To Tweet or not to Tweet

[Riptide]

Who cares where he goes? Next year the whole circus will start again and he'll piss off somewhere else. Hang in there, he'll make the rounds so everyone can have a bit.

Couldn't help but notice on the Twithead feeds on the front page that he has gone quiet so for once we don't know what he had for lunch today. Someone told young James to shut it for a bit.

Twitted he was drinking hot chocolate just as the deadline approached apparently.

 

[The_Brown_Hornet]

Am I the only one who is kind of meh about Twitter?

 

[Riptide]

Mindless rubbish most of the time. I really couldn't care if someone just took a dump, or ate a hamburger. It all seems so churlish and smacks of "look at me.. pleeeease look at me!"

 

[drewprint]

Generally I'd agree with that - most posts on twitter (especially the sports stars) are quit bland. But you can still glean the odd bit of great, interesting info from them. And depending on what your interests are, you can hunt down and follow some really excellent twitter users too.

 

[Red Rooster]

Generally I'd agree with that - most posts on twitter (especially the sports stars) are quit bland. But you can still glean the odd bit of great, interesting info from them. And depending on what your interests are, you can hunt down and follow some really excellent twitter users too.

You make the assumption that sports stars for some reason are there to be entertaining or informative. Why are they under any obligation to be any more or less bland than any other joe blow on twitter. Its not meant to be a one way street and if you don't like the blandness then don't follow them. I personally find the banter and the accessability of some to be great - you can direct questions and actually get answers from some which then adds some flesh and detail as opposed to some of the guessing that goes on this site

 

[The_Brown_Hornet]

Generally I'd agree with that - most posts on twitter (especially the sports stars) are quit bland. But you can still glean the odd bit of great, interesting info from them. And depending on what your interests are, you can hunt down and follow some really excellent twitter users too.

In situations like the uprisings in the Middle East or a natural disaster, that kind of rapid information delivery is very useful, but a lot of the rest just bores the tits off me. Especially sports and entertainment people. But I guess we should expect a level of narcissism from that segment of the population Equally, I guess I shouldn't confuse the medium with the message, the tech is pretty cool and useful.

 

[Rob42]

Speaking of building a rugby brand, http://www.bloodandmud.com/2011/03/...ept-james-haskell-has-his-own-iphone-app.html

Ahh, that's some good stuff Moses. JOC (James O'Connor) and QC (Quade Cooper) really are swimming in the shallow end by comparison. But I like the idea of rugby player as performance art - reminds me of some of the best stuff from Fake Phil Waugh on Twitter.

 

[drewprint]

You make the assumption that sports stars for some reason are there to be entertaining or informative. Why are they under any obligation to be any more or less bland than any other joe blow on twitter. Its not meant to be a one way street and if you don't like the blandness then don't follow them. I personally find the banter and the accessability of some to be great - you can direct questions and actually get answers from some which then adds some flesh and detail as opposed to some of the guessing that goes on this site

Um, wtf? I make no assumptions thanks. I'm not criticising them, I'm just saying that a lot of twitter content isn't all that interesting imo..

 

[TheNextBigThing]

After a full page discussing the merits of twitter, I'm starting to think there's a lot of GAGR content that "isn't all that relevant"

 

[Nusadan]

After a full page discussing the merits of twitter, I'm starting to think there's a lot of GAGR content that "isn't all that relevant"

Touche' ....

 

[drewprint]

Hah, fair point.

 

[Gagger]

Depends what you want out if it and how you want to use it. Has been revolutionary in getting this site access to people that only main stream journos would have got in the past.

I like the banter element of it, but even the inane stuff is no worse than the puff pieces you get in the press- just without the middle man.

 

[ChargerWA]

My rule of thumb is that if some one posts on twitter, then anything they have to say isn't worth listening to. Ignorance is bliss.

 

[The_Brown_Hornet]

Fair call Gags. I've not yet succombed to it.

 

[Gagger]

My rule of thumb is that if some one posts on twitter, then anything they have to say isn't worth listening to. Ignorance is bliss.

You got the ignorance bit right

The Force's coach, forwards coach, captain and vice captain are all good, accessible twitter users. Ask them a question, they'll answer.

 

[RugbyReg]

My rule of thumb is that if some one posts on twitter, then anything they have to say isn't worth listening to. Ignorance is bliss.

well you may have to move to a new site as a fair few of the posters here are on twitter.

 

[DPK]

Pretty sure he was being sarcastic?

 

[ChargerWA]

More tounge in cheek, the twitter alumni scroller on the front page has raised my consciousness to what I am missing out on, but I just can't handle the inane shit. I'm sure being selective in who you follow helps.

 

[matty_k]

Through Twitter I had photos published on SMH and also NBN and Prime tv.

It is all about how you use it. You get out of it as much or as little as you want.

 

[Bruwheresmycar]

I don't like twitter, i'd rather players write their own blog or something. And make it about rugby (i don't care what shoes they are buying or TV show they are watching). Unfortunately twitter is here to stay, until the next revolutionary social networking cult comes around anyway.

btw, do any Oz players have their own blog?