What are your thoughts on social media?

[Karl Henning]

Gurn, your posts win so frequently, I am almost bored with winning 

[jochanaan]

I do...

Thank you.  I get into a multitude of subjects, not just music.

[Gurn Blanston]

Gurn, your posts win so frequently, I am almost bored with winning 

Very kind, Karl. I actually rather admire the way you have managed to distill your particular brand into so few words. For me, the challenge is to make each post have exactly 140 characters, so no space goes unused.

[Gurn Blanston]

Thank you.  I get into a multitude of subjects, not just music.

Yes you do. More naturism, please...  0:) 

[ComposerOfAvantGarde]

In response to the thread...

I used to have facebook, I had an account for a few months but decided to have my account deleted because nothing happened and I found it pretty useless in my life (emails, phone numbers etc are fine for me to communicate to people)

I had instagram and posted photos to it before Facebook bought it and now I refuse to ever go back.

I have a twitter account which I only intend to use for professional purposes to promote concerts, news and other stuff.

Forums are the only thing that interest me in terms of communication with other people on the internet apart from emails and skype and things like that.

[Brian]

Some people's content would be greatly improved, if they kept it to 140 characters

You joke, but Stephen Fry has said that restricting himself to 140 characters has actually made himself a better writer in general, not just on Twitter. I kind of feel the same way. I'm a pretty wordy writer, so concision is helpful.

[Gurn Blanston]

You joke, but Stephen Fry has said that restricting himself to 140 characters has actually made himself a better writer in general, not just on Twitter. I kind of feel the same way. I'm a pretty wordy writer, so concision is helpful.

Completely agree; just edited it out of my previous reply... 

[Todd]

You joke, but Stephen Fry has said that restricting himself to 140 characters has actually made himself a better writer in general, not just on Twitter. I kind of feel the same way. I'm a pretty wordy writer, so concision is helpful.

Too wordy.  Snipped, it could read: "You joke, but Stephen Fry said that a 140 character limitation has improved his writing generally, not just on Twitter.  I agree.  I'm verbose, so concision helps."  42 words down to 27. 

But a focus on concision can have its drawbacks.  This reminds me of an old joke I read about the Reader's Digest effect on writing: "Brevity is . . . wit."

[jochanaan]

Yes you do. More naturism, please...  0:) 

Gladly!  Many who know me, know that I'd rather live without clothes.

[jochanaan]

Too wordy.  Snipped, it could read: "You joke, but Stephen Fry said that a 140 character limitation has improved his writing generally, not just on Twitter.  I agree.  I'm verbose, so concision helps."  42 words down to 27. 

But a focus on concision can have its drawbacks.  This reminds me of an old joke I read about the Reader's Digest effect on writing: "Brevity is . . . wit."

Who wrote that thought himself a wit.  Half right.

[ibanezmonster]

Gladly!  Many who know me, know that I'd rather live without clothes.

Me, too. It's not like you need them 90% of the year in Florida, anyways.

[Brian]

Too wordy.  Snipped, it could read: "You joke, but Stephen Fry said that a 140 character limitation has improved his writing generally, not just on Twitter.  I agree.  I'm verbose, so concision helps."  42 words down to 27. 

Damn. See?

[Todd]

Damn. See?

You need an office job where you write 100+ emails a day.  That demands brevity.  It carries over into other endeavors.  Fair warning: it can cause problems with a spouse.

[Brian]

You need an office job where you write 100+ emails a day.  That demands brevity.  It carries over into other endeavors.  Fair warning: it can cause problems with a spouse.

Someone should have recommended that to Karl Ove Knausgaard.

[ComposerOfAvantGarde]

Who wrote that thought himself a wit.  Half right.

Half right, therefore halfwit?

[Ken B]

71 dB

I don't even understand why Twitter exists.

I can't prove this this, but. Imagine aliens want to conquer earth. Wouldn't it be useful for them if all the idiots self-identify, to help with the cull? Hence Twitter.

[Ken B]

You joke, but Stephen Fry has said that restricting himself to 140 characters has actually made himself a better writer in general, not just on Twitter. I kind of feel the same way. I'm a pretty wordy writer, so concision is helpful helps.

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[Mr. Three Putt]

71 dB
I can't prove this this, but. Imagine aliens want to conquer earth. Wouldn't it be useful for them if all the idiots self-identify, to help with the cull? Hence Twitter.

I'll counter this with imagining aliens going after intellectuals first, leaving 99% of twitter users free to roam what is now a barren wasteland, devoid of resources and internet connections.

[ibanezmonster]

I don't get why Twitter exists, either. It's just like facebook, but... more limiting.

[James]

I don't get why Twitter exists, either. It's just like facebook, but... more limiting.

It's all a barren wasteland ..