As John revealed yesterday, as part of a transparent attempt to raise his own follower count (coughhere’smecough), RPS has a Twitter thing. We’re so impressionable. In fact, we’ve had the account for a while, more to bag the URL than anything else, but being stupids we haven’t thought of how to best leverage this exciting new web 2.5 sociopathic networking micro-blogging brainfart technology as yet.
It should, from now on, add a tweet whenever we add a post to the main site. It’s like an RSS feed, but an RSS feed that’s pretending to be your friend. Is that enough? Or should we do something more? Please, leave your suggestions below or in an @rockpapershot tweet, and we’ll almost certainly not act on any that involve a vast amount of work. Wheee. Maybe there’s a gem of a simpl-o-idea out there though. If we’re going to get caught up in the latest web craze, we might as well do it well…
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that and my ye olde english.
I’m following John just because he sounds a bit like David Mitchell.
I wish that I had not succumbed to twitter, but boredom is a harsh mistress.
Agrees with JonFitt.
*nods sagely*
(post buhleted by author: there’s already enough misanthropy and sniping on t’internet as is).
You should use it to assign world conquering tasks. Onward RPS.
I don’t really get the Twitter thing either. Every time I use it I feel like a complete and utter twit. But it is slightly more managable than that Facebook malarky.
But if you want to broaden your exposure the site does have its uses. So much so that Twitter will probably just become a huge never ending deluge of advertising spam. So no different from the rest of the ‘Net.
i followed you guys just after the podcast came out, think ive got you all followed.
if you guys are looking for a good twitter client, i recommend http://www.destroytwitter.com
James G seems a little defensive there. You use Twitter per chance?
Not only new posts but also every new comment should be announced via twitter. Yes, I think that makes sense.
Full disclosure: I don’t use twitter!
I find the name and the terminology all too twee to take seriously. Posting an update on Twitter is a Tweet? *cringe*
A couple of friends who use it were recently discussing their preferred terminology for the past tense of posting a message on Twitter: Twittered?, Tweeted? My own suggestion: Twat.
Twitter would be good for a mini-me version of Wot I Think.
I think that would be *very* useful during events with bunch of news – like, press events and conventions (like E3).
http://gender.twitmarks.com/g.php?username=rockpapershot
“There is 91% chance that rockpapershot is a FEMALE”