Comments on: Swearing on Twitter http://www.polaine.com/2009/02/05/swearing-on-twitter/ Uncommon Sense Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:40:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: oscar7g http://www.polaine.com/2009/02/05/swearing-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-8108 oscar7g Sat, 07 Feb 2009 04:05:57 +0000 http://www.polaine.com/playpen/?p=1063#comment-8108 <p>I have a number of saved Twitter searches for the words, cunt, fuck and shit. It is interesting to see the multitude of contexts they are used in. Fuck seems to be the most flexible of the lot, which is not really that surprising.</p> <p>Me personally, I think swearing on Twitter is a natural thing as it is much more akin to real world conversations than other online forums. Swearing in a blog post/comment comes off as contrived.</p> I have a number of saved Twitter searches for the words, cunt, fuck and shit. It is interesting to see the multitude of contexts they are used in. Fuck seems to be the most flexible of the lot, which is not really that surprising.

Me personally, I think swearing on Twitter is a natural thing as it is much more akin to real world conversations than other online forums. Swearing in a blog post/comment comes off as contrived.

]]> By: Andy Polaine http://www.polaine.com/2009/02/05/swearing-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-8107 Andy Polaine Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:17:48 +0000 http://www.polaine.com/playpen/?p=1063#comment-8107 <p>I'm obviously attracting the wrong calibre of reader here.</p> <p>Knotty, you should have put it online mate, prototype, schmototype.</p> I’m obviously attracting the wrong calibre of reader here.

Knotty, you should have put it online mate, prototype, schmototype.

]]> By: Knotty http://www.polaine.com/2009/02/05/swearing-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-8106 Knotty Thu, 05 Feb 2009 10:59:32 +0000 http://www.polaine.com/playpen/?p=1063#comment-8106 <p>I coded a prototype @ Poke that did exactly this a year and a half ago. It was called 'Shitter'.</p> <p><abbr><em>Knotty’s last blog post..<a href="http://www.managedobjects.com.au/2009/2/3/do-you-get-it-now" rel="nofollow">do you get it now?</a></em></abbr></p> I coded a prototype @ Poke that did exactly this a year and a half ago. It was called ‘Shitter’.

Knotty’s last blog post..do you get it now?

]]> By: matthew http://www.polaine.com/2009/02/05/swearing-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-8105 matthew Thu, 05 Feb 2009 10:52:19 +0000 http://www.polaine.com/playpen/?p=1063#comment-8105 <p>your a cunt. we all know that. and you swear a lot. just stop being such a sissy girl and drop the c bomb on line more fucker</p> <p><abbr><em>matthew’s last blog post..<a href="http://mwg.com.au/wordpress/archives/591" rel="nofollow">1 minute faster - the base training is so working!</a></em></abbr></p> your a cunt. we all know that. and you swear a lot. just stop being such a sissy girl and drop the c bomb on line more fucker

matthew’s last blog post..1 minute faster – the base training is so working!

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