Twitter Tards

JBod · 10 Aug 2011 at 00:26

With the looting going on it has really highlighted to me how much crap people talk. Since it is an amplification of real life it simply becomes gossipy scaremongering crap.

With a seach of "purley" yesterday, people claiming Tesco Purley had burnt down, then someone posted a picture and saying it all calm and empty... then someone tweeted again "Tesco Purley is burnt to the ground !!!1111".

I know this isn't anything new but it is diluting the quality of Twitter, especially since spam is on the rise also. I retweeted a Harry Potter joke a few weeks ago and within minutes someone had followed and PM'd me some spam.

/rant over

Bennie-Mac · 10 Aug 2011 at 00:27

Has there ever been quality on twitter?

Musty Pie · 10 Aug 2011 at 00:29

I second Bennie full of shiz since its creation.

JBod · 10 Aug 2011 at 00:29

I guess it depends who you follow and searching a generic term exposes the tardness.

explicit4u · 10 Aug 2011 at 00:37

While there might be a lot of BS on twitter, it has proved more than useful to me during the riots. It's been way ahead of Sky/BBC for news, pictures and videos.

[TW]Sponge · 10 Aug 2011 at 00:38

I just don't bother with it. It's a simpler place.

SuperTronNarwhal · 10 Aug 2011 at 00:47

Yea, Twitter is full of BS atm especially people getting Purley way and Purley Tescos mixed up.

Robbo · 10 Aug 2011 at 00:47

These riots have provided a stage for the attention whoring hipsters to try and 'become journalists' and desperately try and get followers. They'll say anything.

It's a shame because there is good information on Twitter and it does serve a purpose but it's mostly full of absolute idiots.

dowie · 10 Aug 2011 at 00:50

explicit4u said:
While there might be a lot of BS on twitter, it has proved more than useful to me during the riots. It's been way ahead of Sky/BBC for news, pictures and videos.

This tbh...

I wanted to know what was going on in my area I could instantly check twitter on my iphone - had been checking earlier today and checked it on my iphone on the train home..

[TW]Sponge · 10 Aug 2011 at 00:52

dowie said:
This tbh...

I wanted to know what was going on in my area I could instantly check twitter on my iphone - had been checking earlier today and checked it on my iphone on the train home..

I could quite easily post there is some trouble in Hereford, even though there isn't and cause all sorts of panic.

Justintime · 10 Aug 2011 at 00:53

Robbo said:
These riots have provided a stage for the attention whoring hipsters to try and 'become journalists' and desperately try and get followers. They'll say anything.

It's a shame because there is good information on Twitter and it does serve a purpose but it's mostly full of absolute idiots.

Limenote · 10 Aug 2011 at 00:53

its not just my local area full of idiots posting unfounded drivel then, really bugs me!

Pixel · 10 Aug 2011 at 01:13

Social networks
Quality content

Choose one.

steve-h · 10 Aug 2011 at 01:14

This just in: people are idiots and talk *****

Abraham · 10 Aug 2011 at 08:30

it's a double sided blade, the biggest selling point of twitter is that breaking news can spread so quickly, but that same capability means that rumours spread just as quickly

platypus · 10 Aug 2011 at 08:31

Bennie-Mac said:
Has there ever been quality on twitter?

Marky · 10 Aug 2011 at 08:38

I hardly use it - I currently just use it to follow the Minecraft developer and band twitter updates

Morbius · 10 Aug 2011 at 09:03

Twitter's useful for some things. Accurate data is not one.

Xinn · 10 Aug 2011 at 09:11

Indeed, like last night people saying "omgzzzzz it all kickin off in leedz, pigs evrywere!!!!!"

No... I think you'll find it's Leeds v Bradford in Carling cup that's why the police are there.

PMKeates · 10 Aug 2011 at 09:12

Twitter started losing it's edge when the uneducated underclass managed to find a way to use it.