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OT: Twitter Thread
Posted: Tue Apr 5, 2011 5:50 pm
by LUKE23
Hello, everyone but Newz please respond to this.
I've recently joined twitter, and know nothing about it. I know we had a thread like this somewhere else but couldn't find it. I was just wondering the best guys to follow for:
Packers
Bucks
Brewers
Badger BB
Badger FB
Thanks in advance.
Re: OT: Twitter Thread
Posted: Tue Apr 5, 2011 6:30 pm
by Newz
OH I'LL RESPOND!
I would definitely get Chuck's list of people and DB's. I believe I pretty much just copy and pasted the guys they followed. Now I don't really have to look anywhere but the smart phone for sporting news, so it's pretty awesome.
Re: OT: Twitter Thread
Posted: Tue Apr 5, 2011 6:30 pm
by Turk Nowitzki
http://twitter.com/ClayMatthews52/status/55040892540694528http://twitter.com/ClayMatthews52/status/55041117414109184http://twitter.com/ClayMatthews52/status/55043136220696576Clay pretty much lists all the Packers on Twitter in a series of tweets. You can pick and choose which players you want to follow. A lot of them don't say much worth reading.
Re: OT: Twitter Thread
Posted: Tue Apr 5, 2011 6:33 pm
by ReasonablySober
Bolded are the best for your specific inquiry, but below are all great sports follows.
jasonjwilde
TomSilverstein
brewhoop
JeffPassan
keithlaw
Paulimig
adbrandt
McShay13
chadfordinsider
WojYahooNBA
STEIN_LINE_HQ
richarddeitsch
jaysonst
smartfootball
PriscoCBS
LoriNickel
AdamSchefter
michaelombardi
GeryWoelfel
RicBucher
BrewCrewBall
Haudricourt
sportsguy33
js_brewers
ChrisMannixSI
SI_PeterKing
SI_JimTrotter
darrenrovell
jadande
slmandel
Deadspin
SI_JonHeyman
RossTuckerNFL
mortreport
DonBanks
Jordan Schilling is maybe the best Badger follow, but he's tweeting about the Twins lately and I unfollowed him.
Re: OT: Twitter Thread
Posted: Wed Apr 6, 2011 3:40 am
by PkrsBcksGphsMqt
All of the NFP guys are on twitter, they are good guys to follow.
It's getting to the point where most reporters/analysts are on twitter. I usually just google the person's name and include "twitter" in the search to find out what their twitter name is. Just make sure they have the verified blue check next to their name.
EDIT: I'd also suggest @ESPN_NFCNBLOG and @ESPN_BIGTEN.
Re: OT: Twitter Thread
Posted: Wed Apr 6, 2011 3:41 am
by ReasonablySober
PkrsBcksGphsMqt wrote:All of the NFP guys are on twitter. It's getting to the point where most reporters/analysts are on twitter. I usually just google the person's name and include "twitter" in the search to find out what their twitter name is. Just make sure they have the verified blue check next to their name.
Eh, most of the people I follow aren't verified. Just check their timeline and you can get an idea if they're legit. I've been on the site a couple years and I haven't been burned by a fake account.
Re: OT: Twitter Thread
Posted: Wed Apr 6, 2011 3:43 am
by PkrsBcksGphsMqt
DrugBust wrote:PkrsBcksGphsMqt wrote:All of the NFP guys are on twitter. It's getting to the point where most reporters/analysts are on twitter. I usually just google the person's name and include "twitter" in the search to find out what their twitter name is. Just make sure they have the verified blue check next to their name.
Eh, most of the people I follow aren't verified. Just check their timeline and you can get an idea if they're legit. I've been on the site a couple years and I haven't been burned by a fake account.
Yeah, it's usually pretty easy to tell if it's a real person or not. I guess I just wanted to point out what the blue check meant and that he should look for it.
Re: OT: Twitter Thread
Posted: Wed Apr 6, 2011 3:45 am
by PkrsBcksGphsMqt
I don't know if you are a fan of Jason Whitlock but he is one of the more entertaining people I follow. His name is @WhitlockJason.
Re: OT: Twitter Thread
Posted: Wed Apr 6, 2011 4:13 am
by ReasonablySober
PkrsBcksGphsMqt wrote:I don't know if you are a fan of Jason Whitlock but he is one of the more entertaining people I follow. His name is @WhitlockJason.
I follow him, but it's really out of morbid curiosity. The guy spews so. much. ****. His college football crusade lately is so incredibly stupid.
Re: OT: Twitter Thread
Posted: Wed Apr 6, 2011 1:41 pm
by LUKE23
What about guys you follow for Badger hoops/football? I know Potrykus is jaypo1961. Anyone else?
Re: OT: Twitter Thread
Posted: Wed Apr 6, 2011 4:07 pm
by jakecronus8
Evan Silva is a phenomenal follow for NFL draft stuff
Re: OT: Twitter Thread
Posted: Fri Apr 8, 2011 12:30 am
by Enrique
When I first got on twittter, I followed alot of players, and it was interesting at first. Then I just became irritated paging through their rambling tweets about nothing. I just use it now to follow reporters and writers who link to their new articles. For example, I would follow Jason Wilde for Packers news and he already follows all the Packers on twitter and he retweets pretty much anything they say that's interesting.
Re: OT: Twitter Thread
Posted: Fri Apr 8, 2011 1:19 am
by ReasonablySober
Yea, I stopped following athletes on Twitter a while ago. Too many complete idiots.
Re: OT: Twitter Thread
Posted: Fri Apr 8, 2011 1:32 am
by MikeIsGood
Some athletes are totally worth following. Some make you want to blind yourself.
Re: OT: Twitter Thread
Posted: Fri Apr 8, 2011 1:57 pm
by chuckleslove
MikeIsGood wrote:Some athletes are totally worth following. Some make you want to blind yourself.
Re: OT: Twitter Thread
Posted: Fri Apr 8, 2011 4:17 pm
by PkrsBcksGphsMqt
Enrique wrote:When I first got on twittter, I followed alot of players, and it was interesting at first. Then I just became irritated paging through their rambling tweets about nothing. I just use it now to follow reporters and writers who link to their new articles. For example, I would follow Jason Wilde for Packers news and he already follows all the Packers on twitter and he retweets pretty much anything they say that's interesting.
It's funny you singled out Wilde as a good person to follow, I stopped following him because he was just as annoying as players. He tweeted way too much about his kids and other things going on in his personal life that I could care less about.
Re: OT: Twitter Thread
Posted: Fri Apr 8, 2011 4:39 pm
by Wilford Brimley
Whats weird is that as dumb as Finley seems his wife is well spoken and thoughtful
Re: OT: Twitter Thread
Posted: Sat Apr 9, 2011 12:30 am
by Enrique
PkrsBcksGphsMqt wrote:Enrique wrote:When I first got on twittter, I followed alot of players, and it was interesting at first. Then I just became irritated paging through their rambling tweets about nothing. I just use it now to follow reporters and writers who link to their new articles. For example, I would follow Jason Wilde for Packers news and he already follows all the Packers on twitter and he retweets pretty much anything they say that's interesting.
<BR itxtNodeId="798"><BR itxtNodeId="797">It's funny you singled out Wilde as a good person to follow, I stopped following him because he was just as annoying as players. He tweeted way too much about his kids and other things going on in his personal life that I could care less about.
I agree he can get annoying as well, but I'd rather follow one annoying person who follows all the players and weeds through their posts for me. He serves a purpose for me.
Re: OT: Twitter Thread
Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 5:19 am
by IrishRainbow
Every time I'm considering dropping Wilde he presents something useful/entertaining. For the most part picking up athletes to follow has be fail after fail. I still follow Clay, Bogut, and ARod. I recently subscribed to @Tony_Plush...he's been golden thus far.
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Tony Plush has just been informed Brian Anderson said "And Tony Plush scores!" The Plushvolution can not, and will not, be stopped.
Re: OT: Twitter Thread
Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 6:07 pm
by Wilford Brimley
I made it so I don't see RT from Packer players. It really cleaned up my timeline a lot to not see, "Hey can I get a RT for my bday!!!" or some other stupid ass ****.