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Like most people the only mail I enjoy getting are personal letters, invitations and birthday cards. Like most people I also hate getting bills.
They’re inefficient, a waste of paper, postage and labour. I also hate lining up to pay them, and don’t hang out for “personal interaction” with the lady at the Post Office.
I also never remember to find a post box and when I have something to send by mail usually find it in the bottom of my hand bag ten days after it was due.
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Today on The Punch we are running a special package on social media with a focus on Twitter.
At the moment news outlets are red hot with stories about Twitter and other social media platforms.
From reflective pieces about why Twitter is slowly sucking away our ability to communicate with each other in real life, news stories about its role in the Iranian post-election protests to authors looking to use the platform as a gimmick to publish their bad novel about “a San Francisco family forging its place in history”.
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Alex says:
Unfortunately, “news” is dead. What people want to read about in any real detail is fashion, beauty, lifestyle, food and travel. And for people like me who write and create that stuff in its hardcopy form (that’s right, magazines aren’t dead, unlike newspapers!) there are far easier ways to reach… Read more »
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bulmkt says:
Tweeting I suppose is like drinking - best used it in moderation. Read more »
For something that’s so easy to use, it’s suprisingly hard to explain exactly what makes Twitter so great.
But after sticking by a personal pledge to avoid Facebook for two years and having suffered the reeling effects of this decision on my diminished social life (why can’t people just email photos and invites anymore?), Twitter caught my attention straight away.
Furiously fast paced and jam packed with information, the 140 character tweets can bring out the best in succinct news reporting, people’s creativity or just a damn fine sense of humour.
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Mat G says:
Another great aussie news site is @newsfirst Read more »
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David says:
R u guys being paid to advertise twitter? If so you should own up to it. I notice news.com.au has had no less than 3 articles per week on twitter. Please be honest. Read more »
If our linguistically challenged forefathers had the option to Tweet their grunts and moans, I’m almost certainly positive they would.
OK, maybe not. But I’m sure cavemen and women used to lay awake at night, stone and chisel in hand, thinking about the self-absorbed things they could etch for people in far away villages they would probably never meet.
Hi, my name is (@newsbee) Lanai – and I’m a Twitterholic.
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Damien says:
Lanai….please get a life. Twitter is redicluous. No one cares that you ‘just made toast and it tastes great!!!’ Its worse than the facebook status update. At least youve admitted how egotistical you are to think anyone would care about the stupid little updates made 10 times a day. I… Read more »
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Reg says:
Lanai, I can’t read all that don’t-chew-no. All twitters are attention seekers but not I, I’m immune from such vain-glorious pursuits. Sharie may think she’s connecting to the world, but the world’s not listening. A little like the loon baying at the moon. Read more »
When the Opposition Leader has time to Twitter about his pet dog’s blog, you’ve got to worry that this newfound obsession with social networking is being taken too far.
Don’t get me wrong. I’m a self confessed Twitter/Facebook junkie, hell, friends have to confiscate my iPhone to have a decent conversation with me over lunch these days.
And I’m the first to defend Kevin Rudd, or @KevinRuddPM as he is known in Twitter-land, for resorting to new-media to talk to voters.
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Botkins says:
What I want to know: The first photo in this article, is that real or shopped? It’s hilarious either way! Read more »
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Noelene says:
Mals dog twiittered this morning and said, apparently back in QLD Kevins cat used to ride in the back of a UTE! Kevins cat needs a good whipping! Read more »
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