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By: edupunk? « rhinosplode

edupunk? « rhinosplode — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:24:17 +0000

[…] heard of the term “edupunk” until I checked my RSS subscriptions this morning and found Dan Meyer’s parody. I spent some downtime today (sorry, kids, your homework’s coming back a day late) trying to […]

By: Arthus Erea

Arthus Erea — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:03:24 +0000

Darren: I know. That’s why I participate pretty actively in Twitter with a decent number of followers/people I follow.

dan: Isn’t that the beauty of the Internet? You can find what *you* want to do with it, and I can do my own thing.

By: Darren Draper

Darren Draper — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:39:54 +0000

Dan,

Fair enough.

P.S. Have a nice day.

By: dan

dan — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:17:21 +0000

Arthus, Don't let anyone tell you that you must enjoy the Internet exactly as they do. Darren, for whatever it's worth, I realize the average Twit gets a lot more fun out of Twitter than I do, that I'm not taking part in all the social interaction. But I don't want it. As a level-ten introvert, my social needs are filled and then some by my small crowd of flesh-and-blood friends. So egotism? Your call. At a certain point in all this Twitter nonsense I had to shrug and just let the haters hate.

By: Darren Draper

Darren Draper — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:54:18 +0000

Arthus,

Those that actually read others’ work have learned that Twitter is far more than “What are you doing now?”, not just another form of microblogging, and more of social network utilized for interaction than some online form for spewing occasional thoughts.

Don’t let anybody tell you differently.

As a side-note, I’m beginning to believe that the bad news I offered before actually is true.

By: dan

dan — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:50:41 +0000

Right, this is why I subscribe to Twits using RSS.

By: Arthus Erea

Arthus Erea — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:15:11 +0000

@dan: If it’s just microblogging to you wouldn’t the same rules of blogging apply, only in miniature.

By: dan

dan — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:12:53 +0000

I subscribe but I don’t follow. I’d rather read them in my reader than feel obliged to monitor incoming tweets second-by-second. Again: it’s just microblogging to me.

By: Arthus Erea

Arthus Erea — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:16:03 +0000

@dan: Fair point, but I imagine that you *do* subscribe to some of the people who read your blog. Or you at least subscribe to a few other blogs. (Unless your sidebar is a lie) you could think about doing something similar with Twitter, subscribing to a *few* of the quality tweeters.

By: dan

dan — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:38:02 +0000

Twitter is my microblogging platform of choice. Do you subscribe to everyone who subscribes to your blog? I mean, would you if you could?