LJ

November 30th, 2015 at 1:54 PM ^

Really?  I read Denver's post as saying the OP screwed up.  I agree with him.

P.S. Obviously who cares.  I just like arguing on the internet.

P.P.S. Maybe Ford's original post was just a snarky way of saying "hey you should include more info in your OP."  In which case I have no problem with it, except that it doesn't really get the message across clearly.

JBE

November 30th, 2015 at 1:44 PM ^

Twitter is the scourge of human intellectual development. And Twitter and recruiting is just a special level of some vague hell.

BornSinner

November 30th, 2015 at 2:37 PM ^

Can't tell if you're serious or not but since you're over 40... 

"I can't even..." could mean a lot of things as in... he's laughing his ass off and can't even finish the sentence or he's just flabbergasted and can't finish the phrase. 

 

Young people lingo. 

True Blue Grit

November 30th, 2015 at 2:16 PM ^

I avoid Twitter like the plague.  I did try it at one point but it was obvious that 99.8% of the "content" on it is complete worthless garbage that does no one any good.  The only people who might benefit from it are celebrities who need to keep their name/face in front of people in any way they can. 

daveheal

November 30th, 2015 at 2:28 PM ^

Saying "social media" is dumb is just silly. Twitter's admittedly done a crap job of making it easy for people to get value out of the product when they sign up, but if you put the time in to follow the right folks, it'll become an indispensible part of how you get news about anything you care about. If you're interested in sports/Michigan stuff, I've got a big list of folks you can pick off and follow here: https://twitter.com/daveheal/lists/sports/members

Another good method for finding good people to follow is to look through who people you respect are following. So: going through Brian's follows and seeing who seems interesting is a good way to start off. 

 

DrMantisToboggan

November 30th, 2015 at 4:34 PM ^

Eh, my father, who is one of the most practical and intelligent, as well as old-fashioned, people I have known has only caved in to one social media. That would be Twitter. 

 

If used prudently (i.e. don't follow unintelligent or unverified/unvetted accounts) it can be a crazy efficient source of information. You get current events or breaking sporting news on Twitter hours if not days before you see it on TV. Of all the social media outlets I think Twitter is the least harmful to society. Facebook is facebook and Instagram is more vain than a Carly Simon song. Plus Twitter CEO is a Wolverine. Give em a break.