so I joined Twitter

[tabbycat31]

now how the fuck do I use the thing?

www.twitter.com/tabbycat331 if anyone wants to follow me

[NYC_SKP]

1. You can follow me. I'm Pierre Suave!

:rofl:

It's true-- I'm not putting my REAL NAME on the twitter!

I'm now following you... :hi:

http://twitter.com/nycskp

[tabbycat31]

4. i'm following you too

and I took my last name out

[Bucky]

2. First you have to go to your roof and scream "God is Great". Then you get shot at.

Look, I don't claim to understand this "rave" business the kids are into these days, but according to CNN, that's how it's done.

[hibbing]

3. some thoughts

Hi,
I know a lot of people are ambivalent about it or ridicule it, but I kind of enjoy it. The Iran stuff is just blasting through there. My suggestion is to find people that interest you that you want to follow. Some post a lot more than others. Rachel Maddow rarely posts, Lance Armstrong posts a ton, some mundane, some I find quite inspiring. Russ Feingold rarely posts. I find NASA astronauts are fascinating to follow also. After you find people to follow, see who they are following and you might find others of interest. Sorry for the rambling response, feel free to pm me if you need help finding anyone I mentioned.

Peace

[NYC_SKP]

5. Also, just search by topic. I checked "prius", "science", etc. and found a lot.

I think the common misunderstanding is that it's a way to follow celebs, or to chat with just friends, but the whole new potential in activism and breaking news is unexpectedly powerful.

Just type in riots, or Iran, or CIA, or whatever, and see what happens!

Peace back to you!

[hibbing]

6. a few questions for you

Hi,
Thanks for that info, I can't quite figure out the following of the people and the list on the right hand side. My 3rd Dumb Question of the Night: Where do you type the subject in at exactly? What are the # things? Do you have to include the # if you are searching for topics?

Sorry to hijack your thread!

Peace

[tabbycat31]

7. its quite okay

I am still trying to figure this thing out

[NYC_SKP]

8. Here you go... go to this link first:

And I'll explain.
Go here:

http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23demund

That's the search result if you type in "#demund" into the search box on the right.

If you want to save that search, look for the green circle with + sign in it to the right of "Real-time results for #demund", and click on it.

Once you do this it will appear under your "saved searches" under the search box.

Lesson 2:

In the messages, you'll see the poster's name in red, then a message, and usually one or two other thinks in red starting with the "#" sign. These are tweets written to go into any twitter thread with that name. You could include, for example, #whitehouse, #CNNfail, and #iranelection, and your message would go to all three feeds.

If you want to write something that will appear in the demund feed, type the message in your "What are you doing? box, but include "#demund" to make it appear in the "demund" feed.

Try it, let me know if it works.

[hibbing]

12. cool

Hi,
Thanks for this info, I will check it out. How the heck are they paying for all the server space and whatever? Who will buy it and ruin it? Yahoo? Google? MS?

I appreciate your helpfulness.

Peace

[madeline_con]

10. Push the help link for oodles of info and answers to all those questions.

Allahu Akbar!!!

spell edit

[NYC_SKP]

11. check this out...

http://twitpic.com/7hzlk

[madeline_con]

13. Too cool. Love that pic! n/t

[NYC_SKP]

9. I'm going to message you by typing #tabbycat331 and cc myself with #nycskp

Just to see if I'm doing this right.

[Drunken Irishman]

14. Here is mine...

Add me, fools!

www.twitter.com/blocku

[NYC_SKP]

15. Add #demund to your favorites.

Sucka!

http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23demund

:P

[Duer 157099]

16. As NYC_SKP has pointed out, the #demund term (aka DU)

is for DUers to check in and say hello to other DUers on twitter (dem und = democratic underground)

When you add #demund to your message, it goes to the page that shows all the DU twitterers (we just started doing this yesterday so not so many yet)

:hi:

[NYC_SKP]

17. We stand in solidarity. We are Twits!

*Sorry* :P

I couldn't resist a giggle...after crying about just thinking about the Neda video. :cry:

Gotta keep our spirits up.

Thanks for starting up demund!

:toast:

[bikebloke]

18. Here's mine

http://twitter.com/veloroo

I'll follow you,too.