A bunch of us DU'rs were all hanging out on Twitter during DU outage

[symbolman]

And it was quite fun.. Think about joining for backup if nothing else..

One of our Bretheran here has created a hashtag #demund which can be used on Twitter to find other DU'rs and make instant contact, and get lots of followers real fast..

It's more fun than you might think :)

C'mon in, the Bird Bacon's fine!

PS - I'm called Symbolman there as well, and I follow..

[Duer 157099]

1. I just can't help laughing right now

Sorry. It seemed like all day there were Twitterwars going on at DU, and then *poof*

:rofl:

[BlooInBloo]

2. Nice. Unfortunately, those who hate twitter will go to their graves hating twitter...

For no reason other than that they just hate twitter.

[symbolman]

5. I hate buttonhooks for shoes myself

They just creep me out, but I'd never deny someone else's use or want, or need of one :)

[targetpractice]

7. I think they are the Susan Boyle haters, too...

...Same lot. ;-)

[BlooInBloo]

9. Susan Boyle.

[roguevalley]

41. I need a link, symbolman. SYMBOLMAN! Its awesome to see you again.

[symbolman]

44. Come join up

Then type #demund in the Twitter Search area or Search for Symbolman and click Follow.. Then I follow you back :)

good to see you again too :)

[babsbunny]

64. Get a room

:hi: :hi: :hi: :hi: :hi: :hi: :hi:

[graywarrior]

3. Hey, welcome back symbolman!

[symbolman]

11. Hey hey!

Good to see ya, did you get stuff relocated okay? Use lots of duck tape did we?

Hugs!

Come Tweet with me, I'm A Bi-Poster, swing DU And Twitter :)

[Danascot]

23. You can bet that damn duck don't tweet!

NT

[symbolman]

45. She has to join

Quacker :)

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. Yes it was fun

[symbolman]

8. This is the One

Leading the Holy DU Twitter Exodus, and history will prove it :)

[sellitman]

6. I am sellitman there too because Twitterman was taken.

:hi:

[annabanana]

10. Twitter confuses me

I can't find anything and I don't know how to hunt down "tags"

[ShenandoahAspen]

12. It confuses me too.

I've been checking it out for a few weeks, trying to feel my way around it. I'm willing to give it a try -- even though I can't find a soul I know on Twitter. Everyone I know is either on Facebook or MySpace.

[Kittycat]

14. Same thing here - and suddenly my account was suspended.

I made one post, about a month ago on Sarah Palin's page. A simple, "Waaaahhhhh". Then about 8 days ago, poof. I filed a complaint 7 days ago - still no response.

Fuck Twitter.

[targetpractice]

18. It's not a forum...

Your "Waaaahhhh" is more like a crank call than a comment or opinion on a message thread.

I'd probably complain about you if you did that to me.

[Ian David]

34. Sarah Palin can see Twitter from her house! n/t

[drmeow]

42. lol

[G_j]

22. "Waaaahhhhh"

:rofl:

don't mess with Palin!
that goes to show Twitter is useless as a subversive tool, if the providers turn you off.

[symbolman]

46. Sothen you type

#PalinFail and Everybody kicks her ass and it ends up on the news..

It works

[G_j]

49. that sounds like fun

believe me, I'm clueless, but
it seems if they could suspend your account so easily, it could be a problem.

[Ian David]

33. There was a problem with people's accounts being hijacked by spammers.

Did you sign-up for one of those "grow your follower list" scams by any chance?

[Kittycat]

55. No.

and I had no followers. Nor was I following anyone.

[Ian David]

57. Oh! Then they probably thought you were "squatting" a name. n/t

[Kittycat]

60. The account was less than a month old.

[Ian David]

61. It happened to me with my first Twitter account.

I set it up, didn't know what to do with it, came back a month later to find it suspended.

[symbolman]

15. You've got all of US to follow now, same people

We'll help you :)

[proud2BlibKansan]

25. #demund

Tweet that message and DUers will find you.

[symbolman]

13. My wife is an expert now

I'll send her to the thread here and she will make all your dreams come true, as she has for me :)

we'll help, love to..

[jefferson_dem]

16. Always nice to link up with fellow DUers in Twitterland.

I'm at http://twitter.com/jeffersondewitt Come visit.

[jefferson_dem]

17. By the way, may I recommend TweetDeck.

It's beats the heck out of following and posting via your internet browser.

Free, easy to install, spyware free.

http://tweetdeck.com/beta/

[symbolman]

19. I switch around, Tweetdeck seems to dump some posts

But it's a great suggestion, removes some confusion right off..

Thanks :)

I'll follow ya all the way to Bin Laden's cave.. The Elvis Bin Laden that is...

[Duer 157099]

20. So how come when I go to the #demund page

I don't see your post? Does tweetdeck insert some sort of intolerable delay?

[targetpractice]

24. They may have their updates protected (private).

You would't be able to see a user's protected tweets unless they've given you permission to follow them, regardless of the #demund tag.

[jefferson_dem]

28. Damn good question.

I was curious about why I do not see my own posts with tags - assumed it was because TweetDeck didn't bother displaying one's own offerings. Hmmm... :shrug:

[targetpractice]

30. Are your tweets protected? n/t

[jefferson_dem]

38. I don't think so.

I never knew of that option but just checked in the settings and the box that reads "Protect my updates" is not checked.

[Ian David]

35. You have to hit "refresh" sometimes. And the delay is adjustable. n/t

[peacetalksforall]

26. OK, I'm not a twitterer. I clicked on your line tweetdeck and it went crazy.

Suonded like morse code where one shipmate is trying to tell a shipmate on another ship to get out of the way of a torpedo. Tap tap tap - a hundred more time faster sound than I have ever heard. I closed it fast. Was that normal? Any place for first graders? I need elementary entrance stuff.

I told myself that I would never become a twitterer, but hearing about twitter as a back up to some entity not letting me use the internet makes me sit up and listen.

How did that afternoon/evening sesson get started - how did people know where to go?

[Duer 157099]

32. Here's all you need to remember: #DemUnd

#demund typed just like that into your message will "go" to the place where DUers hang out -- actually, what it really does is goes to a "search results" page for all posts that contain the #demund expression. It's memorable enough and yet mostly meaningless to anyone else so that not many are likely to accidentally stumble there (unlike might be the case with, for example, #du)

Hope that helps

[ShenandoahAspen]

36. OK, I *think* I did it right.

I'm a Twitter newbie though -- so be easy on me! lol

[rainbow4321]

40. I know it helped me

Finally found it the DU twitterverse!

I'm rainbow6544. Started over there last weekend when the MSM had a massive FAIL on Iran election updates! You know, the "CNN, We Cover The World...um, except Iran. We'll talk about them later. Much later".

Amazing the difference a week can make, all this weekend CNN has been pretty honest in their "we are relying on Twitter to get you ANY news out of Iran"

[jefferson_dem]

37. Odd.

Did you hear the rattling before, during, or after you installed the application. TweetDeck is a standalone application. You can download it at the link and it will operate independently from your web browser.

Here's what it looks like on my desktop.

[targetpractice]

29. Tweetie is great for Mac OS X and iPhone...

Not free, but best user experience in my opinion...

http://www.atebits.com/tweetie-mac/

http://www.atebits.com/tweetie-iphone/

[jefferson_dem]

39. I use ubertwitter on the Blackberry.

Free and easy.

http://www.ubertwitter.com/

[BlooInBloo]

31. Twitterdroid and twitterfox work great for me.

[boppers]

21. I'm Ronabop over there..

..and yes, it was nice having the "fallback" forum.

[Ian David]

27. Aside from a certain banned-DU'er PUMAtard who I just blocked.n/t

[symbolman]

43. I like that where some folks like to go on and on in a forum

They really don't get to do that with 140 characters, and if they do, Blocked and forgotten, you move on..

It's like a big party full of fascinating people, but the second they bore you, you get to kill them :)

massively informational, educational and addictive :)

not as hard as you think

[TrogL]

62. 140 characters????!?!?!?

For most of my posts, I'm just nicely getting going on the preamble with 140 words.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

47. A tombstoned person twittered me. She seemed desperate and I haven't a clue who she

is...I very rarely go to GDP.. her name on twitter is radio lady. Is that who you're talking about?

[symbolman]

48. Saw that

She tweeted that she was "over it".. Whatever that means dunno, not following her..

You on the other hand I'm following :)

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

50. I haven't a clue what she meant. I decided another search to save was my twittername and this

way I can see who's "talking" to me. I have about 5 twitters from her..going unanswered.

Now as to following...I'm following you right back! ;)

[Ian David]

51. No comment. n/t

[hootinholler]

58. Radio Lady was tombstoned?

Wow. Must have been something radical to get her panties in a twist. She always seemed steady to me.

:shrug:

-Hoot

[HamdenRice]

52. Back in the stoneage (c. 2005) wasn't there a Yahoo group called "DU Panic Room" for outages?

I wasn't even aware that there was one recently. I do remember some time ago there was a "DU panic room" somewhere for outages.

[Party Person]

53. Brave new world

Just remember, your tweets can be captured and redirected. It's not secure technology. You've been warned.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

54. It was there the last time I looked but Twitter seems to be a faster way to Panic! :)

[Canuckistanian]

63. It's still there

I check in from time to time.

[Hekate]

56. Hey, dude. How's the wife and kids?

Nice to see you around again. :hi:

Hekate

[hootinholler]

59. Ok, now what?

TO steal from Biden.

-Hoot

[Sydnie]

65. I'm with you! Now what?

#Snarkolicious is my user name but I have no idea what to do now. I found the group and saved it to follow (I think) due to the answer to your question there but have not idea what to do now.

I need to add this to my IPhone too I think ... :rofl: