Helstac Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 I used to be an avid facebooker along with the rest of my family until it got so that i would usefacebook chat to talk to my husband in the same room as me lol! so we both decided to deactivate our accounts. I switched to twitter to fill the void and wondered does anyone else use twitter locally and if you do is there anyone local worth following? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alternageek Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Theres a few good threads here on locals to follow: http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=453864 http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=782092 http://sheffieldblog.com/sheffield-twitter-users/ Is also a good start. Ive found some great people just by using the #sheffield and reading through tweets. RT'ing and commenting on peoples thoughts as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hexagon Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Never tried twitter, but i may give it a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bladesman123 Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 I use twitter to follow the police helicopter to see what its been up to, because im nosey http://twitter.com/#!/SYP_AirOps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishcake Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Facebook steals your life. Twitter is ****ter. I really don't get Twitter. It seems that everyon thinks that what they have to say is soooooooo important. Right let me get back to starting a thread about my opionions............... .............. ......... . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Rich Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 I used to be an avid facebooker along with the rest of my family until it got so that i would usefacebook chat to talk to my husband in the same room as me lol! so we both decided to deactivate our accounts. I switched to twitter to fill the void and wondered does anyone else use twitter locally and if you do is there anyone local worth following? I have a Twitter account which I use to gain support to stop the Tories bringing back fox hunting KeepTheBan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gethical Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Twitter is great. The all knowing self important hate it though. Or maybe the opposite way round but use whatever works for you. For local tweeps I follow https://twitter.com/#!/WildSheffield https://twitter.com/#!/tramlines https://twitter.com/#!/syptweet https://twitter.com/#!/ActivitySheff https://twitter.com/#!/SCCPressOffice https://twitter.com/#!/shefopendoors https://twitter.com/#!/NHS_Sheffield https://twitter.com/#!/SheffieldGreens https://twitter.com/#!/SheffieldHosp https://twitter.com/#!/sheffieldjob (used to follow when wanted a job) https://twitter.com/#!/showroomcinema https://twitter.com/#!/StoryingShef https://twitter.com/#!/sheffieldblog When someone doesn't 'get' twitter it's because they haven't tried it for at least a few weeks and have just been told about it. It doesn't work for everyone though either. But it's a feed you can ignore or take part in. Like yesterday, I wasn't watching the murdoch thing but I was interested. Wasn't really paying attention to my twitter feed either but I have a panel ticking away and then there was a sudden flurry of activity mainly with WTF and OMG type posts - I knew something major had happened, real time and I clicked to a stream of it. If I read those tweets a few hours later, it's "whatever, old news". But stuff on facebook a few hours old will probably be relevant for days if not weeks. It isn't a replacement for Facebook. Facebook is when you want to announce to your friends and family something going on in your life, like "moving house" "having a baby" "party at mine" etc. You'd tweet if you want to be part of a trend or crowd or share something amusing on the web or something that is happening NOW that people can either look at or ignore. I don't watch football or much sport but could liken it to a crowd of football supporters in a stadium, unlikely they all know each other but they all sing at the same time about how a certain team is better than another - a common belief - maybe like banning or supporting fox hunting, we all have our issues. Some people do post their breakfast etc but then when is everything on the web serious? Another reason I like twitter is that it's too the point - unlike this post, so if you can't say it in 140 characters with todays attention span; is it worth saying at all? Sorry to go on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richthomo Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 i do just to noisey i dont use it myself lol.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megalithic Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 i watched my mates twitter for around 2 weeks but found it no different from facebook, full of stuff i've no need to know. Basically it's crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_rudeboy Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 I have a twitter account but have no idea how it all works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.