Haha - I agree with you entirely - Wrath of the Barclay

Haha - I agree with you entirely

though I think a lot of people who do personal blogs do them for friends/family etc, rather than as a serious attempt at being a citizen journalist or Pepys like diarist.

Posted By: duke of york on January 8th 2009 at 14:09:29

Message Thread

blindasabat is now following me on twitter, ooh err (n/m) (General Chat) - samcd84, Jan 8, 13:39:05
- yep, so you'd better start fucking doing sommert (General Chat) - blindasabat, Jan 8, 14:08:50
- What exactly is the point of twitter or for that matter what exactly is twitter? (n/m) (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Jan 8, 13:42:14
  - I'm using it at the moment to monitor my competitors (General Chat) - camcan, Jan 8, 14:09:45
    - i posted what i had for lunch on mine... (n/m) (General Chat) - blindasabat, Jan 8, 14:13:06
  - Apparently it is "a micro-blogging" site. Wiser now? No, me neither. (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Jan 8, 13:44:55
  - dunno, I know you can blog by mobile on it (General Chat) - pants, Jan 8, 13:44:46
    - Yes, you can post self-obsessively all day. Totally ridiculous things like (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jan 8, 13:48:48
      - Haha, I'd forgotten just how much you despise blogs (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Jan 8, 14:01:47
        
        I don't despise blogs. (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jan 8, 14:07:46
        
        haha, if you go into town and see people on lap tops in cafes (General Chat) - pants, Jan 8, 14:12:02
        
        I do. (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Jan 8, 14:22:50
        
        No (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jan 8, 14:16:17
        
        Haha - I agree with you entirely (General Chat) - duke of york, Jan 8, 14:09:29
        
        Fair enough in the case of the former, but the ones I always see are the latter! (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jan 8, 14:10:54
    - How do you "blog"? - Genuine question (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Jan 8, 13:45:44
      - I haven't looked into it, but I guess you sign up for an account (General Chat) - pants, Jan 8, 13:48:59
      - You sign up to one of these (General Chat) - duke of york, Jan 8, 13:48:20
        
        Blimey. How do you know you are typing something that some one else will want to read? (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Jan 8, 13:49:53
        
        haha, exactly, citizen journalism though innit (General Chat) - pants, Jan 8, 13:57:16
        
        Well therein lies the beauty of it, because 99.9999999999% of the time, you can be certain (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jan 8, 13:51:03
        
        This is why you blog... (General Chat) - Jono, Jan 8, 14:01:02
        
        Unless you're really good and you might get a book deal (General Chat) - duke of york, Jan 8, 13:57:23
        
        I'd suggest that's only part of it. As with anything these days, marketing and exposure (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jan 8, 14:00:26
        
        Yes, indeed (n/m) (General Chat) - duke of york, Jan 8, 14:02:20
        
        Surely there are more constructive and enjoyable ways to completely waste your time. (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Jan 8, 13:54:13
        
        You appear to have already done so... (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Jan 8, 13:53:31
  - An attention seeking engine (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jan 8, 13:44:45
    - ^^^ Exaclty my conclusion. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jan 8, 13:48:56
      - And here is a good example (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jan 8, 13:56:34
        
        No different to the updates on Facebook really (General Chat) - duke of york, Jan 8, 13:59:50
        
        Have always been ambivalent about it in that sense (General Chat) - pants, Jan 8, 14:19:58
        
        and it has (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jan 8, 14:34:00
        
        ... (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jan 8, 14:01:33
        
        Yes (n/m) (General Chat) - duke of york, Jan 8, 14:05:54
- "Twitter" (whatever the f** that is) is bad: (General Chat) - CB41, Jan 8, 13:41:36
- What do you blog about sam? (General Chat) - pants, Jan 8, 13:41:10

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