Comments on: Twitter Tweets are Pointless

By: Dick@pargazer.com

Dick@pargazer.com — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:25:32 +0000

It sounds like Twitter has become the lazy man’s (or women’s) Blog! Tell us about your specials in 140 characters or less! Seems to me that a well written blog like ExtremeJohn’s for example could do so much for your business than just tweeting. I can see where Twitter would be good for a business like Johns where he can use his Tweets as reminders or last minute offers. I wish I had had Twitter when I was in the hotel business, it could have helped fill some holes left by last minute group cancellations, I would have created a blog for the hotel, then tweeted regularly to all my corporate customers, slick!

By: Jared

Jared — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 07:40:41 +0000

I actually don’t really see many useless tweets. Almost all of the people I follow actually post things that are worth posting, and the majority of them post useful resources or other things that I am interested in. Occasionally I see a useful tweet here and there, but it doesn’t bother me. If I see someone that doesn’t tweet things that are of use to me, useless banter, then I don’t follow them. It’s as simple as that. But I do actually hate twitter, because it is just another addictive and time consuming internet service that has taken another piece of my useless life from me, that I will never get back. And there’s nothing I can do about it, except of course tweeting 25+ Ways to Get a Life.

Oh god, I just googled that to see if it has been posted. it has, on oprah.com http://bit.ly/1awu9H not saying to go there though. K bye
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By: Extreme John

Extreme John — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 13:27:23 +0000

@Mike business relationships? What is this crap you speak of. On the true note, I am right there with you.

@Greg Ellison ummm don’t you control that?

@The Constant Complainer yeah it would only be just as nie if Yellow Book would have taken care of their crappy employee the same way that ComCast was at least willing to resolve that customers issue.

@Japh yeah makes three of us

@Compute Live it is as useful or useless as one makes it

@Klaus glad I could get you moving on Twitter a little bit with some back and forth, Tweet at me anytime.

@Anna Jane Very well said, all though I do think people tweeting about business and blog posts should plan on tweeting a few other things if they plan on keeping people following.

@Doug Dillard you know Doug it’s one of those things that might not be right for everyone, however having 80 followers that follow because of your blog and than tweeting a few things and slapping in a link to your latest post will quickly hit an audience that is hand made for you based on your site. It might not be the biggest list or the deepest list but if it gets exposure to what your looking to do than it’s a home run.

@Mark Smith Twitter is used by millions of people for various reasons, out of those millions half are probably crap. Point being I don’t care about the crap tweets or people, I care about the people I interact and network with.

@Christie as long as no one is seeing those tweets than I guess it wouldn’t matter

@Mitch you know honestly I pick and choose who I follow very carefully now, I learned my lesson and I see just about zero spam which makes me appreciate Twitter much more.

By: Mitch

Mitch — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 05:19:40 +0000

I actually have a post coming out on Monday about the survey (yes, I write many posts way ahead of time) where I say I don’t believe this poll is legit based on what I see. I think most of us will say we see more spam than babble; at least I do.

But I ain’t saying anything more until Monday.
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By: Christie

Christie — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 01:38:20 +0000

Well Anna Jane’s second paragraph really said it all! There are some people who seem to do most of the tweeting – I don’t care what time I get into Twitter, there they are. I now look mostly at @replies or DMs from folks I “know” from the web and ignore the rest.

To ponder: If someone offers to help you get 10,000 followers on Twitter and no one hears them, were they still being an annoying ass?
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By: Mark Smith

Mark Smith — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:00:18 +0000

Am I correct in assuming that twitter is mainly used for business applications rather than social situations? Isn’t it kind of like an organized email list that you can give quick updates,advertisements, or posts to your “followers”? It sounds like some use it correctly to communicate with their “tweets” and drive business. No harm in that. Why would anyone use this to inform others of their favorite meal choices or whether or not they like the new Black Eyed Peas song? Maybe I am too old for twitter, cuz I just don’t get it. You kids today,as my parents would say to me on a daily basis. Thanks for shining the light John!
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By: Anna Jane

Anna Jane — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:25:21 +0000

Twitter is good from the point of view that businesss can keep customers informed with every last update, and blogs can inform their readers of every new post.

Twitter is bad/pointless from the point of view that it attracts self-absorbed attention whores, giving one the idea that everyone cares about what their cappucino tastes like, when in reality, no one cares.

I still tweet though