Posted by delna on November 5, 2009, at 13:49:47
In reply to Re: twitter is not primarily a social site, posted by Nadezda on November 5, 2009, at 13:09:03
> I use it to keep up with important breaking news from abroad,
Yes, I too only use it get certain updates. But I would say the majority of people use it to 'tweet' about what they thought of 'bruno'.
>Twitter has so many possibilities
Agreed, but as it stands it is far from an ideal place to post threads of a sensitive nature. Maybe in the future.... But this is like jumping on the bandwagon just because other sites are doing it.
Like someone mentioned in another post, would there be buttons so we could send straight to twitter threads from say a sexual abuse/ rape victim support forum?? Somehow I doubt it.
Somehow I find this equally perverse.Targeting twitter/FB seems absurd especially without even first having fully saturated the sites that are TRULY frequented by those seeking help for mental illness. And there are so many out there that need a link back to PB..
>Maybe fewer people are interested in mental illness, but that doesn't mean it isn't highly useful to people who are.
Well, I have looked and looked but have found practically nothing. Maybe you can direct me to some relevant discussions on mental health..especially on twitter.
> I also dont use facebook as a "purely" social siteI think if you took a vote, you would find that FB is used as a networking/social site by most. You are most likely an exception.
>I don't know why you and others think of relationships between people as somehow trivial.
I don't think i said or even implied that..
> I don't get the negativity about twitter and facebook.
Its not about 'negativity' They are not bad sites- they just have their place. But honestly are they the best places to send such sensitive posts to.
IMHO, no.I guess we can agree to disagree....
Anyway this is not the best place to be having this 'debate'...it's already been done to death on the admin board.Anyway, Take care
No offense meant...
Best,
D
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