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[JackK]

Perhaps some of it has to do with the fact that I don't watch TV- internet/radio are the only source I have for any news. If I can find it quickly- why not?

And while I agree that wrong news can be detrimental, I don't take anything I read on the internet as gospel- at least until it's been confirmed by multiple sources. I try not to jump to conclusions/believe the "tweet" from some random journalist immediately. Some might not do the same (just look at the political forum! ).

The key word you say is "affect". None of this "affects" me. Sports don't, the bombing didn't (personally, at least), goings on in Nebraska/Argentina/Germany/Japan (etc...) don't "affect" me... But they do interest me. Like I said, you (well, I'm assuming here, but I think) grew up in a generation of newspapers, evening news, landlines and relatively slow transmission of data. I was the first computer generation, and one of the first to grow up with the internet. If I can find information instantly- and it's incredibly easy to do so- I'm going to do it. I see no wrong with it (although I do recognize that one has to be aware of misinformation). Like it or not, this is going to be a continual trend in our society. The demand for more data, quicker, is only going to get greater.

And BTW, I don't follow anyone on Twitter. I literally use it only around NFL FA and if a serious news item occurs. 95% of what people have Twitter accounts for is absolute garbage

Originally Posted by Mr. Sandman

Sounds like you have never actually clicked thru to buy something either. If the end user does not actually buy something to pay for the ad....eventually the paid ads will stop as they are determined to be ineffective.

They are rating the effectiveness of these ads on "eyeball" counts...that is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard because if it does not translate to $ (not just clicking on the big breasted girl in the link to see what is up) it will eventually collapse when the IPO money drys up.


I don't see the relevance of instantaneous news. Sure news needs to be timely, that is why newspapers are a thing of the past... but knowing wrong news (instantaneous or not) is worse than official news even if it is delayed a few hours. I was in florida during the bombing and caught up with the news each night. That was more than enough for me, in fact it was too much, I turned it off most nights as all they did was repeat themselves. I don't need to know the very second cop got a view of something, it does not affect me to any degree of significance. I assume everyone is doing their job to the best of their ability.

Is it that important to know team moves second by second? How does this affect YOU? The team is not asking you for your advice so why should you give a damn. what they do is what they do. Most things do not require instant alert.


Do you follow any non-celebrity?

[Pete_G]

Originally Posted by JackK

But they do interest me.

@NWSBoston would be a Twitter feed some here might appreciate or have interest in.

Their Twitter feed is a mixed bag, some things trivial, some mildly interesting, some very important or timely. The beauty of being limited to 140 characters is what ever the post is it's going to be concise. And since there's often a link, if you want more, you can choose to click on it. If they post a link to temperature projections for December, hey, that's interesting to me. I'm going to click through. If not, I wasted merely seconds.

Yeah, I guess you could pro-actively go to their website all the time and dig through for the same relevant info. I do that too.

Today's feed was lots of images of Super Typhoon Haiyan, images of flooding on Nantucket, rainfall totals around the region, reported wind gusts around the region, and all that was gathered easily, and each was summed up in less then 140 characters (or there was a link to click for more details if you wanted to). Hey, maybe I'm easily amused, but I like keeping up on the weather around the area. It works for me.

Like a lot of things, take what you like from it, leave the rest. It's well known a lot of what's on Twitter is completely useless. Really a lot depends on how well the Twitter feed is "fed", I guess. You might like "X" but if their Twitter feed never provides anything useful you're obviously going to shut it off or lose interest.