Comments on: Twittering Swine Flu http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/05/04/twittering-swine-flu/ Where science collides with life, slams into culture, crashes with politics, and gets totaled. Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:28:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jon http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/05/04/twittering-swine-flu/#comment-16471 Jon Tue, 05 May 2009 08:23:08 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/05/04/twittering-swine-flu/#comment-16471 @ Carlie: Not to pick on you personally, but that captures why I find a lot of the anti-Twitter sentiment so...silly, to be non-offensive. "thoughtful blogs worth reading" is way too strong a qualifier. Many, many blogs aren't thoughtful or worth reading. Just like there are a lot of bad books out there. And sure, I imagine the same is true of most Twitter feeds. But just there are some books or blogs worth reading, it's hard to believe that every Twitter feed is useless. @ Carlie:

Not to pick on you personally, but that captures why I find a lot of the anti-Twitter sentiment so…silly, to be non-offensive. “thoughtful blogs worth reading” is way too strong a qualifier. Many, many blogs aren’t thoughtful or worth reading. Just like there are a lot of bad books out there. And sure, I imagine the same is true of most Twitter feeds. But just there are some books or blogs worth reading, it’s hard to believe that every Twitter feed is useless.

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]]> By: Carlie http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/05/04/twittering-swine-flu/#comment-16469 Carlie Tue, 05 May 2009 05:25:38 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/05/04/twittering-swine-flu/#comment-16469 @ Jon, I would guess that thoughts on twitter spread faster and more carelessly than on many blogs... or at least thoughtful blogs worth reading. @ Jon,

I would guess that thoughts on twitter spread faster and more carelessly than on many blogs… or at least thoughtful blogs worth reading.

]]> By: Twittering Swine Flu | The Intersection | Discover Magazine — The Symptoms http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/05/04/twittering-swine-flu/#comment-16467 Twittering Swine Flu | The Intersection | Discover Magazine — The Symptoms Tue, 05 May 2009 05:03:43 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/05/04/twittering-swine-flu/#comment-16467 [...] 7 Responses to “Twittering Swine Flu”. Comrade PhysioProf Says: May 4th, 2009 at 8:02 pm. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! Walker Says: May 4th, 2009 at 9:03 pm. Did Twitter malign your family’s honor? Sheril Kirshenbaum Says: … See the original post: Twittering Swine Flu | The Intersection | Discover Magazine [...] [...] 7 Responses to “Twittering Swine Flu”. Comrade PhysioProf Says: May 4th, 2009 at 8:02 pm. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! Walker Says: May 4th, 2009 at 9:03 pm. Did Twitter malign your family’s honor? Sheril Kirshenbaum Says: … See the original post: Twittering Swine Flu | The Intersection | Discover Magazine [...]

]]> By: Jon http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/05/04/twittering-swine-flu/#comment-16466 Jon Tue, 05 May 2009 03:15:12 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/05/04/twittering-swine-flu/#comment-16466 Carlie: Because that's never happened a regular blog where you can write >140 characters? Carlie: Because that’s never happened a regular blog where you can write >140 characters?

]]> By: Carlie http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/05/04/twittering-swine-flu/#comment-16462 Carlie Tue, 05 May 2009 01:43:45 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/05/04/twittering-swine-flu/#comment-16462 The comic is hysterical, but also brings up a real interesting problem with Twitter I hadn't considered before. By announcing short instant thought, people are able to spread panic and misinformation faster than ever before. Scary. I'm convinced. I'm converted. Count me in the resistance! The comic is hysterical, but also brings up a real interesting problem with Twitter I hadn’t considered before. By announcing short instant thought, people are able to spread panic and misinformation faster than ever before. Scary.

I’m convinced. I’m converted. Count me in the resistance!

]]> By: MadScientist http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/05/04/twittering-swine-flu/#comment-16461 MadScientist Tue, 05 May 2009 01:38:45 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/05/04/twittering-swine-flu/#comment-16461 Back off of the coffee; you seem to be getting psychotic over Twitter - it's nothing, really. I love the comic though - sad thing is you do see that sort of thing - anywhere really, not just on Twitter. Back off of the coffee; you seem to be getting psychotic over Twitter – it’s nothing, really. I love the comic though – sad thing is you do see that sort of thing – anywhere really, not just on Twitter.

]]> By: Curious Wavefunction http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/05/04/twittering-swine-flu/#comment-16460 Curious Wavefunction Tue, 05 May 2009 01:37:04 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/05/04/twittering-swine-flu/#comment-16460 On one hand you have someone doing something with a pig, on the other you have someone potentially running for Georgia governor who <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/8gx80/a_longshot_georgia_candidate_for_governor_whos/" rel="nofollow">did a mule</a>. On one hand you have someone doing something with a pig, on the other you have someone potentially running for Georgia governor who did a mule.

]]> By: Sheril Kirshenbaum http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/05/04/twittering-swine-flu/#comment-16459 Sheril Kirshenbaum Tue, 05 May 2009 01:12:46 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/05/04/twittering-swine-flu/#comment-16459 <blockquote>Did Twitter malign your family’s honor?</blockquote>Ha, no. This xkcd comic arrived in my inbox today from reader 'Ed' who's eager to join the rebellion against Twitter :)

Did Twitter malign your family’s honor?

Ha, no. This xkcd comic arrived in my inbox today from reader ‘Ed’ who’s eager to join the rebellion against Twitter :)

]]> By: Walker http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/05/04/twittering-swine-flu/#comment-16458 Walker Tue, 05 May 2009 01:03:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/05/04/twittering-swine-flu/#comment-16458 Did Twitter malign your family's honor? Did Twitter malign your family’s honor?

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