Tell me about Twitter. Do you have a Twitter account?

[Haole Girl]

Do you like it?

Did you put your real name on the account?

:shrug:

[Hayabusa]

1. I have one

Mainly to keep track of a few RPG writers, as well as voice a few opinions on RPG issues. I have no followers, so this is likely an exercise in futility.

I do not have my real name on my account, preferring to use an alias for privacy concerns.

[Haole Girl]

2. Thanks

Yeah, I don't want to put my real name on their either. There are some people from my past I don't care to hear from (some from the present, too!).

[Mojambo]

3. Have it. Follow a bunch of writers, comedians, and indie musicians

Plus, my small social circle and I all communicate on there.

[Haole Girl]

4. Do you use your real name? nt

[Mojambo]

5. No. n/t

[HopeHoops]

6. People who do put the "twit" into "twitter" - just think Palin.

[Haole Girl]

7. Yeah, but there are many other -and more interesting people- on there too.

[HopeHoops]

9. Sorry, Haole. I just love that line.

I have text messaging shut off for all of our phones. We have no need for it and we kept getting charged like $.20 for each message our kids received from friends even if they didn't read them. I told T-Mobile to shut it the hell off and they did.

[Lex]

21. Obama has a Twitter account

http://twitter.com/#!/BarackObama

[Chan790]

8. I use it professionally.

In addition to my day-job (which I'm leaving sometime after Jan. 1) I also work as a writer and am in the process of starting a PR/Comm. firm for NPOs and issue campaigns. I use it professionally for the last two and especially the latter as tweet/Facebook management is about 40% of what I do for clients. It's a showpiece of my work. I actually kind of hate it but I'm hooked unless I want to be a banker forever. (I don't.)

I use my professional name, which is close enough to both my colloquial name and my legal given name that functionally I'm using my (edit: real) name. I would advise any client not in a position where they have to (ie. someone running for office or someone in a public field, ie. authors and actors), to not use theirs.

[Haole Girl]

10. Thank you for the advice

Good luck with your new career. :hi:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

11. no.no.no.

and - oh by the way, No.

[Haole Girl]

12. Bad experience, eh?

:shrug:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

14. nawh, just can't see the reason for it. The whole internet experience is

giving me second thoughts, actually. Seems, I spending less and less time at the computer and when I do it is more for a one-to-one type of interaction. DU seems to be enough mass communication to fill the void for me.

Also, I am finding it weird the way my personal information may/can be owned by another entity. I find that to be somewhat unsettling.

I don't read Twitter, except I did read some of that Shit My Dad Says. It was good for a few laughs.

Anyway, I just no to Twitter. :shrug:

:) :hi:

[petronius]

13. I don't use it - I have yet to figure out a way in which it would benefit me

I suspect I'd probably use my real name since I'd have to tell everyone who matters what my nickname was anyway, and the only potentially useful applications I can come up for me with are in the work sphere...

[Skittles]

15. fuck no

[bigwillq]

16. I have two.

One for personal use (which I never use), and one for work (which I use a lot).

My real name is on my work one.

I don't really like it.
A lot of the same stories and links are posted. I tend to find it annoying.

[MorningGlow]

17. Honestly?

I do have one and I do use my real name along with my freelance writing business name. But I have found Twitter to be a colossal waste of time and I have pretty much given it up--both tweeting and reading tweets. I think I haven't posted since the end of September, and it's no big loss. I do drop in from time to time because Steve Martin's tweets make me LOL (@SteveMartinToGo). But really, Twitter is just one humongous PR tool ("come to my booksigning", "I will be on this TV show on Monday", "watch my new webisode", etc.) Just IMO, I hope it goes the way of the dodo soon. Truly, most of the time it bores me senseless.

[Connie_Corleone]

18. I have a twitter account and it can be a waste of time.

I use it for entertainment purposes only (commenting on TV shows I watch), tweeting with other people who are interested in the same TV shows. It can be fun, but it can be a colossal waste of time.

Most people seem to tweet useless crap about what they're doing.

With me being an introvert, I'm pretty sure I'll tire of this tweeting soon.

[bikebloke]

19. I use it primarily as a news feed.

Once and a while I'll post something.

[Lex]

22. same here

nt

[Kali]

20. I think I have one, not my name

signed up because I thought I might be able to receive info about my radio station that would be pertinent, but like most public outreach they do that doesn't generate income right away I think they quit playing with it. Not sure but I certainly didn't see any point to it.

I know in some situations it was a force for good (Iran elections/protests - other events in Asia and around the world) but yeah, in general? worse than face book