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Ackles
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 Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 2:30 pm Post subject: Twitter anyone? |
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My cousin just informed me that my favorite web site now has a Twitter account. At the risk of sounding like a technologically backwards fool (too late?), can anybody explain what Twitter is exactly? I do know it's a form of information sharing, but after that I'm a bit lost.
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brainman
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| Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 3:46 pm Post subject: Re: Twitter anyone? |
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Twitter as a type of social network where people answer the question: "What are you doing now?" The limit is you only have 140 character. Of course, including this forum, use Twitter for information sharing rather than strictly to answer that question. If you sign up for it, add thecancerforums and JimHawkins54 to those you are following. Many famous people, including President Obama, use it. Twitter also allows you to share pictures if you like.
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ChemoMan
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| Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 3:58 pm Post subject: Re: Twitter anyone? |
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HI
i just dumped my twitter account. I had pages of japanese tweets and I couldnt get rid of them. I found I ended up with lots of spam as well. You can set your phone to post your tweets. Also when you join up you have to give the password to your email account which goes against the grain with me.
Its basically glorified texting IMHO, but each to his own.
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ChemoMan
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| Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 2:50 am Post subject: Re: Twitter anyone? |
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Hi BM
I got know idea how i ended up with pages of japanese tweets. The language was set to english so it should never have happened but the worst thing was i could not delete them....hence me dumping the account.
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koikkeril
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| Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 10:20 pm Post subject: We are followed by strangers |
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Hi...
I am also stalked, to say the least how do we get rid of the unwanted?
Jim you are an expert on these computers but we are not all so good as you! You get everywhere, Bless you...I think you should give twitter classes!
There are so many communicating sites now, how are we to know which is the best and the safest?
Koik
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ChemoMan
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| Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 11:30 pm Post subject: Re: Twitter anyone? |
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Hi BM
yes I did delete those followers......I found the whole Twitter site unsavoury lots of porn followers and spammers, I have been using facebook for a while now and much prefer that to twitter to keep in contact.
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koikkeril
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| Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 5:29 am Post subject: Hi Chemoman |
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I must agree the same as you, i also prefer face book for contact. Easy to down load photos, even for an idiot like me. Easy to get around the site...and of course better for communication. Orkut is also another okay site that is simple to use!
All the best Koik
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Gillette
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| Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 9:09 pm Post subject: twitter |
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 I do not know how to do any of it!
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brainman
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| Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 9:55 pm Post subject: Re: Twitter anyone? |
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I have facebook as well but until recently rarely posted anything on it. I still do not go there very often. I use a little program called TweetDeck. Using it, I can post to any of my three Twitter account and to my Facebook too. I can receive Tweets if they are sent to JimHawkins54 or posted on Facebook. It is a very handy program since I only need to login once and can stay logged in all the time.
Oh, I also have a MySpace account but I can't remember when I last logged on to it. I really to not use any of the social networking sites as much as my daughter and others her age do. They post almost every hour 
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1992 Astrocytoma grade 2, left motor strip
2005 Recurrence this time said to be an Oligodendroglioma grade 3, same location.
http://cancerforums.net/viewtopic.php?t=2405
My Story Part 1: http://cancerforums.net/viewtopic.php?t=2528
My Story Part 2: http://cancerforums.net/viewtopic.php?p=7350
My Story Part 3: http://cancerforums.net/viewtopic.php?t=8029
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Ackles
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| Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 2:23 pm Post subject: Re: Twitter anyone? |
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| Sorry for the late reply! Thanks for the information, I was really surprised (and pleased!) by all the responses. While Twitter still confuses me a bit (there is so much garbage being posted) I did get my cousin to help set me up for my favorite site. We'll see how well this goes... |
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kenny1983uk
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| Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 9:00 am Post subject: Re: Twitter anyone? |
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I come from china and I know Twitte...although it's blocked by China gov~~~~~~but I still can use it by using a software~ follow me on twitter: kenny1983uk 
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kenny1983uk
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| Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 9:02 am Post subject: Re: Twitter anyone? |
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I ONLY SPEAK ENGLISH ON TWITTER....although, MY ENGLISH IS POOR!
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