Twitter

[Riot]

Have you searched twitter for any jockeys and trainers?

[Travis Stone]

Prediction: Twitter in its current form will be extinct sooner rather than later.

[Gander]

Originally Posted by Travis Stone

Prediction: Twitter in its current form will be extinct sooner rather than later.

I hope Twitter and Facebook both go away. Far away. And never come back. Text messaging too.

[letswastemoney]

Originally Posted by Gander

I hope Twitter and Facebook both go away. Far away. And never come back. Text messaging too.

Facebook is useful. Have you ever tried to look up someone you lost contact information for? It's impossible without websites like Facebook.

As for Twitter....I find no use for it

[saratoga guy]

I was a panelist last week at the International Simulcast Conference -- panel looked at racing and new media.

I said that I thought both Twitter and Facebook had F-A-D written all over them. At the same time -- I threw in the caveat that I didn't want to be like the clowns in the late 40's who declared television a fad, and so I thought it was worthwhile -- particularly given the low-cost -- for racetracks and industry groups to pursue both at this time (but frankly, I'd like to see these groups spend more time improving their own websites!).

It will be interesting to see how my prediction plays out over the next 2-5 years.

I would agree with "Letswaste..." however that Facebook -- or some form of it -- might linger as a useful way to keep in touch with friends, classmates and colleagues.

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by Gander

I hope Twitter and Facebook both go away. Far away. And never come back. Text messaging too.

[NTamm1215]

Facebook's not going anywhere. There's way too much of a following in the 40-55 age group for it to go anywhere. People are into the connecting with old friends, classmates, etc.

Now that they've integrated these ridiculous games and nonsense that clogs up the log-in page the damn thing is impossible. But I still don't think it's going anywhere.

NT

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

Facebook's not going anywhere. There's way too much of a following in the 40-55 age group for it to go anywhere. People are into the connecting with old friends, classmates, etc.

Now that they've integrated these ridiculous games and nonsense that clogs up the log-in page the damn thing is impossible. But I still don't think it's going anywhere.

NT

You can hide all of that crap if you want.

[Gander]

I didnt say Facebook was going anywhere. I said hoped.
I just enjoyed day to day interaction a lot more before all this tech stuff took over everybody's lives. Kids dont play sports anymore. Teenagers would rather have internet chat sex than the real thing in the back of their car.
Adults are spending hours on end on facebook letting everybody know what drink they are mixing or who they saw at the high scholl reunion. Who the hell cares?

You guys can have all the gadgets and social networking web sites. I'd rather put these toys down and go have drinks (real liquid drinks, not icons) with my friends and look at real actual people.

Call me a scrooge all you want. Thats just me.

[Buckpasser]

Yea, don't see any of the main players

[rpncaine]

Joe Talamo "tweets" sometimes.