Comments on: Then don’t fucking subscribe http://www.mulley.net/2007/03/15/then-dont-fucking-subscribe/ Invisible people have invisible rights Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:55:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Gamma Goblin http://www.mulley.net/2007/03/15/then-dont-fucking-subscribe/comment-page-1/#comment-185782 Gamma Goblin Sat, 17 Mar 2007 16:07:18 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/?p=1981#comment-185782 Michele is a man? eww! Michele is a man? eww!

]]> By: Tom Raftery http://www.mulley.net/2007/03/15/then-dont-fucking-subscribe/comment-page-1/#comment-183091 Tom Raftery Fri, 16 Mar 2007 08:35:38 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/?p=1981#comment-183091 What has really impressed me about Twitter in a little over a week's use of it is the ease with which I have built up a really powerful network of "Followers" (I hate that term - too many cult religion overtones). It has taken me three years of blogging to create an equally powerful audience. Twitter is a new, powerful conversation stream. Some people want to be part of the conversation. Some don't. The conversation carries on regardless. What has really impressed me about Twitter in a little over a week’s use of it is the ease with which I have built up a really powerful network of “Followers” (I hate that term – too many cult religion overtones).

It has taken me three years of blogging to create an equally powerful audience.

Twitter is a new, powerful conversation stream. Some people want to be part of the conversation. Some don’t. The conversation carries on regardless.

]]> By: James http://www.mulley.net/2007/03/15/then-dont-fucking-subscribe/comment-page-1/#comment-182889 James Fri, 16 Mar 2007 00:01:38 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/?p=1981#comment-182889 Just a note about Ubuntu - I have always found it to be on the other side of that snobbery vs trendiness fence, as many oldschool Linux users resent the tide of yuppie bandwagon-hoppers blogging about the wonder of apt-get. I would have used Mac OS X vs Windows as an example instead ;) On Twitter - was never much of a text messager/commenter myself, so I'll probably give it a miss. Unless of course there are a few decent flamewars to fuel my mild curiosity. Just a note about Ubuntu – I have always found it to be on the other side of that snobbery vs trendiness fence, as many oldschool Linux users resent the tide of yuppie bandwagon-hoppers blogging about the wonder of apt-get. I would have used Mac OS X vs Windows as an example instead ;)

On Twitter – was never much of a text messager/commenter myself, so I’ll probably give it a miss. Unless of course there are a few decent flamewars to fuel my mild curiosity.

]]> By: Dave http://www.mulley.net/2007/03/15/then-dont-fucking-subscribe/comment-page-1/#comment-182722 Dave Thu, 15 Mar 2007 16:46:49 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/?p=1981#comment-182722 Here's my twittr post for the day "Just read an entry on Damien Mulleys blog, the amount of self belief this asshole has is inspiring!" I have to agree with frankp ‘if you don’t like what Michele is saying unsubscribe, don’t blog about it’ which is why I'm unsubscribing you. Good bye! Here’s my twittr post for the day “Just read an entry on Damien Mulleys blog, the amount of self belief this asshole has is inspiring!”

I have to agree with frankp ‘if you don’t like what Michele is saying unsubscribe, don’t blog about it’ which is why I’m unsubscribing you. Good bye!

]]> By: Niall O'K http://www.mulley.net/2007/03/15/then-dont-fucking-subscribe/comment-page-1/#comment-182694 Niall O'K Thu, 15 Mar 2007 15:47:01 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/?p=1981#comment-182694 omg, I have no idea which of you is more right... Personally, I'll probably never use Twitter, but that doesn't mean it's up to me to tell everyone else not to use it or that it's shite. omg, I have no idea which of you is more right…

Personally, I’ll probably never use Twitter, but that doesn’t mean it’s up to me to tell everyone else not to use it or that it’s shite.

]]> By: Paul Walsh http://www.mulley.net/2007/03/15/then-dont-fucking-subscribe/comment-page-1/#comment-182673 Paul Walsh Thu, 15 Mar 2007 15:14:17 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/?p=1981#comment-182673 I remember my days at AOL when my colleagues said online marketing would never take off... I had to learn how to build sites to teach the trainers. I did one based on Wexford and said I could possibly make money from advertising for restaurants and perhaps even allow hotels to rent rooms online given the amount of traffic coming from the US... emmm Conclusion, some people will like twitter amongst other things and some people won't. Don't subscribe if you don't like it. It's one thing for people to come up with great ideas but it's another to actually do something with them! It's also another thing to put down other people's ideas without knowing the potential benefits. I remember my days at AOL when my colleagues said online marketing would never take off… I had to learn how to build sites to teach the trainers. I did one based on Wexford and said I could possibly make money from advertising for restaurants and perhaps even allow hotels to rent rooms online given the amount of traffic coming from the US… emmm

Conclusion, some people will like twitter amongst other things and some people won’t. Don’t subscribe if you don’t like it. It’s one thing for people to come up with great ideas but it’s another to actually do something with them! It’s also another thing to put down other people’s ideas without knowing the potential benefits.

]]> By: Cormac http://www.mulley.net/2007/03/15/then-dont-fucking-subscribe/comment-page-1/#comment-182623 Cormac Thu, 15 Mar 2007 14:22:52 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/?p=1981#comment-182623 Damien how old are you? 7? "Great to see Michele bitching about Twitter. http://url.ie/373 Always good when curmugdeons get upset. Twitter is very much web 0.5 not 2.0" via your own Twitter A/C. Damien how old are you? 7?

“Great to see Michele bitching about Twitter. http://url.ie/373 Always good when curmugdeons get upset. Twitter is very much web 0.5 not 2.0″ via your own Twitter A/C.

]]> By: Daithí http://www.mulley.net/2007/03/15/then-dont-fucking-subscribe/comment-page-1/#comment-182609 Daithí Thu, 15 Mar 2007 13:47:11 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/?p=1981#comment-182609 Twitter puzzles the media-studies types an awful lot. In about 6 months time I guarantee there will be bucketloads of PhD proposals on how the combinations of 'blogging and texting' (blexting, obviously, a much better name!) are affecting the development of the English language. Personally I don't see the point, but I'm a non-Bebo reactionary. (As my younger brother once said, I "committed bebocide"). But certainly on a quick look at various users, it seems much closer to changing status messages on MSN/facebook than the more media-like (yes I know that is a contested phrase) vibe that a lot of bloggers and blog-academics are into. Which in itself is interesting. Twitter puzzles the media-studies types an awful lot. In about 6 months time I guarantee there will be bucketloads of PhD proposals on how the combinations of ‘blogging and texting’ (blexting, obviously, a much better name!) are affecting the development of the English language. Personally I don’t see the point, but I’m a non-Bebo reactionary. (As my younger brother once said, I “committed bebocide”). But certainly on a quick look at various users, it seems much closer to changing status messages on MSN/facebook than the more media-like (yes I know that is a contested phrase) vibe that a lot of bloggers and blog-academics are into. Which in itself is interesting.

]]> By: Not everyone likes you at Holy Shmoly! http://www.mulley.net/2007/03/15/then-dont-fucking-subscribe/comment-page-1/#comment-182587 Not everyone likes you at Holy Shmoly! Thu, 15 Mar 2007 12:32:52 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/?p=1981#comment-182587 [...] I predict that when teenagers discover Twitter the increase in txt speak will put off everyone else. Not that it will matter at that stage. Twitter will go on to become a global teen phenomenon much like myspace or bebo. Oh how we’ll gnash our teeth then. The negative feedback now won’t be anything like it will be later on! “Proper bloggers” might just ignore it but I doubt it. We They need something to bitch about and it’s an easy target! [...] [...] I predict that when teenagers discover Twitter the increase in txt speak will put off everyone else. Not that it will matter at that stage. Twitter will go on to become a global teen phenomenon much like myspace or bebo. Oh how we’ll gnash our teeth then. The negative feedback now won’t be anything like it will be later on! “Proper bloggers” might just ignore it but I doubt it. We They need something to bitch about and it’s an easy target! [...]

]]> By: dahamsta http://www.mulley.net/2007/03/15/then-dont-fucking-subscribe/comment-page-1/#comment-182581 dahamsta Thu, 15 Mar 2007 12:28:04 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/?p=1981#comment-182581 Bit mouthy and confused there Damien. Is Twitty the new blogs or the new Gmail or just shite? :) Bit mouthy and confused there Damien. Is Twitty the new blogs or the new Gmail or just shite? :)

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