Comments on: Trending Topics, Bigotry & Noise on Twitter http://jbrotherlove.com/2009/trending-topics-bigotry-noise-on-twitter/ experiments in wordpressionisms Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:09:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mika http://jbrotherlove.com/2009/trending-topics-bigotry-noise-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-254 Mika Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:07:18 +0000 http://jbrotherlove.com/?p=240#comment-254 @Jason. You could not be more correct! And I have since changed my mind about deleting Twitter altogether. It was just an irrational decision based on emotions. I actually contacted one of the "racists" through Twitter and she has since made a public apology and even changed her account name so that she won't be associated with such behavior. Thanks for your comment. ~Mika @Jason. You could not be more correct! And I have since changed my mind about deleting Twitter altogether. It was just an irrational decision based on emotions.
I actually contacted one of the “racists” through Twitter and she has since made a public apology and even changed her account name so that she won’t be associated with such behavior. Thanks for your comment. ~Mika

]]> By: Jason http://jbrotherlove.com/2009/trending-topics-bigotry-noise-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-253 Jason Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:08:33 +0000 http://jbrotherlove.com/?p=240#comment-253 Mika, I'm curious about your decision to stop using twitter. By all accounts, the founders/owners of the service aren't racist or bigoted, some of their users are. We wouldn't protest the telephone or e-mail even though racists and worse use those services. Why would you deny yourself a useful communication tool? Mika, I’m curious about your decision to stop using twitter. By all accounts, the founders/owners of the service aren’t racist or bigoted, some of their users are.

We wouldn’t protest the telephone or e-mail even though racists and worse use those services.

Why would you deny yourself a useful communication tool?

]]> By: Amber Rhea http://jbrotherlove.com/2009/trending-topics-bigotry-noise-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-252 Amber Rhea Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:01:20 +0000 http://jbrotherlove.com/?p=240#comment-252 <blockquote>It seems so weird to me and the way I roll online that someone would spend a lot of time actively looking at the twitter website and it’s on-site features. And then react to it in some meaningful way.</blockquote> Me too. Sometimes I hear about people being into that stuff, and I think, well, that's WEIRD. And it goes back to Cecily's excellent point, because the people who are into that stuff probably think the way *I* use social media is weird! Not sure where this phenomenon of (ahem) "thought leaders" projecting their experience onto everyone as if it's some kind of universal came from, but it's damn annoying.

It seems so weird to me and the way I roll online that someone would spend a lot of time actively looking at the twitter website and it’s on-site features. And then react to it in some meaningful way.

Me too. Sometimes I hear about people being into that stuff, and I think, well, that’s WEIRD. And it goes back to Cecily’s excellent point, because the people who are into that stuff probably think the way *I* use social media is weird!

Not sure where this phenomenon of (ahem) “thought leaders” projecting their experience onto everyone as if it’s some kind of universal came from, but it’s damn annoying.

]]> By: Jason http://jbrotherlove.com/2009/trending-topics-bigotry-noise-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-251 Jason Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:58:03 +0000 http://jbrotherlove.com/?p=240#comment-251 The other interesting piece to me -- and it's not about race -- is about my own individualized experience. I am very rarely on the twitter site so I hardly ever see the trending topics of the moment. It's only when there is an article about it or someone notes it that I go look. It seems so weird to me and the way I roll online that someone would spend a lot of time actively looking at the twitter website and it's on-site features. And then react to it in some meaningful way. But I don't use twitter to keep up with the global zeitgeist. It's just where my friends and acquaintances hang out. The other interesting piece to me — and it’s not about race — is about my own individualized experience. I am very rarely on the twitter site so I hardly ever see the trending topics of the moment. It’s only when there is an article about it or someone notes it that I go look.

It seems so weird to me and the way I roll online that someone would spend a lot of time actively looking at the twitter website and it’s on-site features. And then react to it in some meaningful way.

But I don’t use twitter to keep up with the global zeitgeist. It’s just where my friends and acquaintances hang out.

]]> By: Robin Caldwell http://jbrotherlove.com/2009/trending-topics-bigotry-noise-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-250 Robin Caldwell Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:11:55 +0000 http://jbrotherlove.com/?p=240#comment-250 Bravo! Bravo!

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