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Postby bmat » Apr 15th, '11, 17:23



I'm on twitter bmat10 I think. I check it nightly and mostly use it to promote my blog and I do get some good hits through it. I'm honestly not sure if it is under bmat10 or not and I'm at work so I can't check it.

You can find me if you link up with Dale as we follow each other. Also if you click on my blog (see my signature) you can find me through there. My blog for the most part is not about magic...although every now and again I post about magicians.

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Postby Lord Freddie » Apr 15th, '11, 18:32

PsychicYodeller if anyone's interested..

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Postby daleshrimpton » Apr 15th, '11, 18:44

bmat wrote:I'm on twitter bmat10 I think. I check it nightly and mostly use it to promote my blog and I do get some good hits through it. I'm honestly not sure if it is under bmat10 or not and I'm at work so I can't check it.

You can find me if you link up with Dale as we follow each other. Also if you click on my blog (see my signature) you can find me through there. My blog for the most part is not about magic...although every now and again I post about magicians.


http://twitter.com/#!/bmat10 :)

http://twitter.com/#!/daleshrimp Im not on all the time, and its mostly non magic. I have to have somewhere to have a rant now and again.:)

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Postby Robbie » Apr 16th, '11, 12:29

Mandrake wrote:I was recently talking with a chap who makes and sells magical stuff and, although he's not a Twitter or FB fan by any means, there are some seriously good advantages for business to be active in those areas so I won't be too harsh on the concepts :D .

True enough. For a business, having a Twitter or Facebook presence is becoming as important as having a website. Or for anybody with a name/persona they want to protect.

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Postby Agent488 » Apr 21st, '11, 13:18

Mandrake wrote:Too late to backtrack now!!

I was recently talking with a chap who makes and sells magical stuff and, although he's not a Twitter or FB fan by any means, there are some seriously good advantages for business to be active in those areas so I won't be too harsh on the concepts :D .


Ppl that lol at things like twitter usually just are too old to understand them

I follow lots of dnb/grime ppl I like and get loads of remixes and ish from them

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Postby Lord Freddie » Apr 21st, '11, 13:27

Agent488 wrote:
Mandrake wrote:Too late to backtrack now!!

I was recently talking with a chap who makes and sells magical stuff and, although he's not a Twitter or FB fan by any means, there are some seriously good advantages for business to be active in those areas so I won't be too harsh on the concepts :D .


Ppl that lol at things like twitter usually just are too old to understand them

I follow lots of dnb/grime ppl I like and get loads of remixes and ish from them


I see your spelling and use of punctuation fits in with that of most 'tweets'.
Well done, young fella!
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Postby spooneythegoon » Apr 21st, '11, 14:23

Anything which imposes a character limit so small that it restricts the ability to convey an intelligent message for no discernable reason is not something I am likely to use. We have spent so long developing our linguistic prowess, why would we do anything that prevents us from making use of it? I dont think I fully understand twitter. :?

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Postby Madelon Hoedt » Apr 21st, '11, 14:39

spooneythegoon wrote:Anything which imposes a character limit so small that it restricts the ability to convey an intelligent message for no discernable reason is not something I am likely to use. We have spent so long developing our linguistic prowess, why would we do anything that prevents us from making use of it? I dont think I fully understand twitter. :?


I'm not on Twitter, and I agree that there is little room for extended discussions. At the same time, the restriction appears to be a challenge, and there are many interesting initiatives that use Twitter in a way that I think is quite witty.

Do we always need page upon page to say things, or is the message more meaningful if we are forced to stick to the limit (and thus to the essence of what we wish to say)?

NB: I am not referring to the guy who put some programming in place so Twitter registers his farts ;)

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Postby greedoniz » Apr 21st, '11, 16:25

I'm greedoniz on twitter too.

Low marks for originality on my part

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Postby kolm » Apr 21st, '11, 18:39

Agent488 wrote:Ppl that lol at things like twitter usually just are too old to understand them

Mode age of Twitter user: 25-34
Radio 1 target audience: 15-29

spooneythegoon wrote:Anything which imposes a character limit so small that it restricts the ability to convey an intelligent message for no discernable reason is not something I am likely to use. We have spent so long developing our linguistic prowess, why would we do anything that prevents us from making use of it? I dont think I fully understand twitter.

Oh, I love writing in 140 characters. I love the challenge of trying to fit what I want to say into a short space, which forces me to strip out the meaningless drivel to get to the point, or rethink the sentence structure or my vocabulary to use shorter words (something I aim to do in my writing in general). If I ever find myself using a second tweet or using txtspk, I feel I've failed

But that's just my opinion :)

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Postby spooneythegoon » Apr 21st, '11, 20:16

I enjoy the challenge of using my vocabulary to its full, and ensuring that every last fragment of seemingly unimportant text has its individual purpose. Unfortunately, it is very rarely that I succeed. :(

You can tell that we are magicians, discussing how we best enjoy using language! :lol:

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Postby DeadSweet » Apr 22nd, '11, 13:20

Not to drag up old threads but im @Amehsweet if anyone wants to follow my mad ramblings/moaning about the sun trying to kill me :P

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Postby jhmagic1 » Apr 22nd, '11, 22:57

http://twitter.com/design4magic

I do tweet a few times a week about what im working on.

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Postby jhmagic1 » Apr 22nd, '11, 23:08

Derren Brown seems to be trending right now.

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Postby rhysjones » Apr 23rd, '11, 10:04

@morganmagic and @westmagic for the two of us. I'll be honest, we mostly talk about tea and biscuits...

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