November 6, 2009


There is literally no good noun form for people who use twitter and it’s driving me batty.

Most tweeps probably noticed that lists went live last week:

We’re putting the finishing touches on our new Lists feature and we’re really excited about the folks who have already taken a lot of time creating awesome lists. From the @time list of funny people to your own list of people who make you laugh—it’s easy to see how this feature increases discovery and adds value in lots of ways.

Lists also make it easier to curate tweets into meaningful real-time experiences on your own sites via the Lists API. Media companies are already taking advantage: for example, check out @huffingtonpost’s use of the Lists API in their World Series coverage.

They are pretty nifty and the tweople seem to love it. So, I decided to make this list of all the clusterflock twits.

posted by Andrew Simone in announcements, web sites 

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4 Responses to “There is literally no good noun form for people who use twitter and it’s driving me batty.”

  1. Deron Bauman on November 6th, 2009 at 10:33 pm

    twits.

  2. Derek White on November 7th, 2009 at 6:34 am

    it was driving me batty too. In 2025, vh1 will be reminiscing about 2009, like, “ahh, remember when we all used to tweet? How ridiculous was that!” I’ve tweeted my final tweet to the soon to be nostalgic ether and it was: “no goats, no glory!”

  3. Derek White on November 7th, 2009 at 6:35 am

    Though in 2025 we will likely be reminiscing about the defunct VH1 … so whatever the equivalent is.

  4. soubriquet on November 9th, 2009 at 1:35 am

    Twats.
    It’s been discussed.
    People who twitter are twats.

    Cease and desist, twats.

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