Mefites on Twitter February 28, 2013 1:17 PM Subscribe
Apologies if this has been asked before, but is there any easy way of discovering which Mefites are active on Twitter (easier than checking 10,000 user pages)?
I seem to remember we had a Google+ megathread a ways back which made it easy to find G+ users but can't remember seeing the same for Twitter. Or do y'all have a secret hashtag you use to find others on there? (If you don't have one yet can it be #taters?)
I seem to remember we had a Google+ megathread a ways back which made it easy to find G+ users but can't remember seeing the same for Twitter. Or do y'all have a secret hashtag you use to find others on there? (If you don't have one yet can it be #taters?)
You can check the Social Explorer and then you only have to check through 3200-ish profiles.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 1:19 PM on February 28, 2013 [2 favorites]
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 1:19 PM on February 28, 2013 [2 favorites]
Haha, thanks pb&j
posted by dontjumplarry at 1:21 PM on February 28, 2013 [31 favorites]
posted by dontjumplarry at 1:21 PM on February 28, 2013 [31 favorites]
Is there a direct link to the social explorer somewhere? I find myself looking for this kind of MeTa thread when I have questions like this. Is it in the wiki? It's in the wiki, isn't it? Why are you still typing this, .kobayashi.?
posted by .kobayashi. at 1:27 PM on February 28, 2013
posted by .kobayashi. at 1:27 PM on February 28, 2013
Is the Social Explorer actually linked anywhere? Is it on the FAQ or the Wiki? I always had a hard time finding it until I finally bookmarked the darn thing.
On preview, what .kobayashi said.
posted by ambrosia at 1:29 PM on February 28, 2013
On preview, what .kobayashi said.
posted by ambrosia at 1:29 PM on February 28, 2013
Off topic but 'pb and j' is awesome.
posted by bquarters at 1:32 PM on February 28, 2013 [9 favorites]
posted by bquarters at 1:32 PM on February 28, 2013 [9 favorites]
There's a list on Twitter, kindly assembled by reenum. It's a nice snapshot of Mefites on twitter.
posted by gladly at 1:34 PM on February 28, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by gladly at 1:34 PM on February 28, 2013 [1 favorite]
We also did have a giant Twitter thread a year or two ago on MetaTalk. I am, of course, too lazy to look for it.
posted by bearwife at 1:38 PM on February 28, 2013
posted by bearwife at 1:38 PM on February 28, 2013
FYI, some of us don't list our twitter handles in our profiles.
posted by zarq at 1:41 PM on February 28, 2013
posted by zarq at 1:41 PM on February 28, 2013
Is there a direct link to the social explorer somewhere?
Well, I have it linked in my profile, but I'm guessing that's not exactly what you're looking for.
posted by jacquilynne at 1:42 PM on February 28, 2013
Well, I have it linked in my profile, but I'm guessing that's not exactly what you're looking for.
posted by jacquilynne at 1:42 PM on February 28, 2013
reenum's list is only about 10% of the total, though.
posted by scruss at 1:59 PM on February 28, 2013
posted by scruss at 1:59 PM on February 28, 2013
Side-pony request: can we add app.net?
posted by Doleful Creature at 2:07 PM on February 28, 2013
posted by Doleful Creature at 2:07 PM on February 28, 2013
Maybe once it's out of beta and anyone can get in. Not now.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 2:12 PM on February 28, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 2:12 PM on February 28, 2013 [1 favorite]
You beat me to it, bquarters! I'm going out to buy some pb&j right now. (And maybe some Fluff too.)
posted by Melismata at 2:12 PM on February 28, 2013
posted by Melismata at 2:12 PM on February 28, 2013
zarq: "FYI, some of us don't list our twitter handles in our profiles."
Some of us don't list ANY of our social media stuff in our profiles.
posted by Chrysostom at 2:14 PM on February 28, 2013 [2 favorites]
Some of us don't list ANY of our social media stuff in our profiles.
posted by Chrysostom at 2:14 PM on February 28, 2013 [2 favorites]
Hey, feeling left out because I'm not on reenum's list and you should all be following my amazing daily book reviews @booktweeting .
Self-promotion, I am not good at it. I am beet red in the privacy of my living room now.
posted by Sidhedevil at 2:27 PM on February 28, 2013
Self-promotion, I am not good at it. I am beet red in the privacy of my living room now.
posted by Sidhedevil at 2:27 PM on February 28, 2013
Twitter is THE source for up to the minute updates of Mefites' current hair colors.
posted by The Whelk at 2:27 PM on February 28, 2013 [2 favorites]
posted by The Whelk at 2:27 PM on February 28, 2013 [2 favorites]
I'm not on reenum's list either. Maybe I don't exist. Hmm.
*vanishes in a puff of introspection*
posted by cmyk at 2:33 PM on February 28, 2013 [1 favorite]
*vanishes in a puff of introspection*
posted by cmyk at 2:33 PM on February 28, 2013 [1 favorite]
You can just follow me because I'm the best.
posted by Potomac Avenue at 2:48 PM on February 28, 2013
posted by Potomac Avenue at 2:48 PM on February 28, 2013
Once you find a Mefite, check their following/followers list. Plenty of us have Mefi-specific lists.
posted by five fresh fish at 2:53 PM on February 28, 2013
posted by five fresh fish at 2:53 PM on February 28, 2013
I'm pretty sure app.net is out of beta right now, at least enough so that anybody can join. If you go to join.app.net there's some shiny signup buttons. The free accounts are invite-only, but paid accounts seem to be open to anybody.
posted by duien at 3:00 PM on February 28, 2013
posted by duien at 3:00 PM on February 28, 2013
Trust me, you don't want to follow me. Those who do, do so out of pity (and for the occasional cat photo).
posted by arcticseal at 3:00 PM on February 28, 2013
posted by arcticseal at 3:00 PM on February 28, 2013
If you want to follow a mostly lurking Mefite who primarily tweets about music, cats, and dessert, I totally have you covered.
posted by dayintoday at 3:01 PM on February 28, 2013
posted by dayintoday at 3:01 PM on February 28, 2013
duien, once free accounts are available to anyone we'll be happy to add it. The process for adding new sites starts over here at the wiki.
posted by pb (staff) at 3:11 PM on February 28, 2013
posted by pb (staff) at 3:11 PM on February 28, 2013
Aw, I'm not on the list! But that's probably my own damn fault somehow.
posted by Kitteh at 4:15 PM on February 28, 2013
posted by Kitteh at 4:15 PM on February 28, 2013
Twitter is an excellent place to find out if I've posted a new webcomic and/or president who is a bird or why the site is not responding. I heartily recommend it if those are the three things you are most interested in on the average day.
posted by cortex (staff) at 4:30 PM on February 28, 2013
posted by cortex (staff) at 4:30 PM on February 28, 2013
Follow me and I might tweet more often than once every six months*.
* I seem to suffer from tweetblock; I've never figured out what I'm supposed to say on Twitter.
posted by octothorpe at 4:38 PM on February 28, 2013
* I seem to suffer from tweetblock; I've never figured out what I'm supposed to say on Twitter.
posted by octothorpe at 4:38 PM on February 28, 2013
I'm not on reenum's list either. Maybe I don't exist. Hmm.
me tres. boo-urns.
posted by chasles at 4:57 PM on February 28, 2013
me tres. boo-urns.
posted by chasles at 4:57 PM on February 28, 2013
Hey, feeling left out because I'm not on reenum's list and you should all be following my amazing daily book reviews @booktweeting .
Aha! That's you?! I've been following you forever. I was wondering who was tweeting the interesting book reviews. I figured it was a mefite because I follow a lot of mefites and then never remember who anyone is but I had no idea that was you. Cool! I have been contemplating stealing your idea and doing some booktweeting myself, even, would you mind? They would most likely be different books unless you like me are deeply mired in Georgette Heyer's last and thus perhaps not all that well thought out medieval novel.
posted by mygothlaundry at 5:47 PM on February 28, 2013 [1 favorite]
Aha! That's you?! I've been following you forever. I was wondering who was tweeting the interesting book reviews. I figured it was a mefite because I follow a lot of mefites and then never remember who anyone is but I had no idea that was you. Cool! I have been contemplating stealing your idea and doing some booktweeting myself, even, would you mind? They would most likely be different books unless you like me are deeply mired in Georgette Heyer's last and thus perhaps not all that well thought out medieval novel.
posted by mygothlaundry at 5:47 PM on February 28, 2013 [1 favorite]
The more booktweeters the merrier, say I! Please do, that would be beyond awesome. And oh, heavens, I have So Many Thoughts about My Lord John. Can't wait to see what you think.
posted by Sidhedevil at 5:55 PM on February 28, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by Sidhedevil at 5:55 PM on February 28, 2013 [1 favorite]
Hi all,
I would be happy to add any and all to my Twitter list. I just hadn't updated it in a couple of years. Please send me a MeMail or DM on Twitter and your bidding shall be done.
posted by reenum at 5:56 PM on February 28, 2013
I would be happy to add any and all to my Twitter list. I just hadn't updated it in a couple of years. Please send me a MeMail or DM on Twitter and your bidding shall be done.
posted by reenum at 5:56 PM on February 28, 2013
I'm still going through those awkward teen years on Twitter finding out who I want to be.
Problem is that I'm a Venn diagram of non-overlapping circles of interest (camp culture & sex, human & animal rights, etc).
I'm planning to tweet about cats more, because I feel that they sort of relate to everything. They will be a big encapsulating circle in my Venn diagram, linking it all together.
posted by dontjumplarry at 6:38 PM on February 28, 2013
Problem is that I'm a Venn diagram of non-overlapping circles of interest (camp culture & sex, human & animal rights, etc).
I'm planning to tweet about cats more, because I feel that they sort of relate to everything. They will be a big encapsulating circle in my Venn diagram, linking it all together.
posted by dontjumplarry at 6:38 PM on February 28, 2013
Heh, having just spent hours working in this Social Explorer, seeing the name here in Talk made my eyeballs twitch a little.
posted by threeants at 8:01 PM on February 28, 2013
posted by threeants at 8:01 PM on February 28, 2013
Is there a protocol for friending Mefites on other services? Like, should we introduce ourselves and do the sign of the there is no cabal?
posted by MeghanC at 9:27 PM on February 28, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by MeghanC at 9:27 PM on February 28, 2013 [1 favorite]
@mwhybark
fwiw, I have noticed there is a sorta coalescent thing that happens, reflective of shared interests and tastes, on Twitter for MeFites - so, for example, two folks I commonly interact with in both places are Bitter Old Punk and Artw (who confuses me with his non-contiguous usernames here and there).
posted by mwhybark at 10:05 PM on February 28, 2013 [1 favorite]
fwiw, I have noticed there is a sorta coalescent thing that happens, reflective of shared interests and tastes, on Twitter for MeFites - so, for example, two folks I commonly interact with in both places are Bitter Old Punk and Artw (who confuses me with his non-contiguous usernames here and there).
posted by mwhybark at 10:05 PM on February 28, 2013 [1 favorite]
(Also feel free to friend me at @arthurwyatt - Especially if you want to hear about comics, Russian nuclear bunkers and JavaScript nonstop)
posted by Artw at 10:39 PM on February 28, 2013
posted by Artw at 10:39 PM on February 28, 2013
I'm on twitter but I'm pretty boring (not just on twitter). I can type very fast though!
posted by h00py at 4:17 AM on March 1, 2013
posted by h00py at 4:17 AM on March 1, 2013
You may note that about three quarters the way down that Social Explorer page, is a link to a guy named "quin". I have it on pretty good authority that he is fantastically interesting, and is always posting really neat things.
[for a specific value where "Fantastically interesting" equals talking about stupid shit his cats did that day.]
posted by quin at 9:11 AM on March 1, 2013
[for a specific value where "Fantastically interesting" equals talking about stupid shit his cats did that day.]
posted by quin at 9:11 AM on March 1, 2013
Holy jeez, right now I'm trying to associate usernames with Twitter handles. Some of you make this easy, most of you....
Basically what I'm trying to say is you're making me expend effort here. :)
posted by Kitteh at 10:07 AM on March 1, 2013
Basically what I'm trying to say is you're making me expend effort here. :)
posted by Kitteh at 10:07 AM on March 1, 2013
NOTE: the cmyk on Twitter is not me. He doesn't spend nearly as much time sharing Stupid Dog Stories as I do. Or yelling at local politicians. Or fangirling over space. Or sharing LOLWTFLORIDA moments with the twitter world.
He's not cool, is what I'm getting at.
posted by cmyk at 3:33 PM on March 1, 2013
He's not cool, is what I'm getting at.
posted by cmyk at 3:33 PM on March 1, 2013
If you like work grumbling, an obsession with female cartoonists, and complaints related to every aspect of living in goddamn Texas, my handle's in my profile. I'd rather have you than another Russian porn spammer. And if you are a Russian porn spammer you probably already follow me.
posted by emjaybee at 8:54 PM on March 1, 2013
posted by emjaybee at 8:54 PM on March 1, 2013
I need to add ALL of you. I yell about knitting and books and dinosaurs mostly. Oh, and the patriarchy, we can't forget that.
posted by bibliogrrl at 11:01 AM on March 2, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by bibliogrrl at 11:01 AM on March 2, 2013 [1 favorite]
I'm so glad someone asked this question.
I'm @LisaH over on the Twitters. If all y'alls tweets there are as entertaining as the comments on the blue and green, I'm gonna have to up my game.
posted by _Mona_ at 1:06 PM on March 4, 2013
I'm @LisaH over on the Twitters. If all y'alls tweets there are as entertaining as the comments on the blue and green, I'm gonna have to up my game.
posted by _Mona_ at 1:06 PM on March 4, 2013
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posted by pb (staff) at 1:19 PM on February 28, 2013 [1 favorite]