i always think about the last point when i whinge at South West Trains on Twitter, but they usually give such shit answers that they deserve me whinging at them. although in fairness the last time i said anything to them (i reported a broken door that kept hitting me) they dealt with it fine.

always slightly annoys me when you don’t @ someone or some company but they still reply. if i wanted to actually talk to them i’d @ them, let me whinge about your brand in peace Virgin Media

The medium’s there to stay, probably.

twitter’s good, depending on who you follow. The people talking about politics is good and interesting depending on who you follow. The twitter ‘threads’ can be very interesting depending on who’s posted them.

If it annoys you that much you’re either following the wrong people or too many people. Any more than 200 is too much.

That’s not good to hear, breakfast_t_england! We want you to surf DiS the best you can. Shoot us a DM. < CLMAO

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all in all: it depends

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The request for DMs is understandable, surely? It takes the complaint off the public side of the platform and frees everyone from the character limit!

Virgin Media would never ask you to DM them, usually just c&p the stock response to the latest thing they’ve fucked up.

the people on the phone for them are usually ok, spoke to a super friendly scottish guy a while back and he would probably have helped me out had my Virgin Media home phone not cut out halfway through the call.

There’s a myth, isn’t there, that companies fill their customer service roles with Scots and Geordies because their voices just sound friendlier.

i thought that was based on actual research, although that could have been a myth. i used to have to call lots of call centers for information at work and a lot were based in Scotland or full of Scottish people, and they were generally alright. one was full of twats regardless of accent, but i think that was just the company.

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Black Twitter is the primary driver of internet culture.

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i don’t know who made this funnypicture.jpg
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what, was it just sitting on your desktop you thieving fuck?

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WHO DID THIS :joy::joy::joy::joy::joy:

i get more and more disillusioned with it over time. like there’s a handful of people (mostly DiSers, i think) who i have genuine interactions with or who respond to you, but mostly you’re just talking to yourself. even when you post something interesting or funny tumbleweed.

it sounds very bitter and sad to say but i do think there’s an element of cliquery on there that’s been re-inforced over time. when i first started using it i got the sense that people were more open and you could make/develop friendships on there. maybe it’s because of all the abusive dicks on there but now everyone’s very closed off and ‘you’re not in my clique, why are you @ ing me?’

still better than facebook though, facebook is mind-numbing.

Moreso than Reddit?

Yep. Reddit curates more than it creates. Reddit’s own memes are mostly wack

aka most journalists.

Recent Tweets i have enjoyed:






my wife’s trying to promote her illustrations on various places including twitter, probably gets the least interactions on twitter (other than the guaranteed 2 retweets per post from me and my mum) :cry: