What are your thoughts on social media?

[Karl Henning]

Gracious heavens: James looked in the mirror.

[Ken B]

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.

Yes they really only want the idiots. Like the Trump and Clinton campaigns.

[Gurn Blanston]

Yes they really only want the idiots. Like the Trump and Clinton campaigns.

Ah, must be "Desperate-to-be-cynical Monday", eh Ken? 

[San Antone]

I am using Twitter in the same manner as Gurn, i.e. to promote my music blog.  However, I cannot boast of a similar marketing juggernaut.

[Karl Henning]

Hahahahahahaha

Oblivious to the irony of being the barren wasteland he makes a show of decrying . . . .

[Rinaldo]

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

A quick transmission of thoughts, moods, images, haikus.. et cetera, et cetera. Twitter can be stupid jokes, beautiful poems, idiotic shouting, surreal juxtapositions, the Arab Spring. The limits are what makes it special. It's simple, immediate. And in the case of interesting users, well, interesting! I use it more like a newsfeed, but for much more than just news.

[North Star]

It's a waste of time, and ultimately stupid meaningless crap.

Much like any communication with people who would tweet about their breakfast, regardless of the medium.

[Gurn Blanston]

It's a waste of time, and ultimately stupid meaningless crap.

Nothing like what I see here, often... 

[Gurn Blanston]

I don't know if I'd go that far .. but I'd be wary of folks who are overly occupied/obsessive with so-called "social media".

Goes without saying. I'm wary of people who are overly obsessed with anything!   

[Brian]

Goes without saying. I'm wary of people who are overly obsessed with anything!   

Aside from Papa Haydn 

[Gurn Blanston]

Aside from Papa Haydn 

Or Stockhausen for that matter. If people didn't have an above average interest in certain topics, no book would ever be written (or read). That is far below the level of obsession, although I do appreciate your humor...

[Karl Henning]

Too much Haydn ain't enough!

[Philo]

Twitter can be a cruel SOB from time to time. It's easy to find stuff there that sticks to your fingers, but it is equally easy not to, if you know what I mean.   0:)   Much like real life that way.   

Time allocation is huge when you have pressure to get stuff done. My weekly essays are between 2000-3000 words, and the research is major. This leaves me little time for frivvels. That is a good thing! 

Thanks again for all of the posts. Todd's have been my favorite. Must be all of that business mindedness...

I'm slightly on there, at worst, I'll take Todd's route and simply leave it alone, and on occasion have a glance. Although, sadly, I've not been followed by Fart Bot... yet.

Time is so pressing. Especially now that I'm in my PhD program. One has to set certain priorities. Thanks for your insights, Gurn.

[jochanaan]

Oblivious to the irony of being the barren wasteland he makes a show of decrying . . . .

Karl, it's not fair to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed man. (Sorry, James; I jest calls 'em as I sees 'em.)

[Super Blood Moon]

It's amaaazing!

[ComposerOfAvantGarde]

It's boooring!

[drogulus]

    Many makers of custom guitars, amps and parts do business on FB. I don't need a FB account to go to their pages. That's how I found my Pink Pinecaster, a picture on the FB page of a guitar maker. It wasn't on his website. When I was researching a Vox "Washington D.C." clone I had no website to go to so I found the FB link on a forum.

    I don't use social media. It's not a "what's the world coming to?" thing. I get plenty of baby and cat pictures through a trusted intermediary.

[71 dB]

Well, hell, man, you are only allowed 140 characters in a message. How much content do you suppose you can put into 2 lines? 

PS - the tweet of mine you quoted had 139, IIRC...

My random selection of you, Kesha and David Duchovny (yes, I'm, sooo exited about The X-Files Revival!) was to demonstrate how Twitter makes different people look similar. I didn't know about the 140 characters limit (why limit when our devices have gigabytes if not terabytes of storage capacity? One long well-thought message instead of 20 short pointless messages would be nice.

How could I say what I said above using only 140 characters? Most of my BS is much longer than 140 characters!

[Ken B]

My random selection of you, Kesha and David Duchovny (yes, I'm, sooo exited about The X-Files Revival!) was to demonstrate how Twitter makes different people look similar. I didn't know about the 140 characters limit (why limit when our devices have gigabytes if not terabytes of storage capacity? One long well-thought message instead of 20 short pointless messages would be nice.

How could I say what I said above using only 140 characters? Most of my BS is much longer than 140 characters!

You should learn from that Sibelius fellow. What he could do in 140 characters was stunning! 

[Karl Henning]

It's amaaazing!

It's boooring!

It can be both!