What's going on with the F train?

@Uraniumfish you might want to follow the twitter feed of the F train
http://twitter.com/NYC_F_trains

The F train has a twitter? Dear lord, what is this world coming to?

@JenMac I think a developer who lives in the city has made a twitter feed for every subway line so that people are always in the know about closures and delays. Quite clever don't you think?

@Everybody: What else will people use Twitter for. Wow. It is definitely a great way to use social media.

@hhusted do you use Twitter?? I do infact I have two ids..pandancake which is my personal one and goouthongkong which has been created for me for a city guide company that I write for..I must say I have fun posting updates but now am on the lookout for a smartphone with a reasonable data package so I can tweet on the go.

@Uptowngirl: Yes, I use Twitter. I follow people in my industry and even follow TV producers. I use it extensively. My Tweet is hhusted.

I have never really gotten around to twittering - I don't quite understand the appeal...

OK, I now understand that I live in a world where even the F train has its own twitter account.

Wait...who is tweeting on behalf of the F train?

@NeverSleeps Probably some intern in the MTA PR department...

Ha! That's great... They also have one for the dreaded G: http://twitter.com/nyc_g_trains

I just searched for any messages directed @ the G, expecting to find a bunch of complaints, but didn't turn up much. Obviously not too many people are following these MTA Twitter feeds.

A whopping 500 people follow the G train tweets, and another whopping 1000 follow the F train. Not exactly a lot of public interest or participation, I would say.

@DBlack would you honestly expect a subway line to have a twitter feed?I just found the F train twitter account by chance and presume its 1000 followers did the same..

@uptowngirl I'm not sure I would expect it, but if it really were known across the board as an excellent source of up to date info on what's going on with the various trains, then you might think a lot of people would want to follow the twitter feeds of the trains they use regularly. Kind of like listening to the traffic report before driving to work.

@Everybody: Do you remember what happened to Twitter's servers when Bill Gates announced his tweeter ID. The servers crashed within an hour, and were down for nearly half a day. Maybe MTA thinks they will be inundated with many tweets and don't want to risk it. Then again, who really knows for sure.

@DBlack Is that sarcasm?

@everyone I actually am really getting a kick out of the subway Twitter feeds. I wonder what the G train is up to right now... Maybe instead of all the "If you see somethings" they should be advertising their respective Twitter accounts.

@hhusted It's not like they keep their Twitter accounts on their own server, so I doubt they would be too worried about such a problem on a personal level. Twitter gets over capacity all the time, too, in case you were wondering, and goes "down" a lot.

I need to figure out twitter - stuff like this seems really useful to have at the tip of my fingers!

@Ajadedidealist: I use Twitter when I have something interesting to announce to my connections. The company is growing tremendously every day.

@Everybody I am totally loving the Twitter profile created for me by a travel company I write for..I document all my comings and goings in this crazy, busy city very easily ..

I was actually playing around on Twitter around the time Michael Jackson died and the servers crashed.

@ajadedidealist Better get on that boat soon, before new micro blogging sites take over the universe!

@Uraniumfish I actually remember exactly what I was doing when Michael Jackson died... what a waste of brain cells.

@NeverSleeps I'm already feeling micro blogged to death and all I did was post to twitter a couple of times for the fun of seeing what I could fit into the word maximum.

I have a Twitter account that I never use.... well, not very often anyway. I like reading updates from blogs and newspapers on it; they pop up on my Twitter app whilst I am on my laptop doing whatever. It's a good way to be in-the-know almost instantly.

But as far as personal updates from people I know, I find them kind of, well, boring. I mean, do you have to take pictures of what you are eating whenever you eat out? Do I really need to know that you are running errands? I don't understand why people think their every little movement is interesting to anyone. It isn't.

Don't get me wrong, some people are clever Twitter updaters. But it seems most aren't - most are just clogging up the internet with really, really unnecessary information.

What's that new micro blogging site that is sort of like Twitter meets Yelp, and allows patrons of places to be ambassadors of places they frequent? Anyone know what I'm taking about? Someone was telling me about it at a bar one night, but I can't completely recall the details...

@BroadwayBK P-Diddy is one of the people who ended up in my Twitter follow list by default, and all that guy ever tweets is: "Let's go!" Maybe Twitter is a great way for celebrities on coke to run off some of that excess energy? It's healthier than, say, punching a wall.

Maybe I'm a grandpa at heart, but I just can't stand Twitter. I liked people a lot more when I didn't know what they were doing all day and how they felt about it.

@DBlack or for celebrities to endlessly promote themselves/their brand. I have a feeling that Diddy or whatever he's called today is probably an entertaining micro blogger, by then again I also find reality television entertaining.

@JenMac I had to quit following a lot of acquaintances on Twitter because their internet lives ("I'm doing the dishes!" "I'm at this bar!" "I'm drunk!") bored me to distraction. I got to the point where I didn't even care if they took my disinterest in their Twitter feeds personally, they had to go.

I've written how-to books for clients regarding Twitter and how to use it. When you get into using the social media site, you will find how many people you can get connected to. I found a producer for my script by going through Twitter.

@everyone I am writing a Twitter feed for a company I regularly write for and so far its been a lot of fun..been able to network through my tweets and it may lead to a gig opportunity fingers crossed.

@Uptowngirl: That's right. People don't seem to see the usefulness of Twitter. But those who use it have the advantage.

I recently looked up a couple of people I used to idolize and can't believe how dumb their Twitter feeds are! All my heroes gone!

@DBlack: Yeah, some people don't use Twitter the right way, or their use of English is not that great.

And then there are those people whose use of English is correct in every way, but who are nevertheless not especially intelligent.

Wow, how did that happen , @hhusted? Do tell us your story!

@DBlack Which heroes are those? I did an internship at a magazine where I frequently had to transcribe interviews with famous musicians, and I was pretty depressed to find out how unimpressive most of them were when it came to intelligence. And these were indie musicians, not pop creations.

@Everybody Okay, speaking of idiotic Twitter feeds?

http://twitter.com/biebertwitpic

@DBlack that child is seriously irritating!

@Ajadedidealist: Are you referring to my finding a producer for my script?

@DBlack This is his official Twitter: http://twitter.com/justinbieber Not that it is any better.

@uptowngirl You don't like his comb-over emo hair?

Are you guys familiar with this one: http://twitter.com/Shitmydadsays ?

Great stuff.

@BroadwayBK OMG that's a riot..

@Everybody: You would be surprised what user names are made up and what people will say on Twitter.

Shitmydadsays is so freaking funny. I laugh out loud with every one I read.

Isn't shitmydadsays turning into a sitcom (euphemistically titled "$£$! my dad says") starring William Shatner? Or am I just making that up/wishful thinking?

I feel like I did hear about that somewhere along the line. I just wonder how they would pull it off for network tv considering most of what he says is pretty offensive -- hilarious, but not exactly bible-belt friendly.

@ajadedidalist Yeah, I read that in Time... but the sitcom doesn't sound as good as the Twitter feed.

http://gawker.com/5401019/cbs-picks-up-shit-my-dad-says-twitter-sitcom

That guy's hilarious, but I'm doubtful his mastery of Twitter is going to result in great television...call me skeptical...

It's the dad they should really utilize. Someone should send the script writers out and have them follow him around...

@Ajadedidealist; TV refused to allow the show to go on because they claim the show had a curse word in it. So the producers had to come up with a way to keep the title from being hurtful or insulting to others. So they decided to use a bunch of funny looking characters in the title.

William Shatner?!? Oh, yeah, this can't be good.

@BroadwayBK That's probably the best way to make use of the phenom. Just because that guy can quote his dad doesn't mean he can write for a sitcom.

The TV show sounds really lame, I have to say. Seems like something that's been done a million times before. Cranky old father who lives with his adult son? See: Sanford and Son.

But William Shatner! He was fantastic as Denny Crane on Boston Legal... how could you not love him? Clearly Alan Shore should be part of the show too...really I just want more Boston Legal. That was a weird, weird show

@ajadedidealist Lawyers screwing each other, in all sense of the word...yeah, it was a decent show, but I wondered wouldn't they run out of material soon enough.

@Everybody: William Shatner rules. He may be in his '70s, but he still can act.

@ajadedidealist: I, too, loved Boston Legal. And, yeah, it was so weird. And, so good.