I read notch's twitter all the time, don't need an account to do that. I despise twitter and facebook. Why not Ident.ca? Screw it, i don't need a plushie that bad.
I'm sick and tired of this site having contests that require you to register an account with other sites. It's bullshit. I'm registered here; shouldn't that bloody well be enough?
This says about everything I think need to be said about this contest. I don't have a twit account, I don't want to have an accout on twits international and I won't create one for a $35.00 plushie contest that should be on this site.
I hate it when sites like this use Twitter for contests instead of just hosting them themselves. All the people I know who'd be interested in these kind of games already use THIS site, so what's the point of adding a useless social networking site?
Companies must use every possible tool at their disposal to increase their "viewership" and market exposure, so forcing people to "like" on facebook or "follow" on Twitter just helps to increase their metrics and "success" in a measurable fashion in these trendy methods.
I have no time nor patience for twitter or facebook. (Facebook) If I wanted to keep in touch with someone since HS/college, I have. If not, we're grown apart and that's ok - it's life. (Twitter) I certainly don't need to know the shape and color of each person's latest bowel movement.
Obviously very few people in this thread have ever used Twitter, because the number of common misconceptions have run rampant throughout this thread. If your Twitter feed is full of IDIOTIC things like narcississtic comments about what someone had for lunch or what hair gel they use.....IT'S YOUR OWN FAULT. Stop following morons.
Twitter is a great business tool, it's great for disseminating information quickly. I never EVER have seen stupid comments in my Twitter feed because I don't follow any idiots. So quit blaming the tool for your own lack of understanding for how it works. You don't even have to follow ANYONE but MMORPG.com if you wanted in on the contest. No one forces you to follow anyone on Twitter, so I just wonder for what reason you're all getting your panties in a twist?
Obviously very few people in this thread have ever used Twitter, because the number of common misconceptions have run rampant throughout this thread. If your Twitter feed is full of IDIOTIC things like narcississtic comments about what someone had for lunch or what hair gel they use.....IT'S YOUR OWN FAULT. Stop following morons.
Twitter is a great business tool, it's great for disseminating information quickly. I never EVER have seen stupid comments in my Twitter feed because I don't follow any idiots. So quit blaming the tool for your own lack of understanding for how it works. You don't even have to follow ANYONE but MMORPG.com if you wanted in on the contest. No one forces you to follow anyone on Twitter, so I just wonder for what reason you're all getting your panties in a twist?
i've always respected your insightful comments on this site, but not here.
i had a twitter account. used it for nonprofit, activism, coding, then i realized that 120 characters linking me to RT another person's 120 characters, no matter how insightful was not only redundant but time consuming.
one of the largest complaints i have heard from business people who actually do use social sites is the plain old fashioned ROI. and here in particular, its more of a return on time invested. do you really think Sears Co. is going to make a huge comeback kid appearance simply b/c they got their sale on ties RT'd 2million times?
and i don't think most of the complaints here are anti-twitter as much as anti-linking me from one site to the next to sign up for one thing after another.
my personal info is worth more than a chance at a 35.00 plushie of a genocidal race.
"There are at least two kinds of games. One could be called finite, the other infinite. A finite game is played for the purpose of winning, an infinite game for the purpose of continuing play." Finite and Infinite Games, James Carse
Obviously very few people in this thread have ever used Twitter, because the number of common misconceptions have run rampant throughout this thread. If your Twitter feed is full of IDIOTIC things like narcississtic comments about what someone had for lunch or what hair gel they use.....IT'S YOUR OWN FAULT. Stop following morons.
Twitter is a great business tool, it's great for disseminating information quickly. I never EVER have seen stupid comments in my Twitter feed because I don't follow any idiots. So quit blaming the tool for your own lack of understanding for how it works. You don't even have to follow ANYONE but MMORPG.com if you wanted in on the contest. No one forces you to follow anyone on Twitter, so I just wonder for what reason you're all getting your panties in a twist?
i've always respected your insightful comments on this site, but not here.
i had a twitter account. used it for nonprofit, activism, coding, then i realized that 120 characters linking me to RT another person's 120 characters, no matter how insightful was not only redundant but time consuming.
one of the largest complaints i have heard from business people who actually do use social sites is the plain old fashioned ROI. and here in particular, its more of a return on time invested. do you really think Sears Co. is going to make a huge comeback kid appearance simply b/c they got their sale on ties RT'd 2million times?
and i don't think most of the complaints here are anti-twitter as much as anti-linking me from one site to the next to sign up for one thing after another.
my personal info is worth more than a chance at a 35.00 plushie of a genocidal race.
I stand by my comment and respectfully disagree with you. I wouldn't change one single word of what I said, because it reflects the truth as I have experienced it and I can only speak for myself. There are a lot of people in this thread that whined about Twitter's narcississtic commentary and ....as I said.... that is no one's fault but their own. Don't follow idiots, don't have idiotic comments. It's very simple. Never do I see comments like, "had chicken salad for lunch today," NEVER. I don't follow idiots. And if you do....you have no right to complain about it. Unfollow them and change it, ffs.
You may be right about there being more irritation about having to connect to another site for this contest, BUT....there haven't been as many statements saying that as posts that have complained about Twitter itself, which, again....is the user's fault not Twitter's.
I don't frankly care if you like or dislike Twitter, I'm just saying a good deal of your experience with Twitter is dictated by those you follow and your own behavior on Twitter.
lol, wow...look at all the twitter hate... i personally love twitter, won quite a bit of stuff, just by using it... but i guess if yall wanna hate on it, then thats one less person i have to compete with for prizes
And here I was thinking most people liked twitter.. But my own opinion seems to be just like everyone elses.
Twitter is such a simple concept, anyone could have thought of it.. Hell, someone could just as easily overtaken twitter with a similar type of system, but with more benefits (*cough, character limit*). Twitter, Facebook, Myspace.. All of them are just fads, and really just over the edge ones in my opinion. v.v
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Whats with all this twitter rage? O_O
Following such people as Notch can be very 'newsfully'
I read notch's twitter all the time, don't need an account to do that. I despise twitter and facebook. Why not Ident.ca? Screw it, i don't need a plushie that bad.
Archlinux ftw
This says about everything I think need to be said about this contest. I don't have a twit account, I don't want to have an accout on twits international and I won't create one for a $35.00 plushie contest that should be on this site.
I hate it when sites like this use Twitter for contests instead of just hosting them themselves. All the people I know who'd be interested in these kind of games already use THIS site, so what's the point of adding a useless social networking site?
The sad part is even with what we're saying about stupid scocial sites, they will keep doing it... That's what happens when you think you are right.
Why the hell do you have a website if you don't use it to promote. Hell close it down and use that stupid twitter then see how many ppl you get!!!
Companies must use every possible tool at their disposal to increase their "viewership" and market exposure, so forcing people to "like" on facebook or "follow" on Twitter just helps to increase their metrics and "success" in a measurable fashion in these trendy methods.
I have no time nor patience for twitter or facebook. (Facebook) If I wanted to keep in touch with someone since HS/college, I have. If not, we're grown apart and that's ok - it's life. (Twitter) I certainly don't need to know the shape and color of each person's latest bowel movement.
lol @twitter
lol @ all the people lol-ing @ twitter
Obviously very few people in this thread have ever used Twitter, because the number of common misconceptions have run rampant throughout this thread. If your Twitter feed is full of IDIOTIC things like narcississtic comments about what someone had for lunch or what hair gel they use.....IT'S YOUR OWN FAULT. Stop following morons.
Twitter is a great business tool, it's great for disseminating information quickly. I never EVER have seen stupid comments in my Twitter feed because I don't follow any idiots. So quit blaming the tool for your own lack of understanding for how it works. You don't even have to follow ANYONE but MMORPG.com if you wanted in on the contest. No one forces you to follow anyone on Twitter, so I just wonder for what reason you're all getting your panties in a twist?
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i've always respected your insightful comments on this site, but not here.
i had a twitter account. used it for nonprofit, activism, coding, then i realized that 120 characters linking me to RT another person's 120 characters, no matter how insightful was not only redundant but time consuming.
one of the largest complaints i have heard from business people who actually do use social sites is the plain old fashioned ROI. and here in particular, its more of a return on time invested. do you really think Sears Co. is going to make a huge comeback kid appearance simply b/c they got their sale on ties RT'd 2million times?
and i don't think most of the complaints here are anti-twitter as much as anti-linking me from one site to the next to sign up for one thing after another.
my personal info is worth more than a chance at a 35.00 plushie of a genocidal race.
"There are at least two kinds of games.
One could be called finite, the other infinite.
A finite game is played for the purpose of winning,
an infinite game for the purpose of continuing play."
Finite and Infinite Games, James Carse
I stand by my comment and respectfully disagree with you. I wouldn't change one single word of what I said, because it reflects the truth as I have experienced it and I can only speak for myself. There are a lot of people in this thread that whined about Twitter's narcississtic commentary and ....as I said.... that is no one's fault but their own. Don't follow idiots, don't have idiotic comments. It's very simple. Never do I see comments like, "had chicken salad for lunch today," NEVER. I don't follow idiots. And if you do....you have no right to complain about it. Unfollow them and change it, ffs.
You may be right about there being more irritation about having to connect to another site for this contest, BUT....there haven't been as many statements saying that as posts that have complained about Twitter itself, which, again....is the user's fault not Twitter's.
I don't frankly care if you like or dislike Twitter, I'm just saying a good deal of your experience with Twitter is dictated by those you follow and your own behavior on Twitter.
President of The Marvelously Meowhead Fan Club
Thanks for the contest.
lol, wow...look at all the twitter hate... i personally love twitter, won quite a bit of stuff, just by using it... but i guess if yall wanna hate on it, then thats one less person i have to compete with for prizes
Apparently not... seems they've just forgotten about the whole thing.
Indeed they have!
Mike will be along to announce them soon (tm). They've been informed too.
Cheers!
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And here I was thinking most people liked twitter.. But my own opinion seems to be just like everyone elses.
Twitter is such a simple concept, anyone could have thought of it.. Hell, someone could just as easily overtaken twitter with a similar type of system, but with more benefits (*cough, character limit*). Twitter, Facebook, Myspace.. All of them are just fads, and really just over the edge ones in my opinion. v.v
twiteer and facebook sucks !!!
the thing is cute
congrats to the victorious twits!
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I get banned in the forums for games I love, so lets see if I do better in the forums for games I hate.
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