tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post3231834721502048405..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: What Would Yaro Do? Twitter editionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-54204185562168524472013-01-31T10:02:17.935-05:002013-01-31T10:02:17.935-05:00We're going to choose to take the higher groun...We're going to choose to take the higher ground on that? That's what we're going to spend our capital on. Okay, we're not going to repost something public a student said to 150 other people because...uh, well I don't understand the because.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-68860166585048872372013-01-31T09:47:32.954-05:002013-01-31T09:47:32.954-05:00@specific individual: Your professor wishes he was...<i>@specific individual: Your professor wishes he was dead.<br /><br />which arguably violates our own Rules of Misery (if we said it to each other)</i><br /><br />How? I may be dense this morning, but I don't see what's wrong with this. Student tweeted something revealing great stupidity, and then the domo said what I often think when confronted with my own students.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-91470630512082241332013-01-31T09:47:02.836-05:002013-01-31T09:47:02.836-05:00What would Yaro do? He'd punt. Though more al...What would Yaro do? He'd punt. Though more along the lines of "along the Thames" than like what the Patriots will be doing--a lot--this Sunday.<br /><br />As to twitter? All in; hey, if ya got a twitter account, you (should) know what you're in for. Mrs. Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00398436173535554878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-29269462079886089262013-01-31T09:46:16.375-05:002013-01-31T09:46:16.375-05:00I agree. People who'd read any of Strelly'...I agree. People who'd read any of Strelly's comments would think "our" blog needed an enema.<br /><br />But in context they sorta make sense.<br /><br />And the same for the Twitter feed. This incident really gets under my skin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-25102839614772301892013-01-31T09:26:18.905-05:002013-01-31T09:26:18.905-05:00I don't know how to say this other than, "...I don't know how to say this other than, "So what?" It's overboard? So don't read the Twitter feed. <br /><br />And this example about "your professor wishes he were dead," I get it. How anyone thinks that reflects poorly on this blog or the Tweetie-Domo or whatever. Shit!<br /><br />And does anyone get that these students that the Twitter feed engaged with WEREN&#Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-34663734047562268742013-01-31T08:55:45.961-05:002013-01-31T08:55:45.961-05:00Re-tweeting stupid/silly tweets is one thing, but ...Re-tweeting stupid/silly tweets is one thing, but I thought the "hey kid, your prof wishes he was dead!" was a bit overboard. I'll tell my department mates "hey, Sally Jones is in my 201 class. Guess what she said today! What an idiot!" but in class when Ms. Jones made her stupid comment I was a bit more gentle---"well actually Ms. Jones, if you look at x, you'll Middle-Aged and Morosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046076243513948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-15074117824623119302013-01-31T08:53:17.397-05:002013-01-31T08:53:17.397-05:00I don't tweet. But I don't see a problem ...I don't tweet. But I don't see a problem with interacting with tweeters, as College Misery, from a satirical and/or anonymous platform. <br /><br />And, I'm sad I missed the thing.Alan From Apexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01366176105581248496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-50153045953730382032013-01-31T07:40:23.991-05:002013-01-31T07:40:23.991-05:00The complaints,
they are silly,
it's not your ...The complaints,<br />they are silly,<br />it's not your blog,<br />and never will be.<br /><br />Leslie, <br />put back the feed,<br />it's them schoolin' tweets,<br />those students need.Richard Tingle, PhDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15290520040846370364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-9012078174092530572013-01-31T07:26:50.261-05:002013-01-31T07:26:50.261-05:00I am so amazed at all of this. The Twitter feed fe...I am so amazed at all of this. The Twitter feed felt to me exactly like what this whole website is about. Are we not interested in "saying it's little when it's little"?<br /><br />I am not a big Twitter user, but I thought what I saw was hilarious. The gimmick of Terry responding directly to students as if he was their professor led to some really funny conversations, many of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-34093122783247372992013-01-31T07:08:15.785-05:002013-01-31T07:08:15.785-05:00What if a student said something stupid on Twitter...What if a student said something stupid on Twitter. Would it be objectionable if we were to retweet it to our 150 followers?College Miseryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01371354682300032653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-12732152289413610752013-01-31T06:29:13.865-05:002013-01-31T06:29:13.865-05:00Just to be clear, I asked for a discussion. I did ...Just to be clear, I asked for a discussion. I did NOT ask that the twitter feed be taken down. I wanted to take the community's pulse as I put it. And I accept that most of you are less worried about this than I am.<br /><br />I'm fine to retweet to your heart's content. What bothered me is some of the tweets from CM (ie from us). Since the twitter feed got taken down, it's hard Rosencrantz Andor Guildensternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05095512139776536635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-91168806101132045232013-01-31T04:19:54.077-05:002013-01-31T04:19:54.077-05:00I don't like the whole phenomenon, but reposti...I don't like the whole phenomenon, but reposting without disguising the photos and names seems petty, and I'm definitely against it - can't we take the higher ground on that at least?Grumpy Academichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02896982515031823267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-37971813547064893622013-01-31T03:03:23.559-05:002013-01-31T03:03:23.559-05:00While Twitter is indeed a public forum--far more s...While Twitter is indeed a public forum--far more so than Facebook, despite privacy settings that are about as solid as Swiss cheese--I see Cassandra's point about making those tweets more lasting by reposting them as-is. So I think Atua's right to suggest that we blur usernames and even photos in future posts. <br /><br />But I love me some CM Tweet harvests. It certainly does point out Edna Expathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11438002061912782295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-45961540953881932142013-01-31T01:04:17.619-05:002013-01-31T01:04:17.619-05:00I often send in facebook posts from my facebook &q...I often send in facebook posts from my facebook "friends." I just copy and paste them without names/pictures into a document that I ask CM to post. I also made sure that you can't google their status to find out who they are. I think what they post is funny and sometimes sad, but I want to protect their identity and I want to protect my own identity too. So, maybe just do the same. Atuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01992855669490446093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-15373288540544247262013-01-31T00:40:43.325-05:002013-01-31T00:40:43.325-05:00If we can't kick the idiots, then what IS the ...If we can't kick the idiots, then what IS the point of this enterprise? Our enemy is Stupidity, and Twitter is its stronghold. We must take it with Logic and good snappy prose.Strelnikovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12660962615198939441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-36055829650443940272013-01-31T00:11:59.538-05:002013-01-31T00:11:59.538-05:00I thought the CM twitter feed was awesome. There ...I thought the CM twitter feed was awesome. There were some hilarious things posted by Terry. I myself don't see the harm in what Terry was up to with the CM feed, as it is a totally public forum, and if you're going to put out statements under your own name that are worth mocking, prepare to be mocked, or as my favourite student uni paper used to always state "if you can't takeProf Poopieheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997969128824319914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-43370831491988139542013-01-31T00:05:48.114-05:002013-01-31T00:05:48.114-05:00Glenn, are you seriously talking about Twitter? I...Glenn, are you seriously talking about Twitter? It is a totally public and open site. If you tweet, you tweet to EVERYBODY, not to a private group of friends and families. Stick to Facebook with decent privacy settings if you want your social media entries to remain private to an extent of your choosing. You're embarrassing yourself on failing to understand that Twitter is, ultimately, a Prof Poopieheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997969128824319914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-86969288885039054802013-01-30T23:48:39.232-05:002013-01-30T23:48:39.232-05:00Or even have the time to proofread my post, appare...Or even have the time to proofread my post, apparently.<br /><br />I should add that I didn't see the tweets that we mocked. You can make a case that beyond a certain level of stupidity, anything is fair game.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-85384773189901895282013-01-30T23:31:24.421-05:002013-01-30T23:31:24.421-05:00This is complicated due in part to issues of priva...This is complicated due in part to issues of privacy (ours and the students'), what this blog is all about and I'm not entirely sure how Twitter works.<br /><br />It's fun to find stupid students and mock them anywhere - here, Twitter, the bar, faculty meeting... However, I don't necessarily like berating individual students. We can't do that on the blog because it would Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-59761027157463486282013-01-30T23:23:52.491-05:002013-01-30T23:23:52.491-05:00I also meant to say in the second-to-last paragrap...I also meant to say in the second-to-last paragraph above that I realize other people would draw the line in other places, and I'm comfortable with that. I hold myself responsible for what I post under my own pseudonym here, but not for what others post here, or elsewhere under the CM name. In a group blog with room for 100 authors, it's highly unlikely that each author is going to agreeContingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-58070122350415532132013-01-30T23:15:53.872-05:002013-01-30T23:15:53.872-05:00I haven't been following the twitter feed (sor...I haven't been following the twitter feed (sorry, Terry), but I did wonder, when the first CM post composed of "sexy professor" tweets appeared, whether reposting stupid student tweets on the blog is quite fair to the authors, since, at least as I (quite possibly inaccurately) understand it, tweets are somewhat ephemeral, if only by their sheer volume, and because they can, in fact,Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-29035512137961399882013-01-30T23:14:49.329-05:002013-01-30T23:14:49.329-05:00I'm sort of stunned at this actually. Terry ra...I'm sort of stunned at this actually. Terry ran this blog for a while, as most of you know, and has written some brilliant pieces for it.<br /><br />Working on the blog in any fashion is a pretty decent sacrifice of time, and I'm grateful he did it. I nabbed some of the old tweets from Leslie, and yeah, he mocked the students, but these are ridiculously stupid students, saying the kinds Compound Calicohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00059155949950433688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-89893865795740804982013-01-30T23:08:58.414-05:002013-01-30T23:08:58.414-05:00You are exploiting the private entries of young me...You are exploiting the private entries of young men and woman for your sport and pleasure. You're embarrassing yourself and your whole group.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-1225853385697268442013-01-30T23:07:16.979-05:002013-01-30T23:07:16.979-05:00Goddam Nice Police. This is why we can't have ...Goddam Nice Police. This is why we can't have mean things.WhatLadderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11603489349164511704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-85344369393724602092013-01-30T23:06:52.164-05:002013-01-30T23:06:52.164-05:00I truly don't want to piss on anyone's par...I truly don't want to piss on anyone's party, but who can be upset that the Tweeter guy retweeted idiotic things students said under their own Tweeter user names? It's not a private forum over there, right? <br /><br />And if you didn't like it, how is the fact that it's "our" Twitter feed reflect anything on our pseudonymous selves?<br /><br />Jesus Murphy choking Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com