tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post3314886877311852063..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Twit.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-80373251751404468182013-08-01T15:56:43.531-04:002013-08-01T15:56:43.531-04:00Apparently the duck is a bit confused, too (ducks ...Apparently the duck is a bit confused, too (ducks don't tweet, duck. Leave that to the canaries.) <br /><br />I'm one of those people with annoyingly mixed feelings about CM on twitter. I kinda like the idea of an anonymous proffie calling out students who post really dumb stuff on twitter, and think it might even have a salutary effect on said students. I also realize that things on Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-51992268150519268962013-07-29T22:50:22.136-04:002013-07-29T22:50:22.136-04:00I'm all for calling out dumbasses who use thei...I'm all for calling out dumbasses who use their real names in a public venue to showcase their idiocy... The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-47683262666660548522013-07-29T17:42:57.794-04:002013-07-29T17:42:57.794-04:00Can I just say that anything and everything that i...Can I just say that anything and everything that is done by the mods is for the benefit of our current readers. We never want to drive people away. We're trying to make it work for as many people as possible. We have no motive beyond having a great site.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-38848537196331314472013-07-29T13:59:57.838-04:002013-07-29T13:59:57.838-04:00Not Bloglines, Bubba, Newsblur. Definitely Newsblu...Not Bloglines, Bubba, <a href="http://www.newsblur.com" rel="nofollow">Newsblur</a>. Definitely Newsblur.<br /><br />ghphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13782134182104667235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-28977529341705979772013-07-29T11:37:34.721-04:002013-07-29T11:37:34.721-04:00I suggest we add "proftechflake" as a su...I suggest we add "proftechflake" as a subcategory of the "profflake" to the CM Glossary.<br /><br />If someone is opposed to the CM twitter feed because of 'infringing on the privacy of students', then they don't have a damn f-ing clue about how Twitter works, and what it is all about. This has already been said before in previous CM posts about the Twitter feed.<Prof Poopieheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997969128824319914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-61839944510651119692013-07-29T11:05:05.696-04:002013-07-29T11:05:05.696-04:00I don't "follow" anyone, but I log o...I don't "follow" anyone, but I log onto the page from time to time to read the wild things that students say about their class or professors. There is no personal filter anymore in society.Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815313561677464295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-54478067017457644272013-07-29T09:16:17.604-04:002013-07-29T09:16:17.604-04:00I received direct mail and quite a few comments ab...I received direct mail and quite a few comments about the Twitter feed and 95% of it was very negative. A lot of the strongest comments seemed to suggest I wasn't offering students enough privacy protection, even though, of course, they've already posted these inanities under their own names - and yes, some folks on Twitter use their own names.<br /><br />It was quite a bit of time I was Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-7673760315238315032013-07-29T03:44:32.467-04:002013-07-29T03:44:32.467-04:00I've already gone on record as a Twitterphile,...I've already gone on record as a Twitterphile, and I loved the old talkback Twitter feed. (I saw the responses as a series of teachable moments, and it's not surprising if many/most students responded fairly well to this approach.) I still love to see CM student retweets, even if the vast majority of them make me shudder in trepidation for the future of humanity. <br /><br />Seriously, Edna Expathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11438002061912782295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-15655767430446213082013-07-29T00:10:43.173-04:002013-07-29T00:10:43.173-04:00And for everyone else, just imagine the beauty tha...And for everyone else, just imagine the beauty that would be a Beaker Ben takedown of some slacking student?? Just thinking about it makes my heart patter. Academic Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07086078244493768565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-61093598971405545482013-07-28T23:39:14.803-04:002013-07-28T23:39:14.803-04:00Without searching for that post and my comments, I...Without searching for that post and my comments, I seem to remember being suspicious of Twitter and I will accuse myself of advising caution. After some thought, I believe my concerns were overblown or misplaced.<br /><br />Based on my experience in the parts of the internet that I frequent, controversy drives pageviews (so do kittens, sexy Cosplay costumes and recipes, I mean, that's what IAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-28262855792003078222013-07-28T23:00:54.617-04:002013-07-28T23:00:54.617-04:00Yeah, I don't get the "not in my name&quo...Yeah, I don't get the "not in my name" business since this is an anonymous blog. What am I missing?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906546940408742913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-54210394066533903552013-07-28T19:19:51.672-04:002013-07-28T19:19:51.672-04:00I'm really impressed with the idea of us talki...I'm really impressed with the idea of us talking smack to students on twitter. I would PAY to see collections of that on Buzzfeed. Why the frack did we kill that idea? And what can we do to start it up again? Sounds HELLA entertaining.<br /><br />I would totally volunteer to smack down some complaining snowflakes once a week. #professorsucks #Ohyeah? #SaythatagainyoulittleshitAcademic Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07086078244493768565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-16703625881771867072013-07-28T17:54:24.812-04:002013-07-28T17:54:24.812-04:00Am missing Google Reader.
Bloglines, here I come?Am missing Google Reader.<br />Bloglines, here I come?Southern Bubba, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12050992903794385204noreply@blogger.com