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Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Tech Gary Trudeau Hates Twitter, Journalists

Posted by Alison Hallett on Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 2:15 PM

From WebNewser:

The technology obviously isn't inherently silly — it's just a tool. A lot of serious people are using Twitter towards serious ends, especially the geeks who put it on the map.

But there are also vast numbers of users, including journalists, who are so smitten with the idea of a personal broadcasting system that the absence of meaningful content to broadcast doesn't seem to concern them.

Love him, kinda. Via.

 

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Unwitting irony? in MY blogtown?
Posted by A CAT, probably on April 21, 2009 at 2:27 PM · Report
2
Gary Trudeau ceased to be relevant 800 years ago.
Posted by kiala on April 21, 2009 at 2:32 PM · Report
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"...absence of meaningful content..." What are you talking about? I'm absolutely fascinated to read that Stephanie Stricklen just bought some cheese at the store.
Posted by wmarkusen on April 21, 2009 at 2:35 PM · Report
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witting! thx.
Posted by Alison Hallett on April 21, 2009 at 2:42 PM · Report
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TrueDOH is right about TWITer.
Posted by Demondog on April 21, 2009 at 3:18 PM · Report
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Everything our current alleged cognoscenti are saying about twitter these days is the same thing they or their predecessors said about blogs and the same thing they or their predecessors or their predecessors' predecessors said about the web.

Same old over-generalized "look at me, I'm still relevant by pissing on what people are into these days" useless nonsense.
Posted by The One True b!X on April 21, 2009 at 3:25 PM · Report
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I can't stands the TWITS but B!X is on point. I've learned to keep my grampa mutterings inside my brainhhole where they belong. That way young chicks think I'm hella with it. Hella is still cool to use right???
Posted by Abusive on April 21, 2009 at 3:56 PM · Report
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"Gary Trudeau ceased to be relevant 800 years ago."

http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/faqs/cv.ht…
Damn, Kiala, you tell us all about it!
Posted by NIG GER on April 21, 2009 at 4:04 PM · Report
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Hm, B!x, I disagree, at least in relation to this particular article. Technology moves faster than etiquette, and criticizing the way a technology is being used isn't the same as criticizing the technology. I find it equally annoying when people who DON'T use Twitter assume that it's completely frivolous and inane. It's a good tool that a lot of people don't know how to use (myself included, if drunken tweets about popcorn are any indication)—and journalists should be on the forefront of using it well. Most of 'em aren't, though. Except for Frank Cassano.
Posted by Alison Hallett on April 21, 2009 at 4:23 PM · Report
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I feel like once you start looking at Twitter as a tool..well...you'll just never get it. I don't think anyone can "use" Twitter unless they "embrace" Twitter.

ESPECIALLY the media and celebrities.

@Terry Moran is doing it right...to cite one example.
Posted by kiala on April 21, 2009 at 7:44 PM · Report
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Well, I think for non-media types it's perfectly OK not to get it. It's a really handy way of keeping up with what's interesting on the internet—like a more personable RSS feed. Journalists should probably be figuring out how to give it a big ol' hug right about now, though.
Posted by Alison Hallett on April 21, 2009 at 9:26 PM · Report
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Alison...AGREED.
Posted by kiala on April 22, 2009 at 8:07 AM · Report

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