tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post443356139703273639..comments2024-03-14T13:06:38.883+00:00Comments on cultural snow: The Observer gets Twitter (wrong)Tim Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-2631566094799863542012-05-16T03:28:38.447+01:002012-05-16T03:28:38.447+01:00Brilliant mind; clearly you should have written th...Brilliant mind; clearly you should have written the Observer peice and I intend no sarcasm there!M.-J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00964588983481002474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-40790446505330656732012-05-09T16:06:19.204+01:002012-05-09T16:06:19.204+01:00Mikey: Newspapers' response to social media se...Mikey: Newspapers' response to social media seems to be "let's do what social media does, BUT SLOWER". <br /><br />But Richard, they express their idiocy with such delectably modulated vowels.<br /><br />But at least the Twitter bubble is floaty and shimmery, Oliver, and it changes shape and moves around. The Observer bubble is made of concrete and sits on the floor, being defiantly unbubbly.<br /><br />They're different beasts, Martin. Maybe I prefer Twitter because of my short atten- ooh look, a doggie...Tim Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-57733785541364077192012-05-07T18:52:18.666+01:002012-05-07T18:52:18.666+01:00I gave a Twitter a try, but it turned out to be a ...I gave a Twitter a try, but it turned out to be a failed experiment. I suspect I was at fault. I'm usually okay at small-talk, but 140 characters is apparently beyond my limits. Quite like Facebook, though, having resisted for a very long time.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494219959077922220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-1223114984777111612012-05-06T15:19:07.517+01:002012-05-06T15:19:07.517+01:00I'm amazed how incestuous the list is and how ...I'm amazed how incestuous the list is and how many people would bother recommending Stephen Fry. There are a few good nods but on the whole the list only reflect who much of a bubble Twitter becomes and how people rarely stray from their own world on it. In this unintentional respect it does the job.Oliver Lathamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05462661665448739104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-35479801338981706602012-05-06T12:49:50.566+01:002012-05-06T12:49:50.566+01:00The most startling revelation from the phenomenom ...The most startling revelation from the phenomenom of famous people talking about being famous is that, by and large, famous people are rather more stupid and probably more ill-informed than average man in the street. Twitter is unable to disavow any of us of this notion.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01313387849115278988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-52954031043538040752012-05-06T12:47:45.146+01:002012-05-06T12:47:45.146+01:00The silliest thing about that list is how closely ...The silliest thing about that list is how closely it hews to the standard 'Broadsheet Newspaper Twitter List' template.<br /><br />On Twitter, if someone says something clever or amusing you RT it and that's part of the form. <br /><br />In print, The Observer RT-ing a list that the Sunday Times and The Guardian and whoeverthefuckelse have already done is at best boring.Mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09639836396121576665noreply@blogger.com