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Barry_Collins
Dennis Magazines
Joined: Mon Apr 27, 2009 5:50 pm
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More than 60% of Twitter users stop using the free social-networking site a month after joining, according to figures from Nielsen Online. http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/252133/six-out-of-ten-twitter-users-quit-within-a-month.html_________________Barry Collins Online Editor - PC Pro http://www.pcpro.co.uk
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| Wed Apr 29, 2009 2:08 pm |
 
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ProfessorF
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:56 pm
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*raises hand*
Yup, signed up, couldn't see the point, haven't been back.
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paulzolo
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:27 pm
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I see that with my followers (this is making me sound needlessly messianic - sorry). A lot of people join to spam or post Tweets along the lines of “OMG I got my Ipod free find how how”. They either vanish, or get kicked off by Twitter.
There is also a fake perception that you have to post every minute of every day. You don’t, though at times my tweets lapse into a kind of narrative or are linked by a theme and can happen rather quickly. Some may remember the Daleks.
The pressure to tweet relentlessly is self-imposed. Once you have realised that you don’t have to, it’s quite fun. I must admit to using my iPhone to Tweet, send pictures and even AudioBoo updates from time to time.
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Zippy
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:20 pm
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Location: Here Abouts
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I never saw the point in even signing up. If I want to text stuff to people, I text them!!  _________________The Official "Saucy Minx"  This above all: To Thine Own Self Be True "Red sky at night, Shepherds Delight"..Which is a bit like Shepherds Pie, but with whipped topping instead of mashed potato.
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ethelredalready
Occasionally has a life
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 11:10 am
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Personally I think that twitter is (waiiit for it) for "twits" but then I'm sure the feeling is mutual. Do I care, nope!
Twitter takes blogging to its illogical conclusion.
Like Punk music there are some diamonds in the dross, but personally I just can't be bothered!
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gavomatic57
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:30 pm
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Location: Cardiff, Wales
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That's because it is cack, but it isn't blocked by my work's firewall so I can update my facebook status with it!
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AlunD
Site Admin
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:12 am
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Location: Wiltshire
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And I suspect that's what loads of people do. useless piece of information well over 1000 people used it to get updates on the budget as it happened 
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Coref
Occasionally has a life
Joined: Mon Apr 27, 2009 6:20 pm
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We've unoffically started to use [url=http://www.yammer.com[/url], it's like Twitter but for work. It's kind of useful, but I think it'd be easy to have too much of a good thing.
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