[amsat-bb] To Tweet or Not to Tweet

[Joseph Armbruster]

Gerald,

Some tech friends of mine were sitting at lunch back in 2008, talking about
time-syncs in our lives.  We all generally agreed that social media was one
of the worst.  As a result, we all made a pact to eliminate
fb/twitter/etc... and none of us have looked back.  There are positives to
it, but from a bottom line standpoint, it really doesn't give you any more
than text messaging the right people in technical circles, following the
right email threads and being on the right IRC channels can give you.  And,
you get to avoid clickbait, popup-adds and suggestions and other content
that are really all just adds in disguise.  You basically allow other
people to filter through all the garbage and post things to an email thread
when it's actually good... allowing you to save precious and valuable
time.  Oh, and did I mention... Politics?   If you intend on avoiding
amateur radio politics by resorting to twitter, etc...be advised.  You will
find a lot of amateurs raging, quite outlandishly about other amateur radio
operators, policies, members, even their families and the like...
basically, like you've seen on the -bb for the last several months but
magnitudes worst...

And don't get me wrong... i'm not some sort of pre-historic anti-technology
hater.  I actually developed the core social media components for EAs
Madden 2013 title using a PS4 Tool (that's a playstation 4 development
kit).  You can see me in the credits.  This includes the Facebook, Twitter
and SMS hooks for the title.  I understand the APIs, aggregators, etc... To
me, it's all about the SNR.  I don't regret dropping off and I miss nothing
about it.  I feel that it has intellectually saved me from a substantial
number of people that want to make themselves seem and feel important by
mostly making noise.  The way I explain it to my kids is... imagine you're
trying to read a book, and someone is shouting over your shoulder every 10
seconds.  Yes, you can do it... but gosh, it's annoying.  There are ways to
stay informed without it and they are worth pursuing to me :-)

Anyhow, see how it all goes for you, post back in 6 months and let us know
how you feel then ;-)

#rant,
Joseph Armbruster
KJ4JIO


On Wed, Oct 7, 2020 at 6:02 PM Gerald Payton via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> I have fundamentally opposed to TWITTER doe to the NONSENSE on it!
> However, I see many references posted here.
>
> I am having second thoughts about signing up.  PLEASE, will someone direct
> me to WHO I should follow regarding AMSAT and possibly others.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> 73
> Jerry AB5R
> EM12kh
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