I’ve seen a lot of rules on how to use twitter recently.
I though I’d join in. The problem is, I don’t see how I’d have the authority to tell you how or whether to use twitter.
But I do have one guideline I’m quite fond of:
Follow a person because you like what they say, not because you like or know them. Use Facebook for that.
Or better yet, try using a good ol’ fashioned beer and chat-about.
Seriously, twitter is a great toy, but toys don’t come with a web of rules. Twitter is a great tool, but tools come with instructions on how to make them work for you, not the other way around.
So, if you’re already using twitter, you’re doing it right. And if you’re not, your social life is probably more animated than mine.
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Yep. I’ve read some random part of them rules myself, and if I may, I’ve got no idea what should I do now. Since I’m relativeley new to Twitter, there’s some common sense guidelines I’d be having to follow and a lot of parameters that there’s no way yet to match up to. “Star Wars”-wise speaking, I’m nothing but a young padawan in twitter so far, but time is the universal resolve to all of mankind’s problems anyway, isn’t it?
Nonetheless, it seems like a fun “toy” to have, and truly, it didn’t come with any type of “end-user’s manual”, so technically speaking, it’s nice to have a round up overview about “what’s what and what’s not”, but not in the way to have another thing to constrict us
Regarding this, human nature, jobs and rigid society values have already done a great job so far 
So I hope I’m not missing anything when i say “thank God for friends, brains, evenings, alcohol, girls and twitter!”
Raka, as far as society goes, the rules it imposes are made up for by the liberties it grants. But, out of you ‘friends, brains, evenings, alcohol, girls and twitter’ you forgot ‘boys’ — please do not neglect me again
mine`s probably not, but i still can’t see the reason why i should use twitter to get great things that people say. they have newspapers, books, hey, even blogs for that [yes, 'micro-blogging blah blah. you can't hold a real journal in 100 characters!]. but you can’t say that many a things about a certain subject in so few words. yes, quotes are cool and such, but they are also a bit vague. i like a good argument, which you can’t really get on that little thingie.
stormrider, again, I will never tell anyone to ‘use twitter!’ But on your comment, twitter is not meant to do any of the things you just said. You do have blogs, books, beer and blahblahs for that. However, as far as spreading news quickly to a huge number of people is concerned, it has become unmatched.