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Posted by: B-Wi on April 23, 2009 11:21AM CST I follow Mark as well, and I agree his tweets are often entertaining. For the record, I am on Twitter but I have never "tweeted"...

Posted by: Pequod on April 23, 2009 12:33PM CST Racine @paulsloth Could you please chk your tinyURL? I can't get it :http://tinyurl.com/c3ntlb (Sometimes TinyUrl shows it's techy side).

Posted by: psloth on April 23, 2009 12:44PM CST Cherteapet, It takes a little while for it to load, I just discovered. I hope it works. Paul

Posted by: MarkCz.com on April 23, 2009 1:21PM CST Wow, thank you so much, Paul. I don't know much about @Don_Crowther, but he has an awful lot of followers and many good links regarding online marketing. @Arisu_2 is a wry receptionist who also blogs at fresh mincemeat. The Journal Times' own @ j_e_anderson often tweets about stories she's covering; interesting stuff. @WIA tweets Wisconsin emergency calls, sometimes in Racine. You can find more local tweeps using Twitter Search to look near a ZIP code or just by searching for Racine. There are also directories like Twellow and Localtweeps.

Posted by: BIG BK on April 23, 2009 1:24PM CST I just don't get the whole twitter deal. I admit I am not 100% up to speed on it, but why do you want to tell the world about everything you do (in 140 or less)?? Do I really care what's cooking for dinner or what you saw on your way to work? Is everything we do that noteworthy that we have to tell the universe about it? What is the point? How is this different than texting? Seems like a huge waste of time and resources. Just one guy's opinion.

Posted by: MC on April 23, 2009 2:27PM CST I feel the same way BIG BK. Now two guys opinions.

Posted by: Kay on April 23, 2009 8:34PM CST Nothing against tweeters, but really, I don't care what you're having for dinner. I don't even like people on facebook posting stuff that's pretty irrelevant. Does anyone care what I'm doing besides my immediate family or close friends? Personally, I really hope not!

Posted by: Dr. Awkward on April 23, 2009 9:59PM CST I really have no interest in it either, but here's the thing for the harsh critics of those who do. The people who don't care what you're up to...aren't reading it! The only people who are checking out someone's twitter or facebook page are those who ARE interested! Otherwise they wouldn't be there checking it out! If you are quitely whispering in the corner of a crowded train station, the universe will not have any idea you are speaking. Only those who are crowded around straining to listen will. And each and every one of them will tell you that for some reason or another, they are interested. If I walked up to you in a library and said "I just don't get the whole ( insert your topic of interest here) thing. I mean I couldn't imagine being the slightest bit interested in that book you're reading. Who cares about that?! It's sooooo boring!" What would your response be? How can Mark's dinner updates be a waste of anyone's time if they have never spent a millisecond of your time reading about them? Just don't search the billions of webpages for his twitter account or click on a link that clearly says it will take you to his twitter account, and I personally guarantee you you will never, ever come across his twitter account. This Internet 101 lesson can be applied to any topic. Don't click on it and you won't see it, which will result in no time wasted on it.

Posted by: Banned again?!? on April 23, 2009 11:14PM CST Its just for laughs. If you dont care what I'm eating for dinner,stop following me. I have no interest in going to church, but I would never call it pointless or stupid. We all like different things. As long as nobody is getting harmed, it's allright.

Posted by: Kay on April 24, 2009 12:20PM CST Sensitive a little? I didn't suggest people not use it. I said I didn't get it. On facebook once you sign up as someone's friend you either get all their updates or none.......that's your two choices. I get the wall-to-wall on facebook. I get the messages on there. What I don't get is when someone is using facebook to set up some sort of group of interest on a specific topic and then they add all this other stuff, like what they had for lunch. I don't know enough about twitter so I guess I will check it out. I think it would be great for organizations as long as people don't throw stuff out there that is not relevant.

Posted by: Dr. Awkward on April 24, 2009 1:02PM CST I'm just presenting a different perspective, Kay. I said I didn't get it either. You said you didn't like people posting whatever they like ("I don't even like people on facebook posting stuff that's pretty irrelevant."). The irrelevance, of course, is subjective. You don't like them posting what is irrelevant to you. That strays a bit from "I don't get it." It sounds like your grip should be with how these sites are set up or work, not with what people choose to do with their pages on them.

Posted by: Uber_Shoe_freak on April 24, 2009 7:00PM CST Yeah, no thanks. I have a Twitter account that I update once a month or so... when I remember that I have one. :) I wonder if "popular" Twitterists (proper terminology?) feel obligated to tweet every hour or so just to satisfy their followers.

Posted by: Sassa on April 24, 2009 10:47PM CST I wrote a comment before but it 'disappeared'. I just joined Tweeter and received 2 answers from old school mates. WOW. All I msg them was that I didn't know what the hell I was doing...and how to get my pic on it rather than a profile of a guy. BTW I am a girl. LOL Oh. I just do it on the internet. I don't have a Ipod, etc. or even a cell phone.

Posted by: sugar on April 27, 2009 10:41AM CST im fully addicted to my twitter and think i need a support group. i love it and have new and old friends in my network

Posted by: sugar on April 27, 2009 11:04AM CST ps racinians may add me @sugartank kisses and stitches b....

Posted by: sugar on April 27, 2009 11:11AM CST pps who you should be following @howeezy @chadmlock @Arisu_2 @quezed @ronpurtee @fivefifthsdead @piirtoeri @stevehawkins @TerryKaprelian @geektyrant @simpleprimate @peewinkle and like i said moi @sugartank all locals with much to say about nothing but all in all its always interesting!

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