(a TWIT looks like the chap above, we are talking about twitter)
Week twelve of The Friday Five – This week the topic is Twitter
What is it?
Simply answer the five questions below, either copy and answer on your blog linking back to here (leave the link in the comments) or just answer in the comments – up to you, no pressure and no link love required from us 
Usual disclaimer – all questions are random rubbish.
Please start your answer with your @username so we can all follow each other.
- Who is the most influential person (in your opinion) that you follow on Twitter? (Leave the @username in the comments)
- Do you follow any celebrities on Twitter, if so, who?
- Do you post your blog links in Twitter?
- Have you ever actually answered the question, What are you doing?
- Do you blog less now you Twitter?
Go ahead punks make my day!
I am expecting answers from the FMB twitterers that left their usernames this week!!:-
@rajupp, @barose, @SonnicDrummer, @john_c, @blazingminds, @papelustro, @DrRus, @lisofthenorth, @dugzor, @70steen, @crpitt, @twps, @joshscanlon, @daddyp, @olgattb, @cre8nnov8, @mystikal_maven, @getangrywithme, @yogachicky, @sylvied, @richard_barley, and of course me! @kevindixie
5 Questions for you about Twitter – http://tinyurl.com/5euw5y
1. Who is the most influential person (in your opinion) that you follow on Twitter?
Hard to say, follow a range of people for a number of reasons. Possibly @jeffpulver because he has more time to answer tweets. I unfollowed a lot of those didn’t converse much.
(Leave the @username in the comments)
2. Do you follow any celebrities on Twitter, if so, who?
Yep, Richard Branson, John Cleese and there’s one other. Stephen Fry I think. Might have unfollowed one or two of them too.
3. Do you post your blog links in Twitter?
Sometimes I do and sometimes I don’t. It depends on whether it’s adding to what I normally tweet about or whether it’s taking away from the conversation and producing noise.
4. Have you ever actually answered the question, What are you doing?
Yes, but I’ve often thought the twitter t-shirt is wrong.
5. Do you blog less now you Twitter?
I blog more, as a matter of fact. That’s because the community I am following tends to blog quite a bit due to their line of work.
From The FMB Blog The Friday Five – Twitter http://tinyurl.com/5euw5y
From The FMB Blog The Friday Five – Twitter:
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1) @leolaporte
2) @NotHenryRollins
3) I do indeed.
4) Quite often actually.
5) Actually, I think I blog more so now than before.
You can follow me @dugzor
See ya ’round!
Posting on the FuelMyBlog Blog
http://tinyurl.com/5euw5y
1. @sivers – founder of CDbaby
2. The World Famous @DaddyP
3. Certainly do, every little bit of blog promo helps
4. I just did….
5. No, I do about the same these days….
1. @BarackObama!
2. @stephenfry
3. Nope.
4. Most of the time, that’s what I tweet.
5. Oh, yes!
@Mystikal_Maven <—that’s me!
1. I’m not sure anyone really influences me on Twitter…yet.
2. No celebs…Wouldn’t even know which ones are out there. I heard Shaq has one…
3. Heck yes!
4. I think I answered it twice.
5. I actually blog more than I Twitter.
http://whenlivescollide.blogspot.com/2008/12/friday-five.html
1. It’s a toss up between @LameBush & @DaddyP
2. @SantaClaus
3. YEP!
4. Sure! Right now as a matter of fact!
5. NO…but I clean house less.
….is answering @kevindixie FMB Friday 5 Questions @ http://tinyurl.com/5euw5y
UPDATE!
I’m now following Shaq…
@THE_REAL_SHAQ
A quick five questions for those of you on twitter
http://tinyurl.com/5euw5y (and those that left a comment this week on the blog)
@kevindixie Doing it now http://tinyurl.com/5euw5y
1. Who is the most influential person (in your opinion) that you follow on Twitter?
Kevin and Sylvie
2. Do you follow any celebrities on Twitter, if so, who?
Kevin and Sylvie
3. Do you post your blog links in Twitter?
Rarely
4. Have you ever actually answered the question, What are you doing?
Many many times – at this very moment I’m sitting on the lavatory
5. Do you blog less now you Twitter?
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha – no
@Karen *kissy kissy hug hug*
@Olga *kissy kissy hug hug*
1. Hmmm for news I love the http://twitter.com/bbcnews, for funny I love a lot of the folks on here (the bra and the grump mainly, for local stuff http://twitter.com/Liverpooldotcom.
2. Stephen Fry http://twitter.com/stephenfry and Band of Horses http://twitter.com/bandofhorses.
3.Yes I post all my blog posts using twitterfeed and sometimes upload my doodles using twitpic with a link back to my blog.
4. Yep I have, quite a few times
5. Hmm depends what mood I am in
1. Who is the most influential person (in your opinion) that you follow on Twitter?
I don’t think anyone I follow on Twitter can be classed as influential. But they all have their importance.
2. Do you follow any celebrities on Twitter, if so, who?
Naw.
3. Do you post your blog links in Twitter?
Might have done once.
4. Have you ever actually answered the question, What are you doing?
I have on more than one occasion.
5. Do you blog less now you Twitter?
Not really. About the same I think.
1. @problogger
2. I was following Obama during the election
3. Yes. Every time I write a new blog post.
4. No
5. I blog more actually.
Love the Upper Class Twit of the Year piccie
1. Who is the most influential person (in your opinion) that you follow on Twitter? … non I am afraid
2. Do you follow any celebrities on Twitter, if so, who?
What there are celebs on twitter .. they must bot be main stream! I could be wrong though?
3. Do you post your blog links in Twitter?
I have done but as is 70s I am so random
4. Have you ever actually answered the question, What are you doing?
yes loads of times
5. Do you blog less now you Twitter?
I blog more … is that a bad thing??
OK here goes, from @richard_barley
1) I wouldn’t say anyone was really influential, but there are lots of people like @problogger, @paulcarr & @charlesarthur always have interesting stuff to say
2) Oh yeah, the usual… @stephenfry, @wossy, @johncleese. not many REAL ones around yet
3) yes, twitterfeed sends a tweet every time I blog. I get quite a bit of traffic that way
4) i think when i started i tended to just answer that question, but now less so. Now it’s just a box to be filled in with whatever comes to mind…
5) No i dont think so, but the tweeting does help to fill in the gaps between blog posts asthere tends to be longer between posts these days.
On the subject of Twitter, I would heartily recommend people make use of a desktop client such as Tweetdeck (or Twhirl) if you are serious about starting to use Twitter. It makes it so much easier to follow what is going on. I use TweetDeck and it really helps to be able to keep on top of the conversations you are interested in without having to keep visiting the website and refreshing the page.