h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

There does not seem to be any entries for seemingly ubiquitous networking site and so far I have failed to find any use of it. Does anyone here use it and if so maybe you can write an entry?

Hi ARtisan. I had already replied to your h2g2 feedback thread. See http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/F615?thread=6929425#pi3

( whoops - non Alabaster version here: F615?thread=6929425#pi3 )

Alabaster!!!

Came up in lovely Goo for me

I do, from time to time. It's no use, really, apart from the fun of writing totally meaningless status messages. At least that's what I do. Well suited for haiku, as well.

Some people, take it rather seriously, though, I suppose. I can't remember how I found this girl I follow, but I can remember the first time I went through her messages. She had just had an an abortion, so she was totally upset about it and some details were on the net, in form of status messages.

Its quite useful for bacon related purposes, on the more frivelous end of things.

More sensibably I get updated by my local newspaper on:
. weather for my area,
. new jobs coming up,
. general local news,

Plus the BBC news twitter is good.

Also signed up to accounts of a lot of businesses that I use frequently so I can be kept abrest of when new updates are out for hardware/software, or when say the new seasons range of clothes are out, or when they're sales etc start.

Also signed up to a few science related ones which are handy to keep uptodate of the world of research without having to trawl through six hundred individual journal web-sites each day...

Plus several other entirley job related twitter accounts which are off-shoots of particular job web-sites that otherwise again I'd have to constantly scour for any new jobs

But, its mainly about the bacon...

I do have to say, 2legs' bacon-inspired tweets are often the highlight of my day.

Bacon I like, we had smoked bacon with courgettes and tomatoes last night but I've never seen any bacon related stuff on there.

My point is - is that I have had more Twitter related replies and input from H2G2 in the last 2hours than I have had from Twitter in two months!

The three bullet points that keep in you touch sound useful but I have not even managed to find people in my tribe as yet and there does not seem to be anyone in my country let alone area to follow or speak to.

When you say signed up to accounts is this the "Tweet" button I am beginning to see everywhere?

I also like soya sauce and miso.

besides, Michael Jordan and Will Smith don't answer their messages. why should I follow them.

There are, of course, some very famous and worthwhile tweeters, not least the most recent voice of the book himself, Stepehn Fry, who's a vociferous advocate of all things web 2.0 and technological. His links to various photo sharing sites are especially illuminating.

oops, that's STEPHEN Fry of course

Mrs Stephen Fry is funnier though

No edit button for you Jones? You must be an imposter! Burn him!!

Twitter's had one huge benefit: it's brilliant for activism. Rallies and protests can be organised and publicised in hours, live updates can be posted from the thick of it with previously unheard of ease and sneaky little dealings can be brought to the attention of the tuned-in masses quickly.

The only real problem with it is somebody spamming the place with their bacon updates.

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You need to go on more bacon related rallies then

So, I take it neither of you were at the Bridlington Bacon Baracade march/protest two weekends ago? shame on you...

Ha! I tweeted at and got a reply from Stuart Maconie last night

Should I know him?

Radio 2 DJ.

He'd done an impressive walk along Hadrian's wall last week, and used Twitter to send updates and pictures from along the route, which was a brilliant use of the medium. Hang on, I'll find a link.