Twitter

[HudsonHawk]

So the wife finally convinced me to sign up for Twitter.  I'm going through the recommended people to follow, and one is Brian McTaggart.  I thought, what the hell, maybe I'll get some useful information once in a while.  Holy shit...the guy tweets like 10 times an hour.  About stupid shit.  Doesn't he have a job?  Do people really do this all day?  Two days of Twitter, and I'm about done with it. 

[doyce7]

So the wife finally convinced me to sign up for Twitter.  I'm going through the recommended people to follow, and one is Brian McTaggart.  I thought, what the hell, maybe I'll get some useful information once in a while.  Holy shit...the guy tweets like 10 times an hour.  About stupid shit.  Doesn't he have a job?  Do people really do this all day?  Two days of Twitter, and I'm about done with it.

Most people don't tweet as much as tags but tweeting is kinda part of his job. Most of his tweets are about the Astros. If somebody tweets to much or bugs you, stop following them. Pretty simple

[HudsonHawk]

Most people don't tweet as much as tags but tweeting is kinda part of his job. Most of his tweets are about the Astros. If somebody tweets to much or bugs you, stop following them. Pretty simple

Yeah, I know how it works.  Just an observation about the need to tell people every single event or thought you have, the second you have it. 

[chuck]

Yeah, I know how it works.  Just an observation about the need to tell people every single event or thought you have, the second you have it.

Says the guy who starts a thread to share his thoughts about Twitter.

[Bench]

Says the guy who starts a thread to share his thoughts about Twitter.

Like?  Not sure how this works.

[Mr. Happy]

Says the guy who starts a thread to share his thoughts about Twitter.

I  await HH's pithy retort with bated breath.

[subnuclear]

MacTaggart tweets a lot during and before games, but you probably notice it more because you have less people in your timeline than people who have been using it a while (because it is less diluted by other things).

It's good to start with someone like MacTaggart and then pay attention to who he retweets and follow the ones that are saying interesting things.

[Limey]

It's good to start with someone like MacTaggart and then pay attention to who he retweets and follow the ones that are saying interesting things.

It's just like meeting people at a social function: you may have to go through a few connections before finding someone who you can talk to without wanting to stab them in the eye with a cocktail stick.

[MusicMan]

It's just like meeting people at a social function: you may have to go through a few connections before finding someone who you can talk to without wanting to stab them in the eye with a cocktail stick.

Except that on Twitter, you can't see who's kept their hat on.


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[Mr. Happy]

Except that on Twitter, you can't see who's kept their hat on.


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/golf clap/

[HudsonHawk]

I  await HH's pithy retort with bated breath.

Fuck you, your smarmy little cocksucker!

[HudsonHawk]

MacTaggart tweets a lot during and before games, but you probably notice it more because you have less people in your timeline than people who have been using it a while (because it is less diluted by other things).

It's good to start with someone like MacTaggart and then pay attention to who he retweets and follow the ones that are saying interesting things.

My point is, I can't keep up with McTaggart, how the hell am I supposed to keep up with more people?

[drew corleone]

I agree that Tags is an over-tweeter, but if someone is going to do that I suppose I would prefer to read about the Astros more than most other things.

I personally take the "read more, tweet less" approach and I wish that more people would do that when they have very little to actually say, but I think Twitter can be a great outlet for news and entertainment. The rush to make the most clever comment during a ballgame can be a beating, but there are a few that do it quite well.

[subnuclear]

My point is, I can't keep up with McTaggart, how the hell am I supposed to keep up with more people?

I know what I said doesn't make sense, but his tweets don't seem so frequent when they are 1/30th of your time line rather than 1/5th.

[HudsonHawk]

I know what I said doesn't make sense, but his tweets don't seem so frequent when they are 1/30th of your time line rather than 1/5th.

It's not his tweets per se that are the problem, it's that there are so many of them.  The issue is that I can't keep up with 30 tweets an hour.  I don't see how getting 100 per hour will solve that problem. 

[Gizzmonic]

It's not his tweets per se that are the problem, it's that there are so many of them.  The issue is that I can't keep up with 30 tweets an hour.  I don't see how getting 100 per hour will solve that problem.

I don't know how anyone else uses Twitter, but I have mostly comedians in my feed and I just kinda skim it now and then when I'm bored. I've been meaning to start using lists so I don't get overwhelmed, but ah well.

[Dark Star]

My point is, I can't keep up with McTaggart, how the hell am I supposed to keep up with more people?

I don't Twitter at all - I'm too old, and just don't get it - although I understand it is chock-full of useful and rewarding information.

I let other people Twitter, glean the useful and rewarding information, edit and condense it, and then re-post it here. Then I read it. If I remember to, and I have the time.

[Limey]

Except that on Twitter, you can't see who's kept their hat on.

Or if they've sat down at your table.

[Limey]

It's not his tweets per se that are the problem, it's that there are so many of them.  The issue is that I can't keep up with 30 tweets an hour.  I don't see how getting 100 per hour will solve that problem.

I have a Twitter account, but have used it very infrequently.  Like you, I find it daunting to keep up with the blizzard of tweets chirping by (but, strangely, I can keep up on Facebook).

Perhaps it's why Millennials are constantly buried in their phones.  #getoffmylawn

[chuck]

I use Twitter to shame the local cable company into repairing the service when it goes down. Oddly enough this is by far the most effective way to address an outage. Other than that I guess I'm as confused about it as everyone else around here.

[Limey]

I use Twitter to shame the local cable company into repairing the service when it goes down. Oddly enough this is by far the most effective way to address an outage. Other than that I guess I'm as confused about it as everyone else around here.

Mrs Limey tweets a lot, and gets shit done as a result a frighteningly large percentage of the time. 

[MusicMan]

It's not his tweets per se that are the problem, it's that there are so many of them.  The issue is that I can't keep up with 30 tweets an hour.  I don't see how getting 100 per hour will solve that problem.

I suggest getting a ferret, and a triple espresso.


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[roadrunner]

My point is, I can't keep up with McTaggart, how the hell am I supposed to keep up with more people?

You aren't supposed to "keep up", it's not like people are tweeting novels.  It's just for concise bits of information, some are useless and some are useful.  I follow Twitter on week nights while watching Astros games so I probably only see 15% of McTaggart's tweets...and that's fine.  As an Astros fan you should follow McTaggart.

Other good baseball follows:

@joeposnanski
@kentremendous
@keithlaw
@busterolney
@mccoveychron
@jonahkeri
@alysonfooter

[Navin R Johnson]

In the last game McTaggert had like 25 tweets in 4 hours.  That isnt much.  I was anti twitter when it 1st came out, but now I find it my favorite internet source for info and laughs.  For following sports and real time big events it is the great.

[HudsonHawk]

You aren't supposed to "keep up", it's not like people are tweeting novels.  It's just for concise bits of information, some are useless and some are useful.  I follow Twitter on week nights while watching Astros games so I probably only see 15% of McTaggart's tweets...and that's fine.  As an Astros fan you should follow McTaggart.

Other good baseball follows:

@joeposnanski
@kentremendous
@keithlaw
@busterolney
@mccoveychron
@jonahkeri
@alysonfooter

I *should*?  Glad to know I'm keeping up my end of the bargain.  1% of his tweets would be a lot.  That would be checking twitter once an hour.

[HudsonHawk]

In the last game McTaggert had like 25 tweets in 4 hours.  That isnt much.  I was anti twitter when it 1st came out, but now I find it my favorite internet source for info and laughs.  For following sports and real time big events it is the great.

That's 6 tweets per hour...one every 10 minutes.  That's an enormous amount.  That's almost like doing PBP in the GZ.

[roadrunner]

I *should*?  Glad to know I'm keeping up my end of the bargain.  1% of his tweets would be a lot.  That would be checking twitter once an hour.

I don't think you understand what Twitter is used for.  You don't have to be on it and there is no requirement to read a certain amount of tweets.

[Limey]

That's 6 tweets per hour...one every 10 minutes.  That's an enormous amount.  That's almost like doing PBP in the GZ.

I think that's kind of the point.  He wants to give you the same experience of sharing a game with him as if you were sitting in the next seat.  Think of Twitter as a global, subject unlimited GZ.  When you stop cowering in the corning at that thought, it's not that bad.

The chuck / Mrs Limey technique of asshole shaming is extremely effective. too, especially with businesses.  A tweet with a gripe and the correct hashtag can reap rewards and benefits.  Imagine this scenario: you're in a restaurant, and your server sits down at your table to take your order.  After they're gone, you whip out your phone and tweet your utter contempt for the practice, hashtagging the eatery.  Next thing you know, you've got a reply, an apology and a gift certificate (you can sit at the bar next time and not suffer the same offense - but you've got a free entree or two).

[HudsonHawk]

I don't think you understand what Twitter is used for.  You don't have to be on it and there is no requirement to read a certain amount of tweets.

Gee, thanks.  That's a relief.

This is exactly my point. 

[HudsonHawk]

I think that's kind of the point.  He wants to give you the same experience of sharing a game with him as if you were sitting in the next seat.  Think of Twitter as a global, subject unlimited GZ.  When you stop cowering in the corning at that thought, it's not that bad.

But I want people HERE...in the GZ, not out in Twitterland.  People are trying to kill the GZ, and I'm desperately trying to keep it alive.

The chuck / Mrs Limey technique of asshole shaming is extremely effective. too, especially with businesses.  A tweet with a gripe and the correct hashtag can reap rewards and benefits.  Imagine this scenario: you're in a restaurant, and your server sits down at your table to take your order.  After they're gone, you whip out your phone and tweet your utter contempt for the practice, hashtagging the eatery.  Next thing you know, you've got a reply, an apology and a gift certificate (you can sit at the bar next time and not suffer the same offense - but you've got a free entree or two).

I've found that face to face with the restaurant manager works as well, and is much less passive agressive. 

[Nate Colbert]

But I want people HERE...in the GZ, not out in Twitterland.  People are trying to kill the GZ, and I'm desperately trying to keep it alive.

There may be various reasons why the GZ is dying but I don't think twitter is one of them.

[JimR]

There may be various reasons why the GZ is dying but I don't think twitter is one of them.

I do not think it is dying. If you do, what are the reasons?

[Mr. Happy]

But I want people HERE...in the GZ, not out in Twitterland.  People are trying to kill the GZ, and I'm desperately trying to keep it alive.

I've found that face to face with the restaurant manager works as well, and is much less passive agressive.

They better not kill the GZ. I post the lineups there every day. Frankly, I'm not sure that I'd stick around if they killed it.

[HudsonHawk]

I do not think it is dying. If you do, what are the reasons?

Mostly a tongue in cheek comment on my part...but, we have discussed administratively whether or not to keep the GZ.  Not everyone agrees that a separate forum for game threads is  best.  Personally, I favor having the game threads in one place, not to be mingled in with the general discussion, and hope people will continue to support it with in-game commentary. 

[Duman]

You aren't supposed to "keep up", it's not like people are tweeting novels.  It's just for concise bits of information, some are useless and some are useful.  I follow Twitter on week nights while watching Astros games so I probably only see 15% of McTaggart's tweets...and that's fine.  As an Astros fan you should follow McTaggart.

Other good baseball follows:

@joeposnanski
@kentremendous
@keithlaw
@busterolney
@mccoveychron
@jonahkeri
@alysonfooter

For those in the bus ride world, @jaynewthb, plus any of the team sites.

I also enjoy the humor of @astroscounty - he posted this gem the other day "Reminder: Being a triple shy of the cycle is like being a second girl shy of a threesome "

He also retweets other teams fans who whine about the Astros beating their teams.  It can get pretty funny.

[Bench]

I've found that face to face with the restaurant manager works as well, and is much less passive agressive.

One day you could  become a master sub-tweeter.

[Bench]

You aren't supposed to "keep up", it's not like people are tweeting novels.  It's just for concise bits of information, some are useless and some are useful.  I follow Twitter on week nights while watching Astros games so I probably only see 15% of McTaggart's tweets...and that's fine.  As an Astros fan you should follow McTaggart.

Other good baseball follows:

@joeposnanski
@kentremendous
@keithlaw
@busterolney
@mccoveychron
@jonahkeri
@alysonfooter

For local sports I recommend:

@seantpendergast
@johnroyal
@astroscounty
@Hill713 (our very own Navin R Johnson)

[Dark Star]

For local sports I recommend:

@seantpendergast
@johnroyal
@astroscounty
@Hill713 (our very own Navin R Johnson)

I don't think I want to know the answer ... but I am assuming there is no way someone like Ass-zilla could resist a platform like Twitter, where he could dispense his vast knowledge quickly and efficiently to the unwashed masses?

[subnuclear]

I don't think I want to know the answer ... but I am assuming there is no way someone like Ass-zilla could resist a platform like Twitter, where he could dispense his vast knowledge quickly and efficiently to the unwashed masses?

There is an AstroDaily account which tweets a Milo impersonation during games. I don't know who it is though.

[Limey]

There is an AstroDaily account which tweets a Milo impersonation during games. I don't know who it is though.

It's Milo, not realising that he's become a parody of himself.

[OregonStrosFan]

I use Twitter to shame the local cable company ...

I was unaware that cable companies were capable of being shamed...

[OregonStrosFan]

As an Astros fan you should follow McTaggart.

Unless you have significant disdain for him, in which case you can simply not follow him and wait for others to retweet the occasional pertinent informatiion that he spews (which is the route I've chosen to dake...).

[chuck]

I was unaware that cable companies were capable of being shamed...

Yeah, I was surprised, too, but I had used all my other options. While Hudson's having a quiet word with the shift supervisor who assures him a field technician will be out a week from next Thursday I'm blasting out my complaints to the entire nation and getting immediate results.

Also, what the hell's wrong with passive aggression?

[HudsonHawk]

Yeah, I was surprised, too, but I had used all my other options. While Hudson's having a quiet word with the shift supervisor who assures him a field technician will be out a week from next Thursday I'm blasting out my complaints to the entire nation and getting immediate results.

Also, what the hell's wrong with passive aggression?

Actually, the missus and I play "good customer/bad customer" over the phone.  She calls and rants and raves and uses words I'm certain will send me to hell.  I then call back and calmly explain that "my wife is upset...you don't know the half of it, I have to live with her...can you help me out her, buddy?"  Works like a charm. 

[ferret]

I don't think I want to know the answer ... but I am assuming there is no way someone like Ass-zilla could resist a platform like Twitter, where he could dispense his vast knowledge quickly and efficiently to the unwashed masses?

Too late https://mobile.twitter.com/sbarzilla

[ferret]

That's 6 tweets per hour...one every 10 minutes.  That's an enormous amount.  That's almost like doing PBP in the GZ.

Alyson Footer
@alysonfooter
@brianmctaggart Tags, you’re talking to yourself again.
4:24 PM - 21 Jun 2015
https://mobile.twitter.com/alysonfooter/status/612763114266734593?p=v

[subnuclear]

Too late https://mobile.twitter.com/sbarzilla

"Author of four books"

[austro]

"Hirsute Author of four books"

Fixed it for him.

[Ty in Tampa]

Alyson Footer
@alysonfooter
@brianmctaggart Tags, you’re talking to yourself again.
4:24 PM - 21 Jun 2015
https://mobile.twitter.com/alysonfooter/status/612763114266734593?p=v

OMFG.

[Navin R Johnson]

For local sports I recommend:

@seantpendergast
@johnroyal
@astroscounty
@Hill713 (our very own Navin R Johnson)

Thanks Bench.  What name do you use on Twitter?

[Bench]

Thanks Bench.  What name do you use on Twitter?

JBench.  But I don't tweet much.  I just use it as an aggregator.