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Don't blame Twitter for trending fail, blame dumbass Tweeters
Wait, what's the complaint, anyway? That trends used to provide some kind of deep insight into the collective consciousness of the Internet? Well, the Internet called, and it said it wants to screw around and play dumb games like #3wordsaftersex and #robotpickuplines. Yes, even I've engaged in the odd game of hash-tag.
When the Jezebel post says "Thanks, Twitter, for bringing us first #liesgirlstell, and now trending topic #urahoe," what they really mean is "Thanks, Twitterers."
Twitter is the arena. We can't blame them for the combatants who show up to the 140-character battles of wits completely unarmed.
If you're trying to use Twitter as a tool, there are plenty of good search apps out there. Retweets are another good way to find out what people are buzzing about.
But trends? Forget it. The fact is that Twitter is overrun with social white noise, and that's not their fault. It's ours.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
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dep said 12:20PM on 6-11-2009
'tis the faulty craftsman who blames his own tools.....
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Lee Mathews said 12:21PM on 6-11-2009
Excellent quote ;)
Also "Don't shoot the messenger."
Praveen Premchandran said 2:07PM on 6-11-2009
i guess the biggest thing is that people come to twitter with huge expectations after being on facebook and orkut, and see its kinda not as interesting and that's a big turn off?
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rTwelve said 2:15PM on 6-11-2009
If you follow @rainnwilson you will find out he starts a lot of these. I wonder if he'll see this article.
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