Stroud Green Twibe on Twitter

Firenze · May 2009

I have created a Stroud Green Twibe for any SG Twitterers to join:

http://twibes.com/stroudgreen

andy · May 2009

Not sure how that works, so will check it out. People who twitter could also drop their username in this thread. I know there are a bunch. To start off, follow [@stroudgreen](http://twitter.com/stroudgreen) And I'm @firetail Though I'm beginning to hate Twitter. I am perfectly capable of wasting my time without anyone else's help.

markpack · May 2009

I'm @markpack - and always happy to help you waste time Andy if you get stuck.

Firenze · May 2009

To be honest, I'm not entirely sure how it works either but thought it worth an experiment!

I am @donalsheridan

kelsie · May 2009

im @silamuta
:-0

matt · May 2009

i'm @gingerbeardman

The ginger monkey · June 2009

@matt. On here I'm the ginger monkey. On there I'm @chris_reed. I will come and say hi. What with being ginger and bearded...

krappyrubsnif · June 2009

@snore

krappyrubsnif · June 2009

What, pray, for the ignorant, is a twibe?

Do I have to use a mobile phone to twitter or can I do it on a computer?

Would it mean my phone was bleeping me with half-arsed useless messages all day long?

Is there anything I can do on twitter that I can't do on SG org?

andy · June 2009

@krappyrubsnif - You win curmudgeon of the week. Collect your hat from David.

David · June 2009

I'll never give up that hat without a fight. Just look at what [you're missing out on](http://www.orange.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/31935.htm?linkfrom=hp4&link=secondary_pos_2_link_body&article=090624x1300x5sec2celebchildrenscharityslamsjordan) not tweeting, krappy

krappyrubsnif · June 2009

Who is 'Jordan'?

krappyrubsnif · June 2009

Just looked at my Twitter account. All rubbish. Messages from people I don't want to follow and I CAN'T TURN THEM OFF. They won't remove. Worse than spam. Who needs it, man?

krappyrubsnif · June 2009

Twitter is useless. I just had to delete my account and start a new one because it was stuffed with people I didn't want to follow, that I couldn't delete and couldn't block. There is no easy help forum. And I haven't even tweeted. I need it for work though - apparently. Lets see what happens now. Any wise suggestions from the initiated?

Lucy · June 2009

I'm @lucyfenton (why is there an @ at the beginning?)

andy · June 2009

@krs - it's sort of circular because it doesn't make any sense until you're fully plugged into it (with followers and following) but it doesn't seem worth the effort if you aren't. So it requires a leap of faith.

What I'd do is download a twitter client (tweetdeck or twirhl) follow a bunch of people that seem interesting and just start taking part.

Try a few of the MPs (like @tom_watson and @lynnefeatherstone) a few journos (@charles_arthur,) others like @cshirky, @demsoc, @sarahbrown10, @stroudgreen. Use search (http://search.twitter.com) to find a few others and see how you go.

injoke · June 2009

shouldn't it be "stwoud gween twibe"? no i have no idea about twitter either.

krappyrubsnif · June 2009

Hah! This is, lookintg up. Mastering Twitter will require some serious work time. Apparently my office (an NGO) have been considering Twitter for PR for some time but nobody here knows how to use it. So I don't feel that boneheaded after all. I will now launch myself into corporate Twitterdom from my office screen (and thus waste office time officially at office expense).

Very grateful to be givben the opportunity.

andy · June 2009

Good NGO twitterers are @greenpeaceuk, @oxfamgb @dogstrust

ShaunG · June 2009

I'm a non-twitterer, but seriously are companies and NGOs using their time and money wisely getting into this? Didn't everyone say that Second Life was going to be a massive marketing opportunity? At risk of being the next curmudgeon, I suspect that senior executives are too keen to jump on the bandwagon of whatever they hear their kids talking about.

krappyrubsnif · June 2009

My NGO has no time and no money

andy · June 2009

No risk at all, you are the next curmudgeon.

David · June 2009

What is it with all these recent pretenders to my crown? I may need to up my game.

andy · June 2009

I know. Dismissive, evidence-free cynicism is a pretty easy pose to strike.

David · June 2009

Mind you, twittering hardly constitutes much time and money does it? It's free and as quick as an SMS message, certainly takes no more than say a fag/coffee break to administer and follow. There's no spend or time involved.

andy · June 2009

Cheaper and quicker and more targetted, potentially. Opt-in and free. Easier not to think about it, really.

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