One-Tweet Wonders 170
theodp writes "TIME has seen-the-future-and-it-is-Twitter. Slate, on the other hand, is more fascinated with the phenomenon of orphaned tweets, the messages left by people who sign up for Twitter, post once, then never return (not unlike one-blog-post wonders). While some orphan tweets betray skepticism about microblogging ('I don't get it... what's the point of this thing?'), other one-and-done Twitterers demonstrate keen enthusiasm before disappearing ('I'm here!'), and some tweets hint that tragedy has cut a promising Twittering-life short ('it hurts to breathe. should I go to the hospital?'). Slate notes that studies of Twitter accounts by Harvard and Nielsen suggest the service has been better at signing up users than keeping them, including the one-tweet wonders."
Universal Law of Twitter ... (Score:5, Funny)
Ouch (Score:2, Funny)
It hurts to post, should I go to the hospital?
I don't get it. (Score:5, Funny)
Tweeting seems like a great idea for people who want to start cults or for people who wish they had stalkers.
Comment removed (Score:3, Funny)
Gerge J's first and last tweet: (Score:2, Funny)
Help!
Jane, how do you stop this crazy thing!
Re:I use twitter daily, but never tweet. (Score:5, Funny)
I only follow a few interesting people but I now find it invaluable as a way of keeping track of them
So she finally got that restraining order? ;-)
Re:Social Stuff (Score:4, Funny)
Thank you for proving that the stereotype of the antisocial geek is spot on. Now I have even less chance of getting laid.
Re:That is the end of Twitter (Score:3, Funny)
JFK's dad was JFK, just an average Joe.
useless (Score:5, Funny)
Can we just say that Twitter is public masturbation and be done with it?
Re:I use twitter daily, but never tweet. (Score:2, Funny)
Whether you're the pitcher (tweeter) or the catcher (tweetee), at the end of the day you're still gay.
Re:Social Stuff (Score:4, Funny)
And here you are posting in community forum. How very social of you.
I'ts not social, it's slashdot
Re:Long term? (Score:1, Funny)
Responses can be long and meaningful.
Re:Universal Law of Twitter ... (Score:5, Funny)
From the Twitter lexicon, thousands of tweets is "twatter" thus making the poster a "twat".
"A suspension bridge made of pebbles" (Score:5, Funny)
From the end of TFA:
Yes... (backs away slowly...) I'm sure a suspension bridge made of pebbles is just what society needs, now you drive over it while I stand there with the camcorder and a direct line to YouTube.
Re:I don't get it. (Score:3, Funny)
You should have posted that on Twitter, it would fit. 140 character limit and all.
Think of it as (Score:4, Funny)
140 characters (Score:2, Funny)