Okay, Who's on Twitter?

[fredrikw]

You don't use Facebook to find new friends, if you're after that I guess MySpace is perfect for you. Facebook is a great framework for keeping contact with people you already know.

[Influencer]

In theory.But I do have a Facebook account. Rarely use it. But get 'friend requests' every week from people I've never met in my life!

[fredrikw]

In theory.But I do have a Facebook account. Rarely use it. But get 'friend requests' every week from people I've never met in my life!

Yeah, those people are annoying, and should be ignored. That kind of MySpace friend collecting behaviour should be fought by all means necessary

[Johnboy74]

You don't use Facebook to find new friends, if you're after that I guess MySpace is perfect for you. Facebook is a great framework for keeping contact with people you already know.

+1

[JP]

yeah when you see someone with over 1k friends you know they are just collecting anyone who is willing to take them and use facebook as a marketing tool.

I only accept those requests if i actually do know the person...

About twitter, wasnt there a research done which stated that 90% of the twitter volume comes from 10% of the users, which is uncommonly bad ratio for these kind of new networking and distributed use sites?

Meaning that the numbers twitter and media quote about twitter users are way off the mark and vast majority of them are inactive users with a post "just had a nice curry" and then nothing for months.

[gauze]

Meaning that the numbers twitter and media quote about twitter users are way off the mark and vast majority of them are inactive users with a post "just had a nice curry" and then nothing for months.

LOL. Slate had an article recently about "one post Twitter users" with posts similar to that.

Myspace is only better if you're a) in a band b) a porn star or c) looking to get laid. Private profiles make c) a bitch on FB.

[SpugFab]

Myspace is only better if you're a) in a band b) a porn star or c) looking to get laid. Private profiles make c) a bitch on FB.

FB is quite useful for getting laid by people you used to know though.

[Dave Noisy]

I have no idea why anybody would want to either post on, or read things like Twitter. Surely it is just inane day to day wafflings?

Is this a symptom of reality TV shows like 'Big Brother'?

I don't get 'Facebook', either.

I'm on facebook, it's kinda of handy to see what people are upto but actually seeing people is the preferred method of catching up!

Exactly, and Twitter is similar, but basically just 'status updates'. And there are a lot more people that contribute - for me it's pretty cool reading updates from Lance Armstrong, Bradley Wiggins, Levi, George H and others in the Tour de France.

And there are lots of other neat people, vegans, etc.. It's quick and easy to follow, and i also enjoy posting my own little bits, you can click on any of the links posted to see what people are going on about...

I open the page a couple times a day to see what peeps are up to, and post several thoughts myself each day.. It's not designed for conversation tho, mainly just putting your ideas out there, and that's aboot it. I'm surprised that this many people are following me..haha..

[Dave Noisy]

I tweet, I work in e-Learning so we have to try out all the tools.

What do you tweet about? I'd add ya, but i'm guessing you're keeping it a secret for a reason. ;)

[Influencer]

Wouldn't disagree with porn star,band etc on Myspace
But it is good for networking with other activists. You find a lot of people who have their Top Friends as like minded groups or political stances.
Facebook seems to be full of randoms.
Had an interesting chat with some teenagers at a demo last week who said they would admit to being on Facebook but not on myspace-even though they had both. Peer pressure. Coolness of Facebook. Myspace being dated. Myspace was cool a few years ago. Lily allen just breaking through-that kind of period. Must be 3-4 years ago. Expect the same will happen to Facebook when the next 'cool vogue' appears.

[Andrewc]

I had Twitter for a little while. The majority of my friends were posting the same updates on Facebook anyway so I closed my account recently. I enjoyed being able to see what various "celebrities" were up to but that was about it.

When it comes to Facebook I am guilty of adding a couple of people from VF that I am yet to meet, otherwise I'm generally creeped out by random people wanting to be friends with me. This includes people that I apparently had classes with in high school and can't for the life of me remember them at all. I'm a bad person.

I agree with Infy about being embarrassed to admit that I have a MySpace account. Although I rarely log on these days and keep it for the music side that Facebook doesn't offer.

[Arbela]

This includes people that I apparently had classes with in high school and can't for the life of me remember them at all.

Wait until you get the chance to go to your first high school reunion. That can either be a lot of fun or a really painful experience. I experienced a little mix of both.

[JP]

you shouldnt really compare myspace and facebook - they have totally different agenda, and different set of functionality.

Sure if you just dick around, they might superficially feel the same, but their purposes are very different.

I use facebook kind of as an online address book with contacts, friends, family etc on there, easily accessible and contactable. Sometimes with a spare moment at work might drop a line to comment friends statuses etc.

[puppydog]

I have no idea why anybody would want to either post on, or read things like Twitter. Surely it is just inane day to day wafflings?

Yeah, I can only describe twitter as "imagine if Facebook was just status updates" .... kind of hard to fathom the attraction. Following the stream of consciousness from inside other people's brains; my own is sad enough.

And for people like me, who usually speaks before thinking about what he's saying ... twitter is a really bad idea.

[Johnboy74]

I have no idea why anybody would want to either post on, or read things like Twitter. Surely it is just inane day to day wafflings?

Is this a symptom of reality TV shows like 'Big Brother'?

I don't get 'Facebook', either.

I'm on facebook, it's kinda of handy to see what people are upto but actually seeing people is the preferred method of catching up!

Exactly, and Twitter is similar, but basically just 'status updates'. And there are a lot more people that contribute - for me it's pretty cool reading updates from Lance Armstrong, Bradley Wiggins, Levi, George H and others in the Tour de France.

And there are lots of other neat people, vegans, etc.. It's quick and easy to follow, and i also enjoy posting my own little bits, you can click on any of the links posted to see what people are going on about...

I open the page a couple times a day to see what peeps are up to, and post several thoughts myself each day.. It's not designed for conversation tho, mainly just putting your ideas out there, and that's aboot it. I'm surprised that this many people are following me..haha..

Ah I see! You like star gazing Mr Noisy