I have a series on my blog which is called Ten on Tuesdays. What a coincidence this is that the alphabet T for this A to Z Challenge is scheduled for a Tuesday!! So, this gives me a perfect opportunity to do my Ten on Tuesdays, today for alphabet T!!
Ten Things I See on Twitter
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I am a very active Twitter user. No, I don’t tweet much but I simply read. I hardly tweet. In fact, whatever tweets that can be seen on my Twitter profile are all my new blog post links. No, I don’t tweet them manually, but a setting on the blog allows the link to be posted on Twitter as soon as a new post comes up. Whenever and wherever I get a few free minutes, I am reading Tweets. Whether, it is while waiting for the doctor in his clinic or travelling or waiting for a friend somewhere and even before sleep takes over, I am reading Tweets on my phone. All this gazing the phone for Tweets tells me about some patterns the tweeters follow…
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Ask anything… Yes, you can ask anything on Twitter and the twitterati will come out in full support and give you the advice, suggestions, tips… All you have do is just ask. So go ahead and ask for the directions to a club or the location of a post office in Bandra or a skin specialist in Lucknow. Hell, you can even tweet ‘Hunger has struck again, what to eat?’ And even this, “Extremely low BP and I am shivering and sweating like hell….what to do?”
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Have a craving for something? Satisfy it on Twitter : No, you need not go into the kitchen or step out of your home to buy that thing… just tweet…’Koi Jalebi khilayega’, ‘Coffee de do koi’, ‘Koi Chennai mein Beer pila do’. You can even tweet “Feel like smoking. Anybody near Barakhamba Rd?’
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Random or trivial things… Believe it or not even the most random or silly thing or something which would not be relevant to anybody else but you can be shared on Twitter. So you may tweet, ‘just met someone who was carrying a rainbow colored polka dotted plastic bag’ or that you are on page 239 of Maximum City or that you are going for a haircut or that you murdered a mosquito or simply tweet, ‘Yaawwnnnnn’.
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Tell the world what you are eating/drinking… I just had a glass of the Fratelli Shiraz Cabernet Franc, says one. Bournvitaaaa says another. Fried fish. Rice. Chicken Pepper salami..onion and cheese chicken sausage.. Lassi.. 2 Pieces of Bournville and 2 Rasgullas tweets somebody. Post the pictures of the food you are eating as a picture is certainly worth a thousand words.
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Crib or complain about anything and everything : May be cribbing about something gives that inner peace. So one can crib, crib, crib on twitter till the cows come home… ‘Dear Monday, behave.’ ‘What a facepalmworthy piece of shit is the new Lays Ad.’ ‘Bloody global warming’, ‘Congratulations! Petrol prices have increased’.
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Social Service : You help yourself by helping others, and Twitter helps you in reaching out to someone who needs help. ‘A friend is in the hospital and needs blood immediately in Delhi… If you have an O positive blood group…’ or ‘An AC bus has broken down on Matunga Flyover. Caused a major jam. Please avoid that route’ And of course you can also tweet, “I have made dinner for 2, anybody cares to join me?’
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Live Tweets : You are watching a cricket match or at a conference or at a meet… just create a live newsfeed with your Tweets of course with your expert comments. ‘Dhoni in pain..he’s out..CSK still in!! RR great catch!!’ ‘CSK while stranded on a rooftop, was waiting for Dhoni’s helicopter to rescue, it crashed. Haar ka Shubhaarambh’
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No Tweets just conversations : Yes, there are people who believe in the power of a conversation. The Phone, WhatsApp, BBM, Gtalk, FB Chat are passé and Twitter is the place to have long conversations.
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Narcissism: You love yourself and people love you too or that’s what you believe, so promote yourself on Twitter ‘Andheri folks, I’m here at Shopper’s Stop. Drop by and say hello’. ‘Yayy, I now have 1000 followers’. ‘Kisi ke paas Dominos ke online coupons hain to de do please’ or simply keep changing your profile pictures every few hours!
Which is your favorite way to use Twitter?
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80 Responses
That was a fun -ten post Shilpa – I have a twitter account, but I long in once a year (or couple of years)- Now I am intrigued (sply since I just read Roshni’s post on her favorite tweets)
Log in a bit more frequently, L and enjoy the fun on Twitter! 🙂
I am a new user to twitter and I frankly did not see much of it. Now after reading your post, I might try making use of the account more often.
Thanks 🙂
Do that, K and am use you’ll enjoy the experience of reading such varied thoughts and views 🙂
I have a twitter account but I rarely use it ! I agree about one thing though – you ask for info and twitter gives it to you – I planned my trip to quebec city 2 yrs back based on the answers I had got in response to my tweets !
Yes, people do respond to the queries and you get good authentic info.
I need to get on Twitter much more. These 10 commandments might just pave the way. What? I am not on no 10 yet? Sheesh, move it people 😛
You are already so popular on Twitter BG… I see that you win so many twitter contests (and other blogging contests) too! You dont need these 10 Cs 😀
Interesting and informative post. I do have Twitter account but I never log on to it I never knew that twitter has so much to do, or may be I am ‘addicted’ to FB I will make a new beginning.
A new avenue for you to explore!! Enjoy the experience, Ma’am 🙂
I am a tweety too and I am quite active
PhenoMenon
http://capturedalive.wordpress.com/2013/04/23/tree-tragedy/
Wow! Need to connect with you on Twitter then 🙂
I like it more than FB and find it informative than FB.Last night i was reading the tweets till 11.45. I still hav’nt explored much of its features and was clueless about many of things you have posted here.
Yes, all the news and the views you get it in seconds and many a times, the news on Twitter breaks faster than on TV or any other media 🙂
🙂 Even I am not much active but only read through my TL.Nice post.
Glad to know another Tweets Reader 🙂
not an active tweeter but this post was fun to read
Thanks Priya 🙂
Oh yes, Twitter has many uses indeed. I do tweet once in a while, but I love catching up on news on Twitter.
Yes, it is pretty resourceful in many ways! And the news is faster and crisp here!
Am grinning all over especially since I am not much into twitter 🙂 Maybe I need to listen to the bird once in a while 🙂
Ok …that was me Shilpa …was correcting some issues on Mom’s blog and suddenly discover am commenting through her account as well 🙂
Oh! That’s not an issue, Sri! 🙂 Yes, listening to the blue bird often is a step in the right direction (to get more smiles and laughter too!)
I am no twitter fan simply cause all my updates will wind upto long never ending proses 🙂
LOL 😀
I was not much of a tweeter until the atoz challenge happened, my favourite thing to do on twitter was always, reading the umpteen number of weird and whacky posts people make!
It surely provides good entertainment for a reader if you have a good TL 😀
I use my Twitter these days just to post the blog links. And before that, it was redundant. I do wish to get more active but dont get time from work and FB!
Hmmm…. time constraint…
I don’t use twitter. Just one FB is taking up so much time!! So, I have made a vow to reduce the time on social networks 🙂 But I do use it occasionally if I have to send a direct message to someone… It’s easy to do that in Twitter.
Destination Infinity
That’s true, when one is on these social networks time simply flies!
seriously! sometimes u feel like saying..hey yo all u twitter”ers” go get a life!!
lovely read!
Seriously! I mean tweeting all day long about everything and anything… dont they have something better to do!!
Reminds me of the time when I used to tweet like there is no tomorrow. *sigh* however very apt way of putting it across.
At last, we have a blogger who used twitter to tweet! 😀
I am a twitter challenged person Shilpa !!
PHEW . thank god I never used it . You will go mad if i say this I joined twitter only to follow Iamsrk 😛
After that like u I also Linked Blog or public FB posts to twitter . I NEVER LIKED TWITTER .. Loved ur fun way of saying it all > I got bored by tweets in this blog post and twitter to door ki baat hai 😀
Liked ur post though
LOL 😀 fshan, SRK of Twitter pe bhi nahi chhoda! 😀
I read more than I tweet but I do enjoy the tweets that come through. Steve Martin’s tweets are hilarious.
Is it!? Will follow him then! Thanks for sharing 🙂
I don’t have a twitter account and I never read any tweets. Few blog posts I read did give me insight into what the whole thing is about but never got inspired enough to join that world 🙂
Very sensible choice… 🙂
My kal ki tweet reads “Very Hungry” 😀
*facepalm* moment? 😉
Kal pehle ke, “Fat! Too Much!” 😀
*facepalm* moment2? 😉
This morning my timelien was filled with Raja Sen’s Retweet of hundred and ten tweets where ppl were busy telling their 5 fav directors. I was so irritated I switched off my twitter but like u I too am a reader!!!
LOL:D you too, Smita!
Yeah, sometimes these things do get very boring!
I have been only retweeting others and tweeting my blog links.
Terrific for ‘T’.
Cool 🙂 Thanks Indrani 🙂
I’m like you. I read a lot of tweets but I don’t tweet much. I never thought of using twitter to ask questions. That’s a great idea.
You can even ask your riddles on Twitter, Clarissa! 😀
I am Tweet challenged. But, loved your post.
Thanks Janaki 🙂
I have auto tweets for posts enabled. I go thete once in 3-4 days. Twitter proves that some people have no life ;).
You are so right! And few of them call themselves ‘forever alone!’ 😀
I love twitter. I love it especially during live events to see what other people are saying about it, and for joking around with my friends that I don’t always see.
Agree, live tweets make the event more fun… you get facts and scores along with expert comments 😀
I liked your post, for me it was very informative, I do not use this, need to learn, thanks for sharing !
Do check it out, G. Am sure you’ll enjoy the experience 🙂
My daily dose of entertainment and news and you-name-it,is Twitter.I scan it regularly throughout the day 🙂
Fun-tastic post Shilpa !!
Aha! You do it too, Sharmila! Isn’t it fun… some of the tweet are really funny and give you so many laugh out loud moments! 🙂
Thanks… glad you enjoyed reading this 🙂
I recently got hooked to twitter. I logged into twitter to get latest buzz around the world. Also u forgot to mention about twitter contests…you know, although being a infrequent user I won one sling bag, one t-shirt and a copy of ‘ Those pricey Thakur girls’ through random contests in twitter 😀
Oh there are a lot more things about Twitter… the facts and figures tweets, the celebrity tweets, the tweets from organizations, the promo tweets, the ‘follow me and gain 639 followers’ tweets… I just mentioned the 10 that caught my fancy 😀
Wow… you won so many goodies… I have never participated in a Twitter contest! Must explore that! Thanks for sharing, Nibedita!
I use Twitter, just as you do, automatic posting of blog links. Sometimes a few retweets. But I do catch up on what others are tweeting 🙂 And I notice the same things you have written a out 🙂
Wow… that makes two of us 😀
It’s true and it’s something that I don’t get about Twitter. Some people post really funny things (such as those in my post) and then some people think that tweeting what they are doing the whole day is very interesting! It’s just amazing that EVERY Monday you see the same groans about it being Monday! I wonder if they realize how boring it all is!
I agree with you about these Monday tweets… I believe that those who complain about Mondays don’t love their jobs or don’t like what they are doing! For me, a Monday is a new week to do so much and also to return back to the routine 😀
What a fun post Shilpa though I never did take to twitter. Can’t believe you’re already on T. Great going.
Glad you liked it T 🙂 Yes we are moving towards the end of the challenge and in fact today we are on U 😀
I don’t use twitter much, but just started to tweet my blogposts. I do read a lot of tweets…ha ha…really? people tweet such silly things too? Thank god it restricts the no.of words used..else people will even write stories!
LOL 😀 True… Thank God for 140 characters 😀
I tweet daily, enjoy the conversations with like minded people. Get some funny ones trying to spam the TL but then there are all kinds of people in this world 🙂 Liked your post a lot.
At last we meet a person, who tweets 😀
Will connect with you on Twitter 🙂
Glad you liked it, Sulekha 🙂
I use it as a daily news feed. Also I follow an assortment of people so enjoye reading different thoughts and perspectives!
Me too 🙂
I love to use Twitter to share people’s posts (mine too!) but not much else. However, I love that it was through Twitter that people reached out in times of crisis and calamity. Like every thing else online, I’m wary of getting addicted to it. Blogging is bad enough! 😛
Yes, have seen immense support coming by during floods, heavy rains, bomb blasts… and that is simply terrific! 🙂
I opened a twitter account only last year and I am yet to fully grasp its ways and I am not very regular there….
Ohk!
Arre… you forgot us ‘gyani’ babas and matas! We share so much philosophy yaar… and all for free! Ek mention to banta tha na! 🙁 🙁
As for how I use twitter… sporadic, and in fits… just like everything else in my life! Will be active on it for 2-3 days… do a lot of RTs, follow some new people, unfollow some others whose tweets I got bored of… then forget for days that Twitter even exists! And the cycle repeats itself.
LOL @ Gyani babas and matas…
That’s a cool cycle you follow… love it 😀
Aha,twitter.
I am addicted to twitter.I spend a lot of time there and enjoy every moment spent.
However,I find there to be two kinds …
One who write and create discussion.
One who only comment on tweets they follow.
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