And I’m not sure what you think isn’t cool about Twitter, but…I can agree in many ways. What Twitter and other social networking sites are doing is making the gross and ugly stuff of humanity much more transparent. In some cases, this is good (take Iran, which is basically having a cultural revolution solely because people can use cell phones to update the world on current events there - the ugliness in Iran SHOULD become more transparent), but in some cases it’s not so good (it’s essentially millions of people saying “Look at me! Look at me!” over and over again.

As social networking continues, I’d like it to evolve to a point where it starts making good things about humanity more transparent, too. Right now it’s pretty highly concentrated on the bad.

he’s my mary lynn rajskub.

i went to go follow you on twitter, but apparently i already do. i really don’t understand twitter. it’s totally not all that cool.

And I always say, if you can’t make something fun, you’re not doing it right.

Good thoughts, Mr. Irwin. I, too, enjoy the TNB atmosphere on Twitter.

I literally only signed up because Brad said me a message telling me I’d made the ‘TNB Twitter Hall of Fame” and that piqued my curiosity; I *had* to sign up to see what it all meant.

And since I did it’s been great. As most of TNB use it to whore themselves/utilize technology to promote their craft, its mostly TNB writers.

This is as opposed to Facebook where I largely talk to and befriend readers/fellow commenters.

If TNB was a print thing, Twitter would be the TNB bar when we were done writing. And it does feel good to reply/get a reply from a fellow writer. I genuinely feel more part of something for being there. It’s *FUN.* And who doesn’t like fun?

Keep working it that way, yeah? It’s a decent way to go.

But really it’s because I’m not as funny/interesting as I like to think.

I use twitter to: reply to tweets
whore my writing

Am I following the real one? I need to know!

Aren’t we?

Thats right TNBers, I’m calling you all whores!

As Brad asked me to join, I guess that makes him my pimp…

There is a site for her, but she’s never there. It’s just a bunch of fans making stuff up.
Way to let me down, Aaron!

Twitter doesn’t get enough credit. Occasionally I’ll drop 120-character-boring-person posts (”my computer crashed for the 5th time this afternoon. i just picked it up from IT.”) But mostly I use my account to follow FOX, Souplantation (yum!), Jinx, Felicia Day, and sports scores. I know when X tv show gets bumped to a new night or when Souplantation has Tuesday night deals, or The Guild Season 2 is up for sale (finally!).

I suppose I internalize this as a more legitimate use of Twitter so I’m always speaking up for the service.

(and actually, that’s a double-whammy clue, considering it takes into account two Batmans [Batmen?] one old, one new.)