Nothing worse

[Unix]

It's really good for making sure you only hear 'news' that tells you what you want to hear, and supports the positions you've taken. The problem with proper news is they try to be objective (ish)

I mean breaking news usually the news sites will have to wait till things are confirmed vs some guy watching it unfold with his iPhone.

[DimPrawn]

As opposed to me, sat with a group of sexy Italian women who are ready to pull their knickers down for me at the flick of a switch

You are the toilet attendant for the ladies bogs?

[LondonManc]

As opposed to me, sat with a group of sexy Italian women who are ready to pull their knickers down for me at the flick of a switch

You work at the clap clinic in Venice?

[OwlHoot]

Are the white walls still a dirty cream because they've not been redecorated since the smoking ban?

With a grungy drab old office at least you'd know they weren't wasting tax payers' money on trivialities like decorating offices!

No this is a big new office. Rate is too good and could be a year or two, so warchest will grow fat. ...

Sorry - brief flight of fancy above - meanwhile, back in reality ..

[WTFH]

As opposed to me, sat with a group of sexy Italian women who are ready to pull their knickers down for me at the flick of a switch

Are you at one of those brothels where the curtains open when you pay for 5 minutes viewing?

[d000hg]

I mean breaking news usually the news sites will have to wait till things are confirmed vs some guy watching it unfold with his iPhone.

Just joshing... you're right. I find it's the best way to get decent customer service, but don't really use it for its 'proper' use.

[NickFitz]

As opposed to me, sat with a group of sexy Italian women who are ready to pull their knickers down for me at the flick of a switch

You do realise that sitting in front of a monitor displaying PornHub isn't actually being "sat with" people?

[NickFitz]

Just joshing... you're right. I find it's the best way to get decent customer service, but don't really use it for its 'proper' use.

It doesn't have a "proper" use beyond the basic principle of allowing one to follow and communicate with people who occasionally say stuff that you, personally, find interesting, amusing, or whatever. The key is that you decide which people/organisations/bots to include. As a result, my timeline would probably be completely useless to just about anybody else, and their timelines would each be useless to me.

This is why its management are so screwed right now: since the IPO they're trying to keep investors happy, but can't say "it's whatever you choose it to be" as that doesn't make sense to investors. So they keep trying to portray it as, say, a source of news.

And meanwhile, the users keep right on using it as whatever they, individually, choose it to be, some of them pausing occasionally to point out that "Twitter Moments", "Promoted Tweets", "Who To Follow", and suchlike initiatives are utter crap that completely miss the point.

[PurpleGorilla]

[NotAllThere]

Own laptop + mobile data. What's the problem?