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The nice thing about Twitter is that it is what you make it. You can choose the style of Tweeter to follow and you can Tweet how you like. Incidentally it's am

The nice thing about Twitter is that it is what you make it. You can choose the style of Tweeter to follow and you can Tweet how you like. Incidentally it's amusing/interesting that the comment policy on the blog is the opposite to what he expects from Tweeters. "if all you have to offer is general platitudes like how happy you are to have found my site and what a wonderful place it is, I will delete your comment and report your comment as spam"

DanielBMarkham 15y ago
I'm not sure I said the opposite in the article. Could you point that out? I thought I said "..We don't have to agree on stuff like politics, religion, life, the universe, or any of that. Hell, I would like it a lot better if we didn't! When I tweet something and we start up a little sidebar conversation, I get the feeling I am part of a larger community. That's what keeps me using Twitter..." In either case, the point of the article was that different communication mediums are useful for different things. Sorry -- I hope I don't sound defensive. I just was a bit confused that you took away that I wanted people to agree with on Twitter. Far from it! I am looking for office mates. Who wants a bunch of office mates that all agree on stuff? Sounds pretty boring to me. At the end of the day, yes, Twitter is what you make it. It's really cool to see how different folks use it in completely different ways.
- LukeShu 15y ago
  It's not that you want people to agree on Twitter, it's that you expect Twitter to be "chit-chat. Small talk." Where your comment policy is basically "If it doesn't add value, don't say it".
  - DanielBMarkham 15y ago
    Cool. Thanks for that clarification. What I meant to say was that if you are a link spammer and are only there to post comments like "I love this blog! You are awesome! Please buy more designer handbags at this site XXX" then your comment will be deleted. Thanks for helping out! I'll fix the wording.
    - TylerE 15y ago
      Those are just spambots, not actual people.

DanielBMarkham 15y ago

I'm not sure I said the opposite in the article. Could you point that out? I thought I said "..We don't have to agree on stuff like politics, religion, life, the universe, or any of that. Hell, I would like it a lot better if we didn't! When I tweet something and we start up a little sidebar conversation, I get the feeling I am part of a larger community. That's what keeps me using Twitter..." In either case, the point of the article was that different communication mediums are useful for different things. Sorry -- I hope I don't sound defensive. I just was a bit confused that you took away that I wanted people to agree with on Twitter. Far from it! I am looking for office mates. Who wants a bunch of office mates that all agree on stuff? Sounds pretty boring to me. At the end of the day, yes, Twitter is what you make it. It's really cool to see how different folks use it in completely different ways.

LukeShu 15y ago
It's not that you want people to agree on Twitter, it's that you expect Twitter to be "chit-chat. Small talk." Where your comment policy is basically "If it doesn't add value, don't say it".
- DanielBMarkham 15y ago
  Cool. Thanks for that clarification. What I meant to say was that if you are a link spammer and are only there to post comments like "I love this blog! You are awesome! Please buy more designer handbags at this site XXX" then your comment will be deleted. Thanks for helping out! I'll fix the wording.
  - TylerE 15y ago
    Those are just spambots, not actual people.