Ask YC: Whats your Twitter handle?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=145204

by samwise • 18 years ago

6 45 18 years ago

news.ycombinator.com

As recently as two weeks ago, i didn't really get what twitter was all about nor did i care. I reluctantly gave it a shot and i must say, I'm hooked. If you're a twitter user and would like to be added by other YCers, post your Twitter name below.

http://twitter.com/cbomb

manvsmachine2• 18 years ago

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=134808

Mine is http://twitter.com/manvsmachine

brk• 18 years ago

NotoriousBRK - just signed up.

edw519• 18 years ago

I'm at the "I don't get what twitter is all about nor do I care" phase. What was it about twitter that got you hooked?

samwise2• 18 years ago

it's a less formal more personal rss feed. Real Simple People Syndication.

manvsmachine2• 18 years ago

I was really skeptical as well; in fact I've only had an account for 2 or 3 days now. Part of the appeal is similar to that of HN. For the most part, it's still mainly used by the early adopter, tech-savvy crowd. And, from what I've observed, the brevity of the messages actually seems to encourage dialogue: people are a lot more willing to to say something to you or read something you send them if they know it only involves a couple of sentences.

xekonic• 18 years ago

The hooking element is really based on intermittent variable reward. eg: when someone responds, direct messages you, etc. you can't really predict it.

Twitter's kind of like a message board that, instead of filtering by categories or topics, you filter by people. So you can also imagine, the more people you find interesting or to interact with, the more addicting it becomes.

@NathanSnell

andrewparker3• 18 years ago

The hook is the serendipity the service creates in your life.

jamesbritt• 18 years ago

"The hook is the serendipity the service creates in your life."

Could you give some detail?

Doesn't Twitter demand at least some time and attention? From what I've seen, most of what shoots past is astonishing in its lack of content and value.

So, while some posts may be useful, I don't see that the results justify the attention required.

Is there some preferred way to avoid the drivel and catch only the good stuff?

chrisbroadfoot• 18 years ago

http://twitter.com/chrisbroadfoot

nilobject• 18 years ago

http://twitter.com/nilobject

jasonlbaptiste• 18 years ago

http://twitter.com/jasonlbaptiste

cbryan• 18 years ago

http://twitter.com/waltz

Woop. Let's go Twitter-verse.

alex_c• 18 years ago