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  • March 2, 2010 at 10:16 am #12216
    STATO

    Do many of you use Twitter? Been using it for a while and finding it quite useful now ive worked out you need to moderate who you are following so you dont waste time reading rubbish.

    Positives:
    -Interesting people who post links to (or ‘retweet’) news that you might not hear on local/national news
    -Organisations posting useful info such as @metoffice @sustrans @NewcastleCC etc.
    -Websites notifying you of new content (tho see negatives)
    -Following bands/DJ’s you like is another good way to learn about new bands/music/gigs you might also like.

    Negatives:
    -Far to many people posting drivel about what they are eating or where they just scratched
    -Websites posting all the days stories at once, filling up most of the main page and bumping off other posts [cough]6 stories at once this morning Roadcc[/cough]

    looking for some more people to follow to vary my news and interest intake. Any suggestions?

    Rich.

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  • March 4, 2011 at 11:43 am #633519
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    OneManAndHisBike

    Sadly some people don’t get
    Sadly some people don’t get that escape part.

    How many people do you see riding a bike and yapping on a phone or even texting while riding…

    & I cringe at the coffee stop when the Blackberries all start emerging. (|:

    March 4, 2011 at 10:01 am #633517
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    terrytubby

    OneManAndHisBike wrote:I

    OneManAndHisBike wrote:
    I think the key thing to remember though is they are only tools and as such should be used for the task or job they are designed for.

    Think that hits the nail on the head. There are so many tools and apps. around that you can end up reading information for its own sake and then realising that you’ve just wasted a load of time on nothing of any consequence.

    I think some folks are attracted to tweeting a lot because there’s an element of celebrityness about it, even though its actually not making you famous at all, its broadcast to the great web out there, so it feels like it.

    We’re pretty much on the road to being wired up like Stavros to gadgets of one sort or another eventually – our next evolutionary step !

    At least us lot will still escape on bikes to the great outdoors.

    February 26, 2011 at 11:58 pm #633515
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    roadracedave

    I’m just getting into
    I’m just getting into Twitter, its a great way of hearing whats going on as it happens, and depending on who you follow there are some quite interesting and funny people out there. It’s also a quick way to keep in touch or contact with friends on there

    @bradwiggins and @Vaughters are a good pair to follow

    Feel free to follow me too, @davidcwhitfield I promise I won’t post 6 tweets at once or anything annoying like that 😛

    February 26, 2011 at 1:08 pm #633513
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    OneManAndHisBike

    I guess these days it is too
    I guess these days it is too hard to ignore the social networking scene if you spend any length of time on the net.

    I think the key thing to remember though is they are only tools and as such should be used for the task or job they are designed for.

    As interesting as it may be to some about what you just made for dinner, I think some people need to realise people are possibly more interested in things with a bit more substance.

    I guess the advantage with Twitter is you can stop following someone when they start posting inane items all day long when they have little else to do?

    November 29, 2010 at 3:35 pm #633511
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    STATO

    bobby84, i assume by that
    bobby84, i assume by that post youve not even tried using it? In case your worried, its not full of people commenting on how their butter was difficult to spread this morning or whatever (actually it is, but you dont have to follow those people).

    This morning i woke up, rolled over, grabbed my phone and went on twitter to find out…

    Lesley Neilson had died (numerous sources)
    What local schools were close (@NewcastleCC)
    What actual outside conditions were (number of local ‘tweeters’)
    The Weather forcast (@metofficeNEEng)
    What trains were running (local tweeter)
    Plus several smmusing anicdotes
    Far too much about x-factor, but some of those will be ‘unfollwed’ in future
    Also found out how some fellow racers did in Sundays CX race.

    So, in 5 mins i achieved quite a lot, and i didnt even have to get out of bed.

    You dont need to post anything if you dont want to, i only post stuff that is relavent to my ‘followers’ ie. gernerally bike related stuff or things that is of local interest. You also dont need to ‘make friends’ (its not facebook) but you might end up with some, i have, it wasnt a concious effort.

    Generally i use it as an alternative to watching the news or reading a paper, both of which are full of crap im not interested in. With twitter i can pick and choose what news is fed to me by choosing who i follow. I like it.

    November 29, 2010 at 2:42 pm #633509
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    bobby84

    Personally I do not see the
    Personally I do not see the need for Twitter. Why do I need to create an account and start saying normal things from about my daily activity on a website? Why do I think people would be interested? Why do I need to make friends on the internet? Why do I need to follow the crowd? Why do I need to surrender my privacy? I mean really, don’t we all have better things to do?

    March 12, 2010 at 1:31 pm #633507
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    STATO

    lets not forget @Kuota_RoadCC
    lets not forget @Kuota_RoadCC 😉

    March 6, 2010 at 8:49 pm #633505
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    Fixie Girl

    Worth asking if Shutt will
    Worth asking if Shutt will sell the jersey online, they are fab.. I am following them on twitter too @shuttvelorapide

    Some very funny postings!

    March 4, 2010 at 4:14 pm #633503
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    AndyyK

    I use Twitter for personal
    I use Twitter for personal and professional reasons. One of the things I have most enjoyed is finding local cyclists and seeing what they’re up to, what they’re commute is like and marvelling at some of their tales.

    Can’t say I’m as interesting to follow, but it’s 140 characters, you’re not reading an uninteresting blog are you?

    Plus there’s also some good competitions to win free schwag I hear.

    @Andyyk

    March 4, 2010 at 10:12 am #633501
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    STATO

    who do i follow, well not
    who do i follow, well not that many but here are the highlights (and as i said, they probably dont make sense to anyone but me)

    @Roadcc
    @enduraracing (mate rides for them)
    @mmm_newcastle (local food shop)
    @metofficeNEEng (north east weather warnings, useful this winter!)
    @sustrans
    @NewcastleCC (retweets a lot of local interest stuff)
    @SimonPegg
    @realrossnoble
    @carltonreid (good for bike news and as he is local to me, local interest stuff)
    @singletrackmag
    @TeamRadioShack
    @lancearmstrong (sorry, not a fanboy but interested in reading what he is doing training wise etc.)
    @singularcycles
    @18bikes (again, good for bike/tech news)

    March 4, 2010 at 9:32 am #633499
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    AdamML

    When it works, Twitter works
    When it works, Twitter works really well. We managed to get all the news and results from the UCI Track World Cup Rounds together with one hashtag (#trackworldcup) which meant it was really easy to find out what was going on when there was no TV coverage to follow.

    USGS have a brilliant system going where they use searches on words like ‘quake’ and ‘tremor’ to pinpoint earthquakes as well.

    March 4, 2010 at 9:02 am #633497
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    workhard

    The multiple posting irritant
    The multiple posting irritant is transformed into a bonus if you have twitter client like tweetdeck

    March 3, 2010 at 9:13 pm #633495
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    Tony Farrelly

    yeah I enjoy Chris Boardman’s
    yeah I enjoy Chris Boardman’s Tweets

    March 3, 2010 at 8:15 pm #633493
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    demoff

    @demoff is me, I use it like
    @demoff is me, I use it like a mini blog and post whatever is in my head at the time. I have one post on my proper blog and find twitter ideal for the lazy blogger.

    Yes I will tweet what I am having for breakfast sometimes, I also post links to stuff I find that I think will interest others.

    Can live with the mass morning tweet from roadcc its the radioactive wiggle ad that bugs me at the mo.

    Who to follow

    He is sometimes infrequent but @FakeCav is funny.
    @VecchioJo is of course worth a follow as is
    @markrenshaw1 @mickrogers @DanFleeman and @Chris_Boardman posts some good stuff.

    March 3, 2010 at 6:09 pm #633491
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    Tony Farrelly

    Quote:I am not a fan of

    I am not a fan of someone posting several items at once either. @Tony, how about 3 at a time first thing then 3 more a bit later?

    It often is that way Simon, but if we post stories late at night plus there’s three or four first thing in the morning we need to tweet them asap old news loses its value. Probably a bit later we’ll tweet any overnight/early morning blogs, but most of that will be before 9 o’clock – we are at our keyboards early so I suppose even though they might look spaced out in our twitter feed they might not in yours if you haven’t had any other early morning tweets.

    Depending on how many people someone following road.cc is following any late night tweets we make will have long gone by the morning so people who weren’t on twitter then might well miss them – they’re long gone from our screen – and as I say, posting a block of tweets does seem to work first thing. Equally there’s no point saving news up during the day so we always try and tweet as we post… unless we forget.

    Besides us who are you following at the moment Statto?

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