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Posted on 1/28/15 at 8:54 am to bbap
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following famous people is one of the more pointless aspects of twitter.
I've said this many times: following any athlete on twitter is just pointless and idiotic, especially college athletes. Mainly it's motivational garbage or stuff they fire off in the heat of the moment and then later retract or delete.
Or they tweet something cryptic that has nothing to do with their sport, but gets taken in the context OF their sport and it's just a headache.
Posted on 1/28/15 at 8:55 am to Alabamya
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*Derrius Guice may be turned away for an official, they have no interest in another RB.
Posted on 1/28/15 at 8:55 am to RATeamWannabe
dey gud
This post was edited on 1/28/15 at 8:56 am
Posted on 1/28/15 at 8:55 am to LSU Patrick
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Bama didn't want him. So, now a 3 star?
nah kid is legit. Posted on 1/28/15 at 9:00 am to Dlab2013
I think Williams moves to fullback along with Ducre to free up more playing time for Guice
Posted on 1/28/15 at 9:02 am to Salmon
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twitter is awesome because it is the best at receiving updates/news as it happens
this. If you don't understand that or it's just not for you, so be it. But it gets you information immediately. Period. Nothing else tops it right now.
Posted on 1/28/15 at 9:08 am to Duckie
I love the "it's so hard to read" and "I don't speak a foreign language" crowd when it comes to twitter. I guess it can be a little confusing, but like anything, make a little effort and it's easy enough. If you rely on the evening news or sportscenter for breaking news, you're going to constantly be a couple of hours behind.
Posted on 1/28/15 at 9:20 am to sicboy
I'm only 27....i just don't have twitter lol. Don't see the big deal.
Posted on 1/28/15 at 9:21 am to sicboy
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If you rely on the evening news or sportscenter for breaking news, you're going to constantly be a couple of hours behind.
While that's true, you also have to watch who you are getting your info from. Crowd sourcing news sounds great, except for the fact that you end up with armchair experts who can suddenly gain a wider audience, even though they have absolutely no idea what they are doing or talking about.
Twitter on its own can be good if you know what you are doing and who you are following. However, I personally prefer places like Flipboard at this point. You can get that same news, but in a little more curated form if you set it up that way.
We have a great place to gather and discuss LSU games and sporting events here, but few other boards are this good. Most of that "in-game" discussion is happening on Twitter now. I love tweeting back and forth with fellow Grizzlies fans during games, for example. Although it has been abused and almost become a parody at this point, the hashtag is still the perfect tool to bring a diverse group together under a topic. This is still one of the strongest aspects of Twitter.
This post was edited on 1/28/15 at 9:23 am
Posted on 1/28/15 at 9:21 am to sicboy
Would be awesome if he got turned away hope is ego isn't to bruised someone who has a twitter should ask him
Posted on 1/28/15 at 9:26 am to misey94
Well yeah, you have to weed through the BS just like everywhere else. I don't follow the scrubs......except I have GG and Duncan on my feed :\
Posted on 1/28/15 at 9:27 am to At Work
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Would be awesome if he got turned away hope is ego isn't to bruised someone who has a twitter should ask him
Someone's head is going to explode on this one, I'm sure.
Posted on 1/28/15 at 9:27 am to The Pirate King
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the most useful is probably instantaneous access to information
Information that has already received a bunch of attention or information you happen to encounter in your feed (more or less randomly), which is constructed based on personal interests.
Sure, you have "instant access," but what kind of information do you have access to?
I think that is the point.
BTW I use Twitter. A lot.
This post was edited on 1/28/15 at 9:28 am
Posted on 1/28/15 at 9:29 am to TxTiger82
It's like watching the story gestate. Sometimes it becomes something, sometimes not.
Posted on 1/28/15 at 9:30 am to Alabamya
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From Bone's insider report:
*Derrius Guice may be turned away for an official, they have no interest in another RB.
Ya'll all good
So you're going to tell us with a straight face that if Derrius Guice wanted to go to Bama, they wouldn't take his commitment?
Posted on 1/28/15 at 9:32 am to sicboy
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It's like watching the story gestate.
Yes, but are you getting the full story? People encounter information on Twitter in three ways:
(a) A particular tweet or hashtag is popular and so it is made apparent to the user
(b) Random encounter in feed (you happen to be scrolling through)
(c) Purposeful engagement with a breaking news story (typically facilitated by hashtags, so see (a).
And then, of course, you have to account for individual motivations. Not everyone is a news junkie. Not everyone likes to be bombarded with information all the time.
This post was edited on 1/28/15 at 9:33 am
Posted on 1/28/15 at 9:33 am to TheCaterpillar
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So you're going to tell us with a straight face that if Derrius Guice wanted to go to Bama, they wouldn't take his commitment?
No. I am telling you what Bone's insider report said.
fyi..If it was up to me I would take his commitment but it is not .
Posted on 1/28/15 at 9:35 am to TxTiger82
The point is that your information delivery platform is systematically biased in several ways. That is true of any information delivery platform but you should at least be aware of the ways in which your preferred platform is biased.
Posted on 1/28/15 at 9:35 am to TxTiger82
I don't care about the full story on twitter. I just want to know it's happening. The meat comes later when the initial mess is cleaned up.
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