Comments on: Do Twitterers have less of an identity than a newspaper columnist? Oliver James answers

By: Footprints (24.02.09) | Chris Deary

Footprints (24.02.09) | Chris Deary — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:59:29 +0000

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Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:33:19 +0000

[...] var av en slik art at min kollega Judith i Journalism.co.uk, fikk James til å utdype sine synspunkter, hvorpå han forklarte at dette var helt logiske konklusjoner utfra de teoriene om kollektivisme, [...]

By: Louise Bolotin

Louise Bolotin — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:34:02 +0000

Shaheen, you miss the point too. You cannot draw conclusions about Twitterers or make assumptions about them unless there is solid research and data to back up such claims. The point of Twitter for me is to network with colleagues and contacts, to share information and have a little fun – I work from home so during the daytime, Twitter is part of the virtual water cooler I and many other freelances use to make up for not having colleagues in an office environment. Lonely? Not me. I have plenty of friends and a very healthy social life. Twitter adds to that, rather than being a substitute for it – something many Twitterers also said following publication of the Sunday Times story. I don’t actually care how many followers I have – I’d rather 10 followers with whom I can have a meaningful conversation than 1,000 who don’t interact with me at all.

If you don’t like Twitter, or “get” it, that’s fair enough, but Pemberton’s article and James’ comments were both sloppy, ill-informed and demonstrated the lack of any understanding at all.

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Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:31:03 +0000

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What is Twitter? | Are You Screening? — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:40:52 +0000

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By: Shaheen Abdouramane

Shaheen Abdouramane — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:26:08 +0000

I strongly agree with Oliver James’ comments. The concept of constantly updating an online community on the basic actions in your life is in itself attention-craving (though not necessarily always narcissistic)and definately suggests that the person is lonely and doesn’t have anyone else interested in their life in reality. The narcissistic aspect of Twitter is taking pride in how many ‘Followers’ you have.

By: Pablo Manriquez

Pablo Manriquez — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:00:06 +0000

re: Louise Bolotin

Here, Mr. Pemberton wasn’t asked for research and statistics to draw upon” as he perhaps should have been…

By: Twitter users: narcissistic, insecure, lacking identity and mundane | Martin Stabe

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:48:06 +0000

[...] Sunday Times caused a (calculated?) stir on Twitter yesterday when it published a article article suggested that users were narcissistic, [...]

By: Alan

Alan — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:29:16 +0000

Another day, another press-seeking dork.

By: Ted Shelton

Ted Shelton — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:28:17 +0000

Why not extend this to all user generated content? Or all creative acts? Absurd.