exiles,,rust,potato,scream,nowhe re,mx
3 minutes ago from txt
Linz-enjoy,clowns,diane,turn,isolation,teeth,crooked,exiles,p bear,rust,stories,potato,scream,nowhere,mx
about 22 hours ago from txt
Lovely weather,lovely setup and lovely people.all excited to play,bring it on Austria,mx
4:46 PM Jul 4th from txt
I love twitter.
Posted on Sun, 5 July 2009 at 17:36
#21
CS (Colin S) wrote:
Posted on Mon, 6 July 2009 at 12:05
#22
soul doubt (an) wrote:
Fantasy Bag makes up for the short set at Rock For People Fest :)
Posted on Mon, 6 July 2009 at 14:29
#23
Nitro (Erdem Capar) wrote:
Divers wrote:
Surprisingly no… I actually lost respect for Trent from NIN for it.
“9.30am i have my fluffy slippers on and made some scrummy toast
10.27am just put my readers digests in order
12.06pm just going into my dark place ready for the recording in the studio
7.58pm written a heavy and industrial tune about fucking people like animals
8.30pm cool..will and grace is on”
Fuck that, its one thing to be up to date with whats going on in peoples lives like family/ friends or what bands are doing… but then there is too much info and i would rather have some mystery and suspense left in my life for when i do find out stuff.
i agree!!! that’s the same with Jamey Jasta of hATEBREED. He writes everything!!!
Posted on Fri, 10 July 2009 at 00:13 in reply to an earlier post
#24
Ronald wrote:
I am glad I didn’t read this before Wednesday because I would have thought when NIN played a dark song: What episode of Will and Grace followed this song…oh, and in my humble opinion Will and Grace are not too dark themselves: I don’t want to know too much either, I just want to be updated by music, news, tour, albums, etc
Ok, I am off making a darkbrown sandwich on which I will put some butter and strawberry jam on top and then I will wait until my eggs are boiled…now you all wanted to know that, right!
Posted on Fri, 10 July 2009 at 06:33
#25
vagabond wrote:
haha, not sure about twitter too … but as of now T? have been using it in a good way!
but anyway, my band is now on there too … http://www.twitter.com/sympathymusic
we don’t have too many followers right now, seems not too many people are using twitter in austria yet. so if you’re on there i’d appreciate if you add yourself to our followers! cheers! :)
Posted on Thu, 20 August 2009 at 11:44
