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Post by lindenchase on Apr 19, 2009 11:29:13 GMT
Twitter can be quite funny. I'm following the monster of Loch Ness (@therealnessie), although Nessie has been awfully quiet lately. ;D I don't like the fact that some companies now start following people at random, in the hope of being followed back. I had to block my first follower today: some on line sex toys shop.  Becks: just wondering what makes you sure that Oz is real? |
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Post by Puss on Apr 19, 2009 12:09:31 GMT
*feels old*  |
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Post by dutchdiva on Apr 19, 2009 13:10:45 GMT
I already blocked a bunch of people. If you use the word diet in a twitter then you suddenly have about 20 new friends in 5 minutes
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Post by nobody on Apr 19, 2009 13:49:17 GMT
Twitter can be quite funny. I'm following the monster of Loch Ness (@therealnessie), although Nessie has been awfully quiet lately. ;D I don't like the fact that some companies now start following people at random, in the hope of being followed back. I had to block my first follower today: some on line sex toys shop. Becks: just wondering what makes you sure that Oz is real? I think someone asked him at the book signing. |
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Post by ulstermayniac on Apr 19, 2009 15:44:29 GMT
Yeah, because didn't he reply by saying something like 'James has just been given a Manga cartoon of himself' and didn't he also mention something about eating James' sweets.
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Post by Eclair on Apr 20, 2009 9:00:11 GMT
*feels old* Why? Twitter, tw*tter, YouFace, MyFace, whaaateverrrrrrr!    Hey you got an Iphone! I got a Sony Ericsson...I feel positively depraved!!! LOL ;D And I can barely text... ;D |
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Post by TheDaisy on Apr 20, 2009 9:14:48 GMT
Twitter can be quite funny. I'm following the monster of Loch Ness (@therealnessie), although Nessie has been awfully quiet lately. ;D I don't like the fact that some companies now start following people at random, in the hope of being followed back. I had to block my first follower today: some on line sex toys shop. Becks: just wondering what makes you sure that Oz is real? I think someone asked him at the book signing. I believe that was Amy (could be wrong though) and Oz denied it at the time....but then, shortly after, came the bit about him eating James's choccies, so who knows? |
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Post by misspan on Apr 20, 2009 9:24:10 GMT
*feels old* Why? Twitter, tw*tter, YouFace, MyFace, whaaateverrrrrrr! Hey you got an Iphone! I got a Sony Ericsson...I feel positively depraved!!! LOL ;D And I can barely text... ;D I think you are getting better at texting ;D |
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Post by Eclair on Apr 20, 2009 10:58:56 GMT
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Post by misspan on Apr 21, 2009 8:33:54 GMT
Coaching - or - annoying you with texts? LOL
To keep it on topic (so she wont get kicked off) - so it isnt James on Twitter? ;D
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Post by lindenchase on Apr 21, 2009 9:26:26 GMT
Nope, thankfully @fiatpanda only has about 139 followers, so he's not taken too seriously. @realjamesmay has over 15.000 although he states that he is not the real one. He hasn't posted since the end of March by the way, so maybe he got tired of being a loser.
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Post by Vixen on Apr 21, 2009 9:47:57 GMT
I'm baffled at the Oz being real. Amy asked him at the booksigning, and he said he didn't have one the day before. Which was when @ozclarke started tweeting... |
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Post by Liz on Apr 21, 2009 12:27:17 GMT
Dylan Moran appears to be real, but he only tweets once a month by the look of it!  |
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Post by lucy on Jul 1, 2009 0:10:50 GMT
I hope you lovely gels wot Twitter have noticed Jamie Hibbard’s latest attempt to get down with the kids and their newfangled gadgetry. Hibbard (an editor for Topgear.com) “tweets” as jamiehibbard and yesterday launched TopGear_beta (the underscore matters, apparently). Consult that address for up to the minute, authentic twitterings on Top Gear doings.
‘Tis much better than fraudpanda, who is an attention seeking tw*t.
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Post by Wyvern on Jul 1, 2009 0:29:26 GMT
I do, and I most certainly have! In fact, I suspect I spend entirely too much time on Twitter and it can only be a matter of time before I'm challenging Stephen Fry for his 'Most Compulsive Twitterer' crown. It has to be said, though, that my tweets tend to contain more breasts and less Wagner than his.
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Post by lucy on Jul 1, 2009 1:00:03 GMT
Another community service announcement (two in one night – clearly I am rendered an insomniac by a guilty conscience… or not…)
Somebody mentioned to me last week that the Top Gear offices have confirmed that each and every TG presenter profile on Twitter (Hammond, May and Clarkson) is a fake. Have just found where this (fairly subtle) confirmation occurred.
The Jaguar PR team complimented RealJamesMay (remember him?) on his drive of the XK120 in episode 1. Jamie Hibbard then warned Jag, privately, that they should check with TG, since they were flattering a fabulist. Jag, publicly, said:
@jamiehibbard Ah, we didnt, thanks for the tip, we're new on here :-)
1:30 AM Jun 24th from web in reply to jamiehibbard
Hibbard answered:
@jaguarukpr any time! None of the presenters are on here in fact, so don't be fooled.
3:36 AM Jun 24th from web in reply to JaguarUKPR
Nuff said.
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Post by ulstermayniac on Jul 1, 2009 1:24:52 GMT
Well that's them and us told! In a nice way though  |
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Post by lindenchase on Jul 1, 2009 6:54:18 GMT
Thanks Lucy! That @fiatpanda bloke has over 4800 followers, really annoying. I wish he made a slip - like @realjamesmay did - so people would realise it wasn't James himself. |
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Post by Vixen on Jul 1, 2009 8:00:10 GMT
......that my tweets tend to contain more breasts and less Wagner than his. Surely, you mean Twits? ;D ;D |
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Post by Mystik on Jul 1, 2009 12:34:32 GMT
Yeah that Fiatpanda one does, unfortunately, speak in what could be his shorthand internet manner. If he had one. Gah.
btw, I am going to @ fiatpanda now with "I put it to you that you're not really James May." Because it's funny how so many people (including me for a while) thought it was him. There's too much damning evidence.
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Post by Liz on Jul 1, 2009 12:42:34 GMT
My thoughts at first were that everything he posted was accurate but, given our extensive knowledge of what Jame's up to project-wise, any one of us could set up an acount which was just as, if not more, convincing than fiatpanda? Only thing that made me wonder, was that Steve Pizzati proclaimed him a fake, but later replied normally to one of his 'tweets'... why?  |
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Post by ulstermayniac on Jul 1, 2009 12:48:07 GMT
Go get him!!
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Post by Mystik on Jul 1, 2009 13:01:43 GMT
Well I put "@fiatpanda I don't believe you're actually James May. Thought you were, but now I'm not so sure... #truth"
'they' haven't posted in a while, though. Could be a bit of time before any (possible?) reply. There have been a few people asking for him to get the Confirmed button thing Twitter are putting on "actual" people's accounts (see Stephen Fry's for example) or if not, just announcing they're fake etc.
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Post by ulstermayniac on Jul 1, 2009 13:12:33 GMT
Guess it's just a case of 'wait and see' now. |
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Post by emmap on Jul 1, 2009 13:19:38 GMT
Well, I reckon they should get accounts, just to put a stop to this nonsense ;D
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Post by ulstermayniac on Jul 1, 2009 13:27:29 GMT
Even I would sign up then, if Jeremy had one, I would love to read what he wrote!
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Post by Mystik on Jul 1, 2009 13:34:50 GMT
Perhaps Stephen Fry could (did? ) convince him, seeing they share iPhone app-love. ;D |
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Post by ulstermayniac on Jul 1, 2009 14:00:07 GMT
You never know. I think that maybe it would go one of two ways, with Jeremy, he would either get so into it and get a bit obsessed or he would forget all about it and only post once a year.
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Post by Mystik on Jul 1, 2009 14:05:06 GMT
Well, Tweetie seems to be the app of choice so who knows. I think all he'd need is a quick lesson on how to post and reply to people, and we'd have Clarkson-isms all over twitter before you know it. Is it just me or does "Clarkson-isms" sound a bit dirty? |
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Post by ulstermayniac on Jul 1, 2009 14:20:48 GMT
Ooh, I don't mind if it does!! |
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