Model Boat Mayhem

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Title: Twitter?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on May 20, 2013, 11:42:50 am: Does anyone on Mayhem do Twitter?

Where can I find an idiots guide to Twitter?
Title: Re: Twitter?
Post by: dougal99 on May 20, 2013, 12:36:38 pm: :(( {:-{ Why oh why oh why oh why? {:-{ :(( {:-{ :(( {:-{ :(( {:-{ :(( {:-{ :(( {:-{ :(( {:-{ :(( {:-{ :(( {:-{
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on May 20, 2013, 12:43:13 pm: .... dunno really, trying to keep up! And it does seem compulsory on the BBC! (http://www.americananglersfishing.com/Smileys/default/shrug.gif)
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Post by: inertia on May 20, 2013, 12:50:23 pm: You'll be knitting socks for soap stars and sending Ant and Dec birthday cards next..................twitter is for twits (or worse).
DM
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on May 20, 2013, 01:05:11 pm: ....... succinct! Just another internet toy then. {:-{
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on May 20, 2013, 01:05:50 pm: Instagram?
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Post by: jimmy2310 on May 20, 2013, 01:09:01 pm: Martin, take a long deep breath and then say slowly to yourself ' I must resist, I must resist. ' O0

Jimmy
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Post by: Bob K on May 20, 2013, 01:18:20 pm: I 'signed up' for Twitter a while back, then found out it was just for getting reams of short text messages from famous people and business ads. You have to 'follow' someone or something, so not exactly a two way conversation.

I have also lost interest in Facebook as it became swamped by online game scores and promotional ads.

For an online experience of real interest and content you can't beat Mayhem !
Title: Re: Twitter?
Post by: Howard on May 20, 2013, 02:23:40 pm: Martin,
You dont need a Idiots guild to Twitter you just Join the twitters and become a Idiot,
Which with a site like this you could never be so don't even think about it.
Regards Howard.
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Post by: Davenotdone on May 20, 2013, 02:34:51 pm: Don't do Twitter, don't do Facebook, don't have a mobile phone. My wife and two young boys have all these things and there own computers as well. I'm typing this in on my wifes computer at the moment. Call me old ( 51 ) but i have seen all these fad's come and go, can't believe they actually made a film about Facebook {-) .................happy as i am!!!!!! Regards, Dave.
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on May 20, 2013, 03:28:25 pm: I was sort of thinking about Twitter to publicize Mayhem at Wicksteed this weekend.
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Post by: inertia on May 20, 2013, 04:20:26 pm: Quote from: Martin (Admin) on May 20, 2013, 03:28:25 pm
I was sort of thinking about Twitter to publicize Mayhem at Wicksteed this weekend.
To WHOM, for goodness' sakes? Surely not the Twitterati? Do we need Steven Fry or Jonathan Agnew to pitch up? Will Lady Gaga do us a turn with her tranny under the roof of Mrs Mayhem's gazebo? Are we to be renamed Madonna's Modelboat Mayhem after her well-rehearsed Dancing-on-Water routine with five steaming Springers? God Forbid - even the Prime Minister is one of Them!!
My Mum used to say "Leave it alone and it will get better; carry on picking at it and it will only get worse."
LEAVE IT ALONE, Martin!!
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Post by: malcolmfrary on May 20, 2013, 04:23:42 pm: Quote from: Martin (Admin) on May 20, 2013, 03:28:25 pm
I was sort of thinking about Twitter to publicize Mayhem at Wicksteed this weekend.
DM got there first but - do you really want the kind of people who are attracted by twitter? Can't say that I would admit to recognizing any of the names that he seems familiar with, but I assume that they are some kind of passing "celebrity"?
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Post by: Dannypenguin on May 20, 2013, 05:07:23 pm: My sister has both Facebook and Twitter... She has lost all art of conversation... Just sits on the sofa on her phone, facebooking someone she hasn't seen in ages (or last night), and it even managed to break her friendships with one of her best friends... {:-{

I would not reccomend at ALL! O0
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Post by: sparkey on May 20, 2013, 05:11:31 pm: {-) I think we are all showing our age it's a generation thing. {-) {-)
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Post by: Howard on May 20, 2013, 05:16:22 pm: Martin, like I have already said please dont go there, ANYbody who is anybody and into model boats already know's about the best model boat site on the big wide web, Its called MODEL BOAT MAYHEM. your site go,s before you you dont have to go to them thay all come to you. O0
sorted, Regards Howard.
Title: Re: Twitter?
Post by: CF-FZG on May 20, 2013, 06:10:37 pm: Quote from: Martin (Admin) on May 20, 2013, 03:28:25 pm
I was sort of thinking about Twitter to publicize Mayhem at Wicksteed this weekend.

Great idea Martin :-))

Most forums use Twitter for reasons such as this to publicise events, and also if there's a problem with the forum it's easy to get information out to the members.
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Post by: essex2visuvesi on May 20, 2013, 06:18:41 pm: Think this says it all
(http://static.fjcdn.com/pictures/You+Twit+Face+You..+Remember+the+five+word+limit_3529fd_3808965.gif)
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Post by: sparkey on May 20, 2013, 06:27:47 pm: :-)) Anything that can be used to publicise our hobby must be good :-)) :-))
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Post by: Neil on May 20, 2013, 06:33:10 pm: Quote from: sparkey on May 20, 2013, 06:27:47 pm
:-)) Anything that can be used to publicise our hobby must be good :-)) :-))

I agree with you on this one Sparkey.........nowt wrong with it.......I have 11 followers and only ever posted my name.......think how many I could have if I opened me gob, {-) {-) {-) {-) {-)
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Post by: ardarossan on May 20, 2013, 06:46:22 pm: Quote from: Martin (Admin) on May 20, 2013, 03:28:25 pm
I was sort of thinking about Twitter to publicize Mayhem at Wicksteed this weekend.

Maybe a bit late for Mayhem, but is emailing boat-clubs, models shops and associated websites now considered 'old-fashioned' or no longer viable?

(http://s20.postimg.org/wknui35vx/64318_243684655775265_380625241_n.png)
Title: Re: Twitter?
Post by: CF-FZG on May 20, 2013, 07:34:06 pm: Quote from: adross on May 20, 2013, 06:46:22 pm
Maybe a bit late for Mayhem, but is emailing boat-clubs, models shops and associated websites now considered 'old-fashioned' or no longer viable?

Certainly not, but I see no reason not to use social media as a messaging tool, along with email and any other means of communication.
Title: Re: Twitter?
Post by: inertia on May 20, 2013, 07:39:10 pm: Quote from: malcolmfrary on May 20, 2013, 04:23:42 pm
I assume that they are some kind of passing "celebrity"?
Let's hope so..............
DM
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Post by: sparkey on May 20, 2013, 07:42:24 pm: :-)) Try anything and everything as they say" every little helps" :-)) :-)) :-))
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Post by: CF-FZG on May 20, 2013, 07:48:54 pm: Quote from: inertia on May 20, 2013, 04:20:26 pm
My Mum used to say "Leave it alone and it will get better; carry on picking at it and it will only get worse."

I prefer "Accept progress and go forward or stand still and get left behind"
Title: Re: Twitter?
Post by: malcolmfrary on May 20, 2013, 08:41:38 pm: Quote from: CF-FZG on May 20, 2013, 07:48:54 pm
I prefer "Accept progress and go forward or stand still and get left behind"
But its also a good idea to know the difference between progress and change.
There is a saying that if you do not pay for a product, you are the product. What do Twitter and their like get out of it?
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Post by: HawkEye on May 20, 2013, 08:46:01 pm: In answer to Martin's original question -

http://edudemic.com/2013/02/a-visual-guide-to-twitter-for-beginners/

http://mashable.com/guidebook/twitter/

Many more via google

I keep my account protected so only those that I choose can see my tweets ( is there a bird in here?) , necessary in order to stay in contact with my teenage daughters as I won't use FaceBook. >>:-(

HawkEye
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Post by: RAAArtyGunner on May 20, 2013, 08:50:32 pm: Quote from: Martin (Admin) on May 20, 2013, 11:42:50 am

Does anyone on Mayhem do Twitter?

Where can I find an idiots guide to Twitter?

Ask anyone who twitters/twitches :-)) %) %)
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Post by: RAAArtyGunner on May 20, 2013, 08:56:36 pm: Quote from: Davenotdone on May 20, 2013, 02:34:51 pm
Don't do Twitter, don't do Facebook, don't have a mobile phone. My wife and two young boys have all these things and there own computers as well. I'm typing this in on my wife's computer at the moment. Call me old ( 51 ) but i have seen all these fad's come and go, can't believe they actually made a film about Facebook {-) .................happy as i am!!!!!! Regards, Dave.

Dave a young guy like you is still in short pants. O0 O0
At least as a young whipper snapper you have learnt some good sense so you will reach a ripe old age :-)) :-))
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Post by: sparkey on May 20, 2013, 08:59:18 pm: >>:-( We are all being used by these companies be it loyalty cards,so called buy one get one free and facebook and the like,I don't think in the
modern world you can avoid it,today marketing people know so much about us everytime we use a card or buy on line they learn a little more, I
don't think we can avoid it,so whatever you do they will still find out,Ray <:( <:(
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Post by: Davenotdone on May 20, 2013, 09:10:31 pm: Yipeeee!!! :} I have been called young ( at 51 ) ! It's made my day anyway :}

Regards, Dave ( the younger )
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Post by: RAAArtyGunner on May 20, 2013, 09:18:39 pm: Quote from: Davenotdone on May 20, 2013, 09:10:31 pm
Yipeeee!!! :} I have been called young ( at 51 ) ! It's made my day anyway :}

Regards, Dave ( the younger )

C'mon young fella, settle down, take it easy, you need to set an example for the younger kids %) %) {-) {-)

Don't forget, it is you younger guys that wiill have to pick up the batton and carry on, so no twittin/twitching, faceing off or any of those silly fads and stuff O0 O0 %% %%
Title: Re: Twitter?
Post by: inertia on May 20, 2013, 11:12:21 pm: Quote from: CF-FZG on May 20, 2013, 07:48:54 pm
I prefer "Accept progress and go forward or stand still and get left behind"
A little too late to correct Mum, I think.
Anyway, the actual subject of her remark was a scab over a nasty knee wound - I simply quoted her as it seemed appropriate also in these circumstances.
Ref Twitter, suit yourself. I really couldn't care less.
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Post by: irishcarguy on May 21, 2013, 12:38:32 am: I can't lay claim to having made this up but it sumarises the whole social media scene for me, "IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE, YouTube,Twitter & FaceBook will merge to form one giant, idiotic, super-sized time wasting, non-productive, time-stealing, mind-dumbing, do-not-need-to-know website called YouTwitFace. Mick B.
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Post by: tt1 on May 21, 2013, 01:42:53 am: {-) {-) {-) {-) {-) Glad your feelimg better Mick {-) :-)) Regards, mate.
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Post by: pugwash on May 21, 2013, 04:13:13 am: I couldn't agree more Mick

Geoff
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Post by: Umi_Ryuzuki on May 21, 2013, 08:01:05 am: Twitter = the Twit sitting behind you in the movies that won't shut up.

Only there are millions of them. %)
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Post by: RAAArtyGunner on May 21, 2013, 11:03:34 am: Not to mention I am all a twitter %% %% {-) {-)
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on May 21, 2013, 11:17:07 am: Quote from: Umi_Ryuzuki on May 21, 2013, 08:01:05 am
Twitter = the Twit sitting behind you in the movies that won't shut up.
Only there are millions of them. %)

I saw that happen in a cinema a couple of months back, the light from the phone popping
up every few minutes:

"WILL YOU TURN THAT PHONE OFF SO I CAN ENJOY THE FILM PLEASE!!"

Quality! :-))
Title: Re: Twitter?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on May 21, 2013, 11:23:09 am: Quote from: inertia on May 20, 2013, 11:12:21 pm

suit yourself. I really couldn't care less.

Yes you do. You can't fool us! :P
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Post by: pettyofficernick on May 21, 2013, 04:56:46 pm: I got barred from Twitter for insulting George Osbourne.......
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Post by: sparkey on May 21, 2013, 04:58:36 pm: :-)) Well done that man! :-)) :-))
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Post by: pettyofficernick on May 21, 2013, 05:07:59 pm: Substitute the 'i' in Twitter for an 'a' and the name will be nearer the mark...
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Post by: Netleyned on May 21, 2013, 05:31:50 pm: I would have thought it impossible to insult
any of the leading conservadroids or demo cretins
as they don't take any notice of the wishes of the
voters. They just carry on as they like.

Ned
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Post by: pettyofficernick on May 21, 2013, 05:34:08 pm: Quote from: Netleyned on May 21, 2013, 05:31:50 pm
I would have thought it impossible to insult
any of the leading conservadroids or demo cretins
as they don't take any notice of the wishes of the
voters. They just carry on as they like.

Ned

:-)) :-)) :-))
Title: Re: Twitter?
Post by: Netleyned on May 21, 2013, 05:42:28 pm: And don't think voting for you kip will help.
They are already there.
The ones asleep on the back benches %%

Ned