Twitter

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32624

The @BeexGames Twitter account
We are experimenting with using this account to announce and arrange online gaming. Here's how it works:

@BeexGames follows your Twitter account (otherwise step 4 won't work, you can only send Twitter direct messages to people who follow you). If it isn't following you, let me know.
If you want to game with us, you follow the BeexGames account.
When you want to play games, use your Twitter client to send a Direct Message to BeexGames. You can do this on the Twitter website here. For example, "I want to play Gears 2 tonight, between 9pm and 11pm. Anyone up for it?" Keep it short, because it's going to put "via @yourusername" in front of it.
After a short delay (maybe 5 min), your direct message will be reposted from the BeexGames account, like this one. Hence, you have broadcasted that you want to play a game, but all the notifications come from the same Twitter account for neatness. This means we dont all need to follow each other to get new game notifications.
Non-Twitter users can still benefit from the BeexGames RSS feed here. They can't post to it, however, unless they are willing to sign up for Twitter (which takes seconds!)

Beexers on Twitter
Easiest way to find Beexers to follow on Twitter is to look through the BeexGames accounts following list. This shows you a neat list of all the Beexers on Twitter, with convenient "follow" buttons next to each one.

A full list is below in case you need it.

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!

myp · **Posted:** Wed Jun 25, 2008 10:21

richardgaywood wrote:

I might write something in it once in a while if I thought anyone actually read my stuff. Does anyone here use Twitter at all?

No, but the iPhone has a Twitter app thing. I might use it if you posted something worth reading.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32624

myoptika wrote:

richardgaywood wrote:

I might use it if you posted something worth reading.

How likely is that though?

CUS · **Posted:** Wed Jun 25, 2008 10:23

Mm, same here I think. Interested, can see the uses and benefits and stuff, would be great on my iPhone; but I don't want to do it if "only I'm doing it", like a sad, sad, sad, sad, sad, sad, sad, sad, sad, sad, sad man. There' nothing lonelier than a journal or blog that has no comments/replies/feedback

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

What, pray tell, is this "Twitter" thing of which you speak?

myp · **Posted:** Wed Jun 25, 2008 10:26

I'll do it if everyone else does.

Baaaa.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32624

CUS wrote:

There' nothing lonelier than a journal or blog that has no comments/replies/feedback

http://www.fscked.co.uk/index.php/comments/feed/ :'(

Mr Chris wrote:

What, pray tell, is this "Twitter" thing of which you speak?

A cross between blogging and SMSing. Or a bit like the status bit in Facebook. You can go to the site and put text in, up to 140 characters, and then everyone on your Twitter friends list can read it. It'd be crap but you can interface your phone or your IM client to it, so all tweets are sent to you there and you can send from there too, which then turns it into a sort of low speed IRC. This rescues it as a concept somewhat, although like all blogging it's 90% crap.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

Quote:

I'm going to poo.
I'm pooing!
I'm pooing!
I've pooed.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Craster wrote:

Quote:

I'm going to poo.
I'm pooing!
I'm pooing!
I've pooed.

Are you channeling Mali?

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32624

Craster wrote:

Quote:

I'm going to poo.
I'm pooing!
I'm pooing!
I've pooed.

AceAceBaby · **Posted:** Wed Jun 25, 2008 10:56

I have a twitter, though I haven't used it since last year, I think, and then only a couple of times.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32624

Well, my Twitter account is "richardgaywood" if anyone wants to add me.

myp · **Posted:** Wed Jun 25, 2008 11:39

richardgaywood wrote:

Well, my Twitter account is "richardgaywood" if anyone wants to add me.

Let me download the app and investigate.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32624

You don't need an app, you can do it on the website, although the app does make it better. The IM integration only works with Jabber, GTalk, and Livejournal's chat mind. And the GTalk one isn't working for me now.

CUS · **Posted:** Wed Jun 25, 2008 12:00

From Wikipedia, this (heavily cited) example of Twitter's usefulness should sell it to you, or not:

Quote:

Twitter is being used in creative and important ways as a social justice tool to connect groups of people in critical situations. On April 10 2008, UC Berkeley graduate journalism student James Karl Buck and his translator, Mohammed Maree were arrested in Egypt for photographing a local anti-government protest. On his way to the police station, Buck used his mobile phone to twitter the message “Arrested” to his 48 followers who contacted the UC Berkeley, the US Embassy and a number of press organizations on his behalf. While being detained Buck was able to send updates about his condition to his followers. As a result of the message and the efforts of his Twitter friends, he was released the next day from the Mahalla jail after the college hired a lawyer for him.[26][27]

Research published in New Scientist magazine in May 2008 found that blogs, maps, photo sites and instant messaging systems like Twitter did a better job of getting information out during emergencies such as the shootings at Virginia Tech than either the traditional news media or government emergency services. The study -- done by researchers at the University of Colorado also found that during the fires in California in October 2007, those using Twitter kept their followers, who were often friends and neighbors, informed of their whereabouts and of the location of various fires on a minute by minute basis. Additionally, organizations that support relief efforts are also using Twitter. The American Red Cross uses Twitter to exchange minute-to-minute information about local disasters, including statistics and directions.[28][29]

The first trade union Twitter service was launched by the news and campaigning website LabourStart in June 2008. [30]

kalmar · **Posted:** Wed Jun 25, 2008 12:06

richardgaywood wrote:

Well, my Twitter account is "richardgaywood" if anyone wants to blacklist me for having an offensive username.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32624

kalmar wrote:

richardgaywood wrote:

Well, my Twitter account is "richardgaywood" if anyone wants to blacklist me for having an offensive username.

AceAceBaby · **Posted:** Wed Jun 25, 2008 12:54

That guy's situation had very little to do with twitter, and very much to do with his status as a US citizen, I think. Of course, it did nothing for his translator, Mohammed Maree, who was probably too brown and foreign to count.

CUS · **Posted:** Wed Jun 25, 2008 13:08

AceAceBaby wrote:

That guy's situation had very little to do with twitter, and very much to do with his status as a US citizen, I think.

And how did he contact the US embassy?

myp · **Posted:** Wed Jun 25, 2008 13:12

richardgaywood wrote:

You don't need an app, you can do it on the website, although the app does make it better. The IM integration only works with Jabber, GTalk, and Livejournal's chat mind. And the GTalk one isn't working for me now.

I meant the iPhone app.

AceAceBaby · **Posted:** Wed Jun 25, 2008 13:14

The question you need to ask is how long a US citizen would be kept in jail in a country that relies heavily on US aid. "International Diplomatic Incident" are words to conjure with.

CUS · **Posted:** Wed Jun 25, 2008 13:14

It's got at least three. Annoyingly, Installer.app has a slightly crap search, and entering 'Twit' for example won't show you all of them.

myp · **Posted:** Wed Jun 25, 2008 14:16

Ok, how the fuck do I add friends to this? It leads me to a place to find 'people to follow', but I can't search or anything. Grr.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32624

myoptika wrote:

Ok, how the fuck do I add friends to this? It leads me to a place to find 'people to follow', but I can't search or anything. Grr.

That's it. The people you follow are you friends. It's not necessarily reciproical -- you can follow someone who doesn't follow you, so there is no two-way friend relationship. This is a feature, as otherwise celebrity users like Wil Wheaton with thousands of followers would be overwhelmed.

AceAceBaby · **Posted:** Wed Jun 25, 2008 14:40

I am following you now. From about 30 paces behind, nipping into doorways or suddenly peering in shop windows whenever you glance back. :ninja:

myp · **Posted:** Wed Jun 25, 2008 14:53

richardgaywood wrote:

myoptika wrote:

Ok, how the fuck do I add friends to this? It leads me to a place to find 'people to follow', but I can't search or anything. Grr.

That's it. The people you follow are you friends. It's not necessarily reciproical -- you can follow someone who doesn't follow you, so there is no two-way friend relationship. This is a feature, as otherwise celebrity users like Wil Wheaton with thousands of followers would be overwhelmed.

I wouldn't mind that, but it doesn't even have a search function on the mobile site. I was going to search for you, but ended up having to go to your Twitter site and click 'follow'.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32624

myoptika wrote:

I wouldn't mind that, but it doesn't even have a search function on the mobile site. I was going to search for you, but ended up having to go to your Twitter site and click 'follow'.

Hmm, that is a bit shit.

Well, I added you both to mine, anyway. Someone say something already!

myp · **Posted:** Wed Jun 25, 2008 14:54

Mine is here, for anyone who cares...

myp · **Posted:** Wed Jun 25, 2008 14:55

richardgaywood wrote:

myoptika wrote:

I wouldn't mind that, but it doesn't even have a search function on the mobile site. I was going to search for you, but ended up having to go to your Twitter site and click 'follow'.

Hmm, that is a bit shit.

Well, I added you both to mine, anyway. Someone say something already!

I've already said stuff!

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32624

myoptika wrote:

I've already said stuff!

Goctha, that's working.

You can direct responses at people by doing an @ infront of their name. The Twitter site, and most clients, treat those special.

myp · **Posted:** Wed Jun 25, 2008 15:27

Yep, the iPhone does it all automatically when I click on 'reply' to your message.

This is actually pretty cool. Now to find some people who actually use it.

CUS · **Posted:** Wed Jun 25, 2008 15:37

Will Wheaton.

You don't need anyone else.

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Jun 25, 2008 16:51

I'd Stand By him.

throughsilver · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6197

I have lots of Mormons following me on account of I'm from Leeds, put 'LDS' as my location and they all presumably think I meant 'Latterday Saints'.

They haven't complained yet.

myp · **Posted:** Wed Jun 25, 2008 18:19

Rich and I are happily twittering away now. I'm surprised MaliA hasn't got one as it should be right up his alley.

kalmar · **Posted:** Sat Jun 28, 2008 12:13

I registered - ka1mar - but can't see how to add anyone. The iPhone app I'm using is twinkle, it doesn't appear to work anyway. Hmd.

myp · **Posted:** Sat Jun 28, 2008 14:50

kalmar wrote:

I registered - ka1mar - but can't see how to add anyone. The iPhone app I'm using is twinkle, it doesn't appear to work anyway. Hmd.

Go to here in Safari. Next to my entries you should be able to see 'follow' or something similar. There should also be an option to turn notifications on (it might be called something else, but it's fair self-explanatory). Once you do this, your Twinkle app will start to fill up with twitters.

It was a pain in the arse for me, as I couldn't figure out why it wasn't working either.

kalmar · **Posted:** Sat Jun 28, 2008 14:55

myoptika wrote:

kalmar wrote:

I registered - ka1mar - but can't see how to add anyone. The iPhone app I'm using is twinkle, it doesn't appear to work anyway. Hmd.

Go to here in Safari. Next to my entries you should be able to see 'follow' or something similar. There should also be an option to turn notifications on (it might be called something else, but it's fair self-explanatory). Once you do this, your Twinkle app will start to fill up with twitters.

It was a pain in the arse for me, as I couldn't figure out why it wasn't working either.

I figured it out, ta. There's a search box in the non-mobile version of the web page.

Twinkle still defiantly not working at all, but mobiletwitter does, up to a point.

Now, who's going to call the ambulance?

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26104

Hello - I added all of the people I could see.

I have no idea of the use of this site, it's silly but fun. I do really like the design of the site, though. I even updated my blog today. I am being sociable. Go me.

Also, I cut my arm quite badly. I twittered that.

(After I bandaged myself up, mind)

myp · **Posted:** Sat Jun 28, 2008 17:07

I've managed to get Twinkle working. Did you follow my advice Meemers? Also, I'm now following you. [/stalker]

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26104

Which advice, Myoptika?

You give so much good advice that I am finding it hard to pinpoint the precise piece of advice you mean :smug:

myp · **Posted:** Sat Jun 28, 2008 17:56

Sorry Meemee, I was giving you duff info (as per usual). I presumed you were using the iPhone like me and Kalmar.

Kalmar - there's definitely some settings in your profile for allowing Twinkle to work. I can't quite remember what it is at the moment, though.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26104

Oh, hehe. No, I do not have the phone of i. I have a mobile that barely works and is never on

If I did have one, though, I would have followed your info to the minutae.

myp · **Posted:** Sat Jun 28, 2008 17:59

Yep, the really vague, waffly info I'm trying to give Kalmar. I'm not surprised he's still not managed to make it work.

JamesOff · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 116

I've sort of been getting into Twitter recently. It lets me microblog crap that I don't feel like making the effort to put on my proper blog, so that any interested friends can see what I'm doing. Works well for us as the majority of our group of friends met at uni, and are now scattered across the globe (except me, I can see the university from my house).

CUS · **Posted:** Mon Jun 30, 2008 9:57

JamesOff wrote:

(except me, I can see the university from my house).

Hmm, that narrows down where you live nicely.

*uses a compass to draw a radius around the university, just like the paedo from Monkey Dust*

Grim... · **Posted:** Mon Jul 07, 2008 15:46

http://www.twitter.com/grimdotdotdot

Whoo.

Deano2099 · **Joined:** 12th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 148

I used it to do a bit of liveblogging from Glasto and can see it being useful for special events, people travelling that want to keep friends up to date etc, but really can't imagine why I'd want to use it on a day to day basis.

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

I forward all of my blog posts to twitter, so people can get my blog posts sent to their phone, I write the odd thing every now and again too.

CraigGrannell · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 1639

Under the advice of someone I interviewed at ITN, I've started experimenting with Twitter for micro-blogging, publishing the stream on Revert to Saved. My Twitter page is at http://twitter.com/reverttosaved if anyone's interested.

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