Posts Tagged ‘Twitter’
Sunday, November 17th, 2024
If you long to avoid Twitter’s knaves,
Its competitor, Bluesky, gets raves!
Countless sane folks have fled
Elon’s X and instead
Have joined Bluesky — now one of my faves.
Tags: Bluesky, Computer Limerick, Elon Musk, Elon Musk Humor, Social Media, Social Media Limerick, Technology Humor, Technology Limerick, Twitter
Posted in Computer Humor, Limericks, Social Media Humor, Technology Humor, Twitter Humor | No Comments »
Tuesday, April 2nd, 2024
International Fact-Checking Day
Is today, which reminds me to say:
Always check what you read
On each media feed,
Cuz false info is rampant. Oy Vey!
Tags: April Holidays, Disinformation, Facebook, Fact-Checking Day, Fake News, International Fact-Checking Day, Misinformation, Odd Holidays, Social Media, Twitter, X
Posted in Limericks, Media Humor, News Humor, Social Media Humor | Comments Off on Happy “International Fact-Checking Day”
Friday, December 16th, 2022
Musk famously praises free speech.
Yet he’s guilty of breach after breach,
Like his journo suspensions
For negative mentions.
Time to practice, dear Musk, what you preach!
Tags: Elon Musk, Elon Musk Humor, Musk, Social Media, Social Media Humor, Technology Humor, Technology Limerick, Tweet Humor, Twitter, Twitter Humor, Twitter Limerick, Twitter Verse
Posted in Computer Humor, Limericks, Media Humor, Social Media Humor, Technology Humor, Twitter Humor | Comments Off on Limerick Ode To Elon “I Love Free Speech” Musk
Friday, November 18th, 2022
Elon won’t miss me;
he doesn’t know I exist.
Yet mock Musk, I must.
*****
Twitter refugee
with one toe still a-tweeting.
I can’t look away.
Tags: Elon Musk, Haiku & Senryu, Mastodon, Twitter, Twitter Haiku, Twitter Verse
Posted in Mastodon, Social Media Humor, Twitter Humor | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, November 16th, 2022
Twitter appears to be on the verge of collapse. And the most suitable replacement is Mastodon, which I joined a week ago.
I’m still getting to know the neighborhood, but so far, so good. (Right now I’m still on Twitter and toggling between the two social media sites.) Here’s where to find me on Mastodon.
And now, the requisite limerick:
I am NOT quitting Twitter, just yet,
But as owners go, Musk is all wet:
He’s destroying the place!
Should we join (just in case)
A Mastodon server? You bet!
Tags: Mastodon, Social Media, Twitter
Posted in Limericks, Social Media Humor, Twitter Humor | Comments Off on Mad About Mastodon (Limerick)
Monday, November 7th, 2022
Dear Elon, I’m very impressed!
As blunders go, yours are the best!
I’d assumed you were smart,
But you’ve mastered the art
Of destroying your pricey, new nest.
Primo content providers are pissed.
Key staff has been rashly dismissed.
Twitter ad-buyers flee,
While ignoring your plea.
Your mistakes are too many to list!
Tags: Elon Musk, Elon Musk Humor, Media Humor, Social Media, Technology Humor, Technology Limerick, Tweet Humor, Twitter, Twitter Humor, Twitter Verse
Posted in Computer Humor, Limericks, Media Humor, Social Media Humor, Technology Humor, Twitter Humor | Comments Off on Limerick Ode To Elon Musk (2-Verse)
Sunday, April 9th, 2017
Oy! The contortions I had to go through to fit a meta-limerick about NPR’s poetry-tweet contest into a tweet!
I HATE the 140-character (including hashtag) limit! GRRR!
This limerick looked perfectly normal before I was forced to alter it to fit into a tweet: (It even had proper punctuation, spelling, and spacing.)
I’ve poetry news:Tweet ur verse
4 NPR glory;No purse
So dont curse.Just compoz
Ur poems,not proz
&remember that TwitterMeansTERSE
#NPRPoetry
Tags: Limericks, NPR, NPRPoetry, Poetry Contest, Poetry Month, Social Media, Tweets, Twitter
Posted in Contests, Limericks, Poetry & Prompts, Poetry Contest, Social Satire, Twitter Humor | Comments Off on Fitting A Limerick On Twitter Ain’t Easy!
Friday, December 19th, 2014
Tweet Marvels (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
I marvel @ poets who fit
A lim’rick on tweets. It takes grit
& patience & toil
2 manage 2 boil
Lim’ricks down so u read what I’ve writ.
Note: The 140 character per tweet limit on Twitter is a tough taskmaster; It was all I could do to fit the five lines in a tweet, even after changing “@” to “at,” “and” to “&,” “to” to “2,” and “you” to “u.”
And even then, there was no room for my title, byline, post URL, or this hashtagged indication of what prompt inspired me: #5prompt (marvel.)
Tags: Limericks, Social Media, Tweet Humor, Tweets, Twitter, Twitter Humor, Writing & Publishing Humor
Posted in Limericks, Social Media Humor, Twitter Humor, Writing & Publishing Humor | Comments Off on Tweet Marvels (Limerick)
Saturday, March 5th, 2011
I’ve just discovered a new search engine that, believe it or not, does stuff that Google can’t do. It’s the newly launched Greplin, and you can read all about its young founder Daniel Gross here.
So what’s the big deal about Greplin? It indexes and lets you search stuff that’s stored up in the “cloud.” Things like your Facebook posts, Twitter tweets, G-mail, Google Docs, LinkedIn posts, business applications I’m unfamiliar with, etc.
Let’s take its Facebook interface, for instance. Just put a key word or phrase into its search box and up pops a list of your posts (and your friends’ posts) using that word or phrase. I’m finding it so handy, I even wrote this haiku:
Forecast Not Cloudy
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Greplin’s great engine
is searching what Google can’t,
and I’m on cloud nine.
Tags: Cloud Computing, Computer Software, Daniel Gross, Facebook, Gmail, Google, Greplin, Internet Humor, Linked-In, Search Engines, Technology Review, Twitter, Web Humor
Posted in Business Humor, Computer Humor, Facebook Humor, Haiku & Senryu, Internet Humor, Search Engine Tools, Social Media Humor, Technology Humor, Twitter Humor | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
Are you suffering from Facebook friend envy? Do you have a few hundred spare bucks lying around? Then uSocial, an Australian marketing company, is eager to help you buy thousands of “targeted” Facebook friends and fans and Twitter followers.
Are you as creeped out about this as I am?
The Price Of Facebook Friendship (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Feeling lonesome? Don’t have enough friends?
You can try out this latest of trends:
Buy pals by the litter
At Facebook and Twitter.
Pay cash and your loneliness ends.
Tags: Facebook, Friendship, Money, Social Marketing, Twitter, uSocial
Posted in Facebook Humor, Friendship Humor, Internet Humor, Limericks, Marketing Humor, Money & Finance Humor, Technology Humor, Twitter Humor | 8 Comments »
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009
Aim for brilliant
In just one-forty characters.
Settle for inane.
Tags: Creativity, Microblogging, Twitter
Posted in Communication Humor, Computer Humor, Haiku & Senryu, Internet Humor, Mental Health Humor, Technology Humor, Twitter Humor, Writing & Publishing Humor | Comments Off on My Twitter Motto (Haiku)
Friday, October 10th, 2008
I sure hope many of you use (or at least are familiar with) Twitter. Because Twitter is today’s limerick and haiku topic. First, my limerick:
Twitter Jitters
By Madeleine Begun Kane
I really don’t mean to sound bitter,
But it’s hard to fit humor on Twitter.
Posting tweets so damn short
Is a challenging sport,
Cuz there’s no time for laughs — just a titter.
And now my Twitter haiku (senryu):
My tweets on Twitter:
Memories, links, mutterings.
Fragments of a life.
As you might have guessed, I use Twitter. If you’d like to, you can follow my Twitter Tweets here.
But now, of course, it’s your turn. Your assignment, should you choose to accept it, is to write some verse about Twitter. When you’ve posted your poem(s), please return here and add a direct link to your themed poetry, using Mr. Linky.
Limerick and Haiku Prompts Participants
UPDATE: Mr. Linky is now closed, but you can still add links to your verse about Twitter in the Comments. And if you’d like to participate in a new poetry prompt, you can always find my latest one here.
Tags: Creativity, Internet Verse, Microblogging, Prompts, Tweets, Twitter
Posted in Communication Humor, Computer Humor, Haiku & Senryu, Internet Humor, Limerick & Haiku Prompts, Mobile Web, Poetry & Prompts, Technology Humor, Twitter Humor, Writing & Publishing Humor | 8 Comments »
