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"That's just a stupid thing to say and exactly the kind of hype that's getting on our nerves" When making statements of that nature you should rely try to elab
by cstejerean 18y ago
"That's just a stupid thing to say and exactly the kind of hype that's getting on our nerves"
When making statements of that nature you should rely try to elaborate more. What exactly is a stupid thing to say? Claiming that I rely on Twitter as a source of news? Why is that stupid? I've been doing this since August and it's worked out really well so far. I'm not trying to convince anyone else to do the same, I was just responding to a question of whether or not Twitter provides actual value. To me it does.
The medium does not provide value to the message, but it does provide a very powerful way to spread messages and to organize people. What alternative communication medium would you recommend for organizing a protest? (Like the one that happened in Moldova http://neteffect.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/04/07/moldovas_twitter_revolution http://neteffect.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/04/07/moldovas...)
- tom_rath 18y agoYou're not "relying on Twitter" for a source of news, you're relying on unattributed hearsay which just happens to be transmitted through Twitter. That's not smart.
- yef 18y agoHow do you know who he follows?
- lehmannro 18y agoHalf a dozen clicks from his HN profile and you're there: http://twitter.com/offbytwo/friends http://twitter.com/offbytwo/friends
- cstejerean 18y agoImpressive, I updated my profile so it should be easier to find now.
- moe 18y agoWell, what tom says. Relying on twitter for news is like listening to chatter on the street - until you click on one of those tinyurls, which may or may not lead to a tangible source. You'd be better off just subscribing to a few RSS feeds of popular news sites. Even if you only read the headlines that would still provide better information density and at least a bit of hope that these headlines have gotten some scrunity before broadcast. Also there will be a full article waiting behind each link - which helps if you truly want to form an opinion on something beyond catching up keywords for re-tweet.
- cstejerean 18y agoIt's actually more like sitting down with friends for a beer and listening to them talk about the news. This way I get to hear about things that the people I find interesting think are important. It serves exactly the same purpose that visiting this site does, and just as I often read the comments on a post here before clicking the link I often read the Twitter conversation that's developing around a piece of news before deciding if it's important to know more about it. I use an RSS reader as well but that I use solely for keeping track of interesting blogs, mostly about programming related topics.