[dba-Tech] What is Twitter and Why Should I be Interested?

Hello Arthur,

It is also possible that another spam trick has evolved whereby they now
email you, with a link to their profile (the pornographic site, that is), to
say that they are following you on twitter, even if you have not created a
twitter account.
I joined twitter on 31st Dec 2008 but so far have not seen any value in it.
 I hear some people talking on the DNN podcasts about how they have to
switch off twitter for a few hours to concentrate on work, I cannot believe
they they waste so much time.

One site I found which seemed interesting was TwitScoop
http://www.twitscoop.com/  According tot them "Never miss the buzz Watch the
trends live on the cloud, tweet from your account."

This site has a cloud that is changing as words become popular,

Mark


2009/10/5 Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca>

> Do they mean another Arthur?
>
> ...Or maybe they have heard of your exploits and fans will not be denied.
> ;-)
>
> Jim
>
>
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> Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 1:18 PM
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> Subject: [dba-Tech] What is Twitter and Why Should I be Interested?
>
> A whole slew of people are now sending me messages saying that they are
> following me on Twitter. I don't know what Twitter is, or why people are
> following me on Twitter, or why anyone would want to follow me on Twitter,
> or why I would want to be on Twitter. But I have received approximately 100
> messages saying that people are following me on Twitter. I admit that I am
> a
> senior citizen but I have no idea what these people are following me for,
> and no idea what Twitter is, nor any idea how to prevent these messages.
> Apparently I am too old for this stuff. People I have never heard of are
> tracking me on Twitter, and I don't even know what Twitter is. But I guess
> that I am way out of the loop, because even Jay Leno makes reference to it.
> A.
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