Jeff what a great post - I found Twitter hard to GET when I started and yet is is very addicting once you get started. TLW I care too - come chat with me at @cyndeehaydon :)

Jeff,

Good points, I have found lots of good stuff on Twitter, I don't think I would have come across any other way.  It is not always silly.

The lovely wife... Quick witted, loads of humors, and I heart as big as the gulf of mexico... She is a great gal and I think she knows we all care for her and are wondering, what are you doing?


Masdfghjkl (that was from my oldest son... He cares too)

Guess I'll have to sign up for Twitter too!

@thelovelywife....you can look me up @lisaheindel.

I care too :)

I didn't GET it for a while.. Just took the plunge this week.. Very cool!

Dang and I missed the TLW lovefest! 

Jeff, this is so cool, a live Twitter stream! LOVE IT!!!

The  really disappointing part of Twitter is there is only room for 144 characters of crap.

Hi TLW - I'm @KYRealEstate and I care too :)

I'm totally new to Twitter and still don't "get it" but I enjoy it and would love to learn the ropes with you!

I've already engaged in twittering........;however, it hasn't become addictive to me yet, but it is really cool when someone I know (through AR) sees me online and says hi! I care too.........about a lot of things! ;-)

I think it's past TLW's bedtime - I'm sure we'll get a great response in the morning!  So when are we doing the 3-way??

Why does it need my email password again?  I agree with TLW that I don't like that part at all.  I just became @dfwagent .  Will people be able to find me without me giving up my password?

I missed the TLW Twitterfest Too - I was otherwise engaged all day today.  I like Twitter - I enjoy it, and no, I didn't get it either at first.

Then I thought "What a great way to troll for possible leads..."

And then I thought - "What a great way to spoil something great..."

Now I just use Twitter as it's intended - to chat with new friends.  The trick is to get something fun going when your Tweets are online.  I've posted several tweets that have gone unnoticed because of the timing; just like I've missed a lot of the tweets of others.

Hey Amanda~ I just started following you, and you should get an email letting you know...if you click on my followers you can follow the ones you would like to follow:) No password needed:)

@lovelywife i care too ;)

cheers,

@cindeelean 

Thanks, Laura...I am glad you are stalking me.  You seem nice. :)

TLW always loves a bit of crap and nonsense...I bet she'd like Twitter if she'd give it more time.

Amanda a.k.a @dfwagent : I'm harmless...MMUUUUHHAAA :-) (Kidding!) You'll have fun. See, now we're getting to know each other...

I think she's afraid of the "addictive qualities" of twitter - remember she's a HOT LEO!

TLW's big issue was giving up her email password. Mine too. When she finds out that you don't have to give it up, she might be okay with the twitter action.

TLW - I care and would love to see you there @jneerpat me!!! We will see you there!

Jeff, I think you have forced TLW to at least use Twiter one more time, just to see what everybody tweeted.  aj

Jeff:

I love you all but I really don't see what's going on there or anywhere else I've signed up to justify time spent.  I care but can't give the time :(

I also feel funny just going there and saying hi and then I don't get back there for days...weeks because i have so many other things to update, catch up on and such. On top of everything else...I don't understand.

I keep trying to get it maybe I'm looking too deep thank for the post. I really do care.

Jeff - Good point. I'm slowing but surely getting my feet wet with twitter. Just like Active Rain, the more you use it, the better it gets.

How true, I would say I care too, TLW but I'm still out of town and haven't had time to chat over there. But, rigardless I hope you feel the love.

A couple of misconceptions about Twitter need to be cleared up. First, it's not just about "What are you doing?" Whatever you can say in 140 characters is fair game, be it an update, a link, a question, a witty or profound observation, a photo upload, etc. And the great thing about that is it lets other see our spontaneous selves.

Second, I don't remember being asked for any email passwords. That seems to be misinformation. Can someone check and clarify this?

Hey John, I can confirm that the email password is requested at sign up.  It asks for you email password so it can see if any of your email contacts are on twitter already. 

I was able to bypass it because Laura Monroe started following me and told some people to follow me as well.  In order for me to search for followers I think I have to give up the password, tho.  I'll just follow the same people you guys follow for a while and see how it goes!

TLW, jump in...the water is warm.  It's the same people we see here that are on twitter! 

Uh Oh. Did my instigation start something? I haven't checked back on TLW's post after I started instigating.

Sally... the cool thing is, you don't need to understand. I'm certainly not here trying to convert people to be twitterholics. It works for me on many levels. It works for others as well. It may not work for you. Both experiences may be equally real. :)

Amanda - You can also search for people in the Search box at the top of the screen. For example, entering "Amanda Hall" returned two results, and one was you. Another way to find people to follow is to hover over the avatars in the sidebar of anyone's profile page and click on the usernames that you recognize. ... I now return this comment stream back to @ResPres. :)

John... thanks for the input!!! But could you please keep your comments to 140 characters or less. :)

Jeff - I Twitter that!  I mean I second that! Best explanation so far. It's all social and great to pull away from the grind of the office sometimes. I am a newbie there but dying to figure out how to get it set up on my TREO...I think I could enjoy it there too! Come TLW...Twitter me I dare you.. @AZRealEstate  I care too!

Oops ... Saw this giant textbox and just couldn't stop.I hope that doesn't put my eTWIT status in jeopardy. I tweeted hard for that! Twoosh!

HI Jeff, Presuming you actually read your comments here on AR, I notice you do not respond much to comments. So why is Twitter so fascinating?

Would it be because you can respond in real time? Always fun to read your posts and respond,Jeff.

Hi Jeff,

I told TLW I'm with her on this one, yet it seems like I'm in the minority and that's o.k. with me. Truthfully  I'm not willing to take on any more screen time. If it works for others, that's fine with me, I think I'm sitting to much on my backside now as it is. (LOL)  

Maybe I need to go check it out more to not understand more LOL! Okay....all my friends here are over there too....where does everyone dig up the time ??????

Look, now I have to go finish my RES....time time....is on my side ?

William... hey there! I try to let the conversations happen without my interjection. But I do indeed read every single comment! That is one of the things I find useful about Twitter, it's more directly interactive. But the real value for me is the diversity of information and of ideas. It has become the hub around which I communicate. I've met folks I would NEVER have met any other way. Never. 

Linda... :) being in the minority is often a good thing!  I'm a Mac user, for example. 

Sally... no doubt. Twitter can be a time drain, if you let it. I told Teresa Boardman once that it was like The Hotel California. It can be heaven or it can be hell. :)

great post, i found twitter confusing early on but it's really not as complex as you make it out to be from the get go.

LOL! Jeff, you can check out any time you like, but you can never leave! 

I still haven't joined this.  It looks fun, but as Sally says, the time, that is the part that is keeping me away at the moment...   

Love watching my Twitbin... and picking up come great links.  Looking forward to meeting some of my Tweets/Twits at RE Connect in July.

I just can't believe that I have not been following @thelovelywife .  I'm going to go stalk her.  LOL. :)

TLW,  I understand what you were saying..I truly do.

Hi guys.  I probably should go read tlw's post first ... but Jeff, you may I noticed I haven't been around Twitter alot lately.  One reason, of course, is we've just busier than a (fill in your favorite metaphor),,,,,

But the other reason is I got the feeling more and more people just wanted to "broadcast" info on Twitter without participating in the conversations. 

That's not the Twitter I knew and loved.  Maybe I should just go back and "unfollow" everyone that picked up that nasty broadcast habit.  :-)

OMG>  After the AR update earlier this AM ... my name is gone... This is Cheryl Johnson, in case my name doesn't come back soon.  :-)

Jeff - as much as I love you, and you know I do, I just can't see myself following you around all day or anyone else for that matter. I just can't see the point. 

I think it also depends on where you work.  I am out most of the day, in the car, staging homes etc.  By the time I would read all the tweets they would be hours old and the pithy banter would seem stale.  Does that make sense? 

Havent been using twitter yet. I have looked at it but it seems as I may give it a try. I really need another addiction! LOL

Cheryl... yes, just unfollow those folks and move on. That's certainly an option.

Maureen... and you know I love you too! But I wouldn't follw you around all day either! I would hope nobody follows me around all day, I've got 6 little people who'd like to do that already. That's enough for me. Twiitter is a river. I don't go back and read old stuff, unless someone directly points a comment my way. That would be insane.

All...

I'm not prosolyting. If it's not for you, it's not for you. If you have addiction problems, stay away. :)

I'm not here to promote twitter. I'm here to respond to TLW [SVW]'s challenge in the comment section of her post. She said I might be the only one who could change her mind.

She and I are having a public conversation (just like twitter) and everyone else is listening in and throwing in their comments (just like twitter). :)

And for those having trouble following conversations over on Twitter, give Quotably.com a try.

You did a good thing here, Jeff Turner. 

There are times when a random and crazy thought from TLW would be just what the doctor ordered! 

When a person can get under your skin, make you smile and crack you up all the same time...that is love. 

We love you TLW!  We do! We do! We do!

Ok, let me jump in here and say that I love TLW too but I can't justify any more time spent on social networks.  I've devoted so much time to AR already that I'd probably have to give up some work time to add any others. 

~Renae

Jeff - you hit it on the head. So often we don't understand new things - but need to learn them so we can make a logical decision. I just joined Twitter last week, so I'm still in the "What Is" and "How" stage.

{SVW Hubba}...

Well...You did it. I am in Hotel Twitter Hell :)

I have been off line since 6 P.M. last night. When I checked my email this morning I had no Active Rain notifications. As you know a very large chunk of my email is always from AR blogs that I am following. That was not the case today...I had one entire page of Twitters. Needless to say after seeing all of that and all of this, I'm feeling very loved right now :)

I am also sold on the Twitter thing. Yes. I said that out loud and for everyone to hear. How can I not be sold...You hit me where I live. I understand it now. It's about YEO and relationships. I excell at both.

Now...To all of you here and on Twitter...

I don't know what to say except thank you for making me Smile Very Wide. I don't know if I'll be able to keep up with Twitter. Ines is right. But for me it's not fear...It's my addictive personality. I go through great pains to keep balance in my life and exercise control over how long I will allow myself to stay virtual :)

For those of you who are wondering where I've been all morning. Well...I just finished resting after walking three miles so that my ass will not resemble the chair I Blog from :)

I'll be back Guys. I think I need a Michelob Ultra...And some time to absorb all of these comments. Not to mention the fact I still need to figure out how to become a flippin' Twit :)

P.S. Hubba just for ole times sake...I have to say...Quit staring at me :)

TLW...ROAR...SVW :)

TLW.. enjoy that morning Mich Ultra, I see that over 50 people are already stalking following you. Guess I'll join em.'

How fun..

I just checked and TLW has 53 followers already!!  That's what I call SOCIAL NETWORKING Jeff!! : )

I thought I would add my favorite picture here as well (it was TLW's idea btw.....to enhance the photo that is)

TLW... make your twitter account private. Sarah Cooper has had her account private from the beginning. It hasn't slowed her down. Want to control the addiction? Only follow the people you really want to follow. Follow some new people you find interesting though, so you can expand your horizons, especially outside of the real estate industry. (You and Connie Reese will get along fabulously, by the way. And she has nothing to do with real estate.) Diversity of thought is good.

As you are well aware, you are one of my dearest friends... and we've never met face-to-face. I'm quite certain I'm going to cry when I finally meet you, or laugh uncontrollably. Either way, I will NOT be able to contain my emotion. All becuase of social networking. It's been worth the time.

This post was ripe to be hijacked... BTW Ines and TLW, what are you doing today? ooVoo.com?

OK, did you guys know you made TLW cry? That's a very rare and very good thing. Especially when they are tears from being loved so much.

The cool thing is I get to live with her every day!! You guys are only getting a very small taste of the enormous personality that is MY Lovely Wife :)

Thanks Jeff.

Blog Boy...

I wasn't crying. I think I'm allergic to your new cologne :)

Hubba...

I  turned on my ooVoo just for you. I'm game if the two of you are. I look Lovely today :)

TLW...ROAR!

I just love a story with a happy ending.  Tweet on.  (Or maybe it is only the beginning).  :)

Maureen, truly just the beginning.

TLW [SVW]... I'm turned on now as well. 

I guess this is one more tool that I need to take a closer look at. Thanks Jeff for the post.

Best,

Scott

LOL...

I think we need to clarify your last remark to me...

Folks...We're talking about having our web cams turned on. Get your minds out of the gutter :)

TLW...ROAR!

Turned on..who is turned on...? Hope your filming it for us!!! wink;) Yes, my mind is in the gutter...WHO CARES!!!!

Laura... Innuendo was intended. :)

@ResPres Geesh, who knew? :-)

Hey!!!!  I'm "ON" as well - although house full of kids, it can work! (Damn those eyebrows though)