Comments on: Twitterer sells out friends http://tamebay.com/2008/04/twitterer-sells-out-friends.html eBay & ecommerce made easy Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:38:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sue Bailey http://tamebay.com/2008/04/twitterer-sells-out-friends.html#comment-33792 Sue Bailey Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:47:12 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=2559#comment-33792 <i> system which instantaneously broadcasts your musings </i> Never tell Bondy about the TB RSS feed.... :shock: system which instantaneously broadcasts your musings

Never tell Bondy about the TB RSS feed…. :shock:

]]> By: Mark (Villainous) http://tamebay.com/2008/04/twitterer-sells-out-friends.html#comment-33789 Mark (Villainous) Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:50:30 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=2559#comment-33789 Ta Mountie. Still scary though. The only people I could imagine having a use for a system which instantaneously broadcasts your musings to a flock of sheep would be some kind of Supreme axis of Evil (Hitler, Osama, Rush Limbaugh, Bill O Reilly, Peter Mandleson, Simon Cowell etc.) . I Shan't be bidding, quelle surprise... Ta Mountie.

Still scary though.

The only people I could imagine having a use for a system which instantaneously broadcasts your musings to a flock of sheep would be some kind of Supreme axis of Evil (Hitler, Osama, Rush Limbaugh, Bill O Reilly, Peter Mandleson, Simon Cowell etc.) .

I Shan’t be bidding, quelle surprise…

]]> By: northumbrian http://tamebay.com/2008/04/twitterer-sells-out-friends.html#comment-33778 northumbrian Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:47:42 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=2559#comment-33778 a constant stream of my latest thoughts ! who on earth would want to know that! its still utterly ridiculous a constant stream of my latest thoughts !

who on earth would want to know that!
its still utterly ridiculous

]]> By: whirly http://tamebay.com/2008/04/twitterer-sells-out-friends.html#comment-33776 whirly Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:51:29 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=2559#comment-33776 I stand corrected :grin: I stand corrected :grin:

]]> By: Josordoni http://tamebay.com/2008/04/twitterer-sells-out-friends.html#comment-33775 Josordoni Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:37:27 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=2559#comment-33775 No Whirly, the stupidity has always been there... it is just higher in our viewfinder, that's all.... :roll: No Whirly, the stupidity has always been there… it is just higher in our viewfinder, that’s all…. :roll:

]]> By: whirly http://tamebay.com/2008/04/twitterer-sells-out-friends.html#comment-33774 whirly Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:33:42 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=2559#comment-33774 The internet has created a whole new level of stupidity, how utterly ridiculous. The internet has created a whole new level of stupidity, how utterly ridiculous.

]]> By: Store Your Stuff aka Jade http://tamebay.com/2008/04/twitterer-sells-out-friends.html#comment-33773 Store Your Stuff aka Jade Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:29:37 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=2559#comment-33773 I think the question about being sold to the highest bidder, is one that will provoke a lot of thought. If anything it makes me reflect on how we are well and truly embroiled in the information age. This is a trade that deals in virtual information to virtual friends, one might argue that it is virtually pointless anyway. In this instance "we", the reader of the twitter stream, are very much the commodity, and in that case I guess that it's no different to any marketing information a company might buy from any of the more usual market research sources etc. Whether we/I would jump ship is wholly objective, if the purchaser of the stream follows a similar pattern and has similar interests then why would we? Unless we object in principle to the idea of being a commodity full stop. Some might stay just for the kudos, of being among the 1st electronically traded virtual friends. The other thing is, this must be getting the twitter feed traffic and publicity. Which is a very old fashioned concept, no publicity is bad publicity and all that! ? I think the question about being sold to the highest bidder, is one that will provoke a lot of thought. If anything it makes me reflect on how we are well and truly embroiled in the information age. This is a trade that deals in virtual information to virtual friends, one might argue that it is virtually pointless anyway. In this instance “we”, the reader of the twitter stream, are very much the commodity, and in that case I guess that it’s no different to any marketing information a company might buy from any of the more usual market research sources etc.

Whether we/I would jump ship is wholly objective, if the purchaser of the stream follows a similar pattern and has similar interests then why would we? Unless we object in principle to the idea of being a commodity full stop. Some might stay just for the kudos, of being among the 1st electronically traded virtual friends.

The other thing is, this must be getting the twitter feed traffic and publicity. Which is a very old fashioned concept, no publicity is bad publicity and all that! ?

]]> By: Chris Dawson http://tamebay.com/2008/04/twitterer-sells-out-friends.html#comment-33772 Chris Dawson Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:13:14 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=2559#comment-33772 Not really - a grwon up Bebo would be Facebook. Twitter is a constant stream of your latest thoughts/what you're doing which can be sent by almost any device including PDA / Mobile phone. Not really – a grwon up Bebo would be Facebook.

Twitter is a constant stream of your latest thoughts/what you’re doing which can be sent by almost any device including PDA / Mobile phone.

]]> By: Mark (Villainous) http://tamebay.com/2008/04/twitterer-sells-out-friends.html#comment-33771 Mark (Villainous) Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:56:28 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=2559#comment-33771 Am I correct in assuming that Twitter is Bebo for people who are too mature to admit that they like the idea of bebo? Am I correct in assuming that Twitter is Bebo for people who are too mature to admit that they like the idea of bebo?

]]> By: The Masked Millionaire http://tamebay.com/2008/04/twitterer-sells-out-friends.html#comment-33769 The Masked Millionaire Sun, 13 Apr 2008 20:45:49 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=2559#comment-33769 Not in a million years do I believe that this scheme will work. Live From Las Vegas The Masked Millionaire Not in a million years do I believe that this scheme will work.

Live From Las Vegas
The Masked Millionaire

]]> By: Sue Bailey http://tamebay.com/2008/04/twitterer-sells-out-friends.html#comment-33762 Sue Bailey Sun, 13 Apr 2008 14:54:28 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=2559#comment-33762 I would have expected that Twitter would close the account PDQ. I would have expected that Twitter would close the account PDQ.

]]> By: Josordoni http://tamebay.com/2008/04/twitterer-sells-out-friends.html#comment-33760 Josordoni Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:57:33 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=2559#comment-33760 I'd be off like a shot if the new owner didn't tweet anything I was interested in! I’d be off like a shot if the new owner didn’t tweet anything I was interested in!

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