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Toby
21-09-2015, 03:10 PM
Rather than sit back and wait for somebody to take it on, I thought I may as well see what interest there is in making a 'Third Half' Twitter account in attempts to raise the profile of the board and possibly get some new members.

The suggestion was to take some of the best posts and conversations from football threads and post them on Twitter. We do occasionally have interesting insights on here that are well put forward and may be appreciated by a wider audience. If it were to draw in a few new members every now and then it would help to keep the board sustainable.

But maybe we're happy with our lot and new mongs from Twitter can do one?

Anyway, say here if you'd be willing to help curate some posts and update a Twitter feed a few times a day (or probably less often depending on activity here).

Pepe
21-09-2015, 03:12 PM
I think it is a good idea but I shall not be contributing.

Now that I think of it, some of those Paint Moments should attract attention. New members. :drool:

Magic
21-09-2015, 03:13 PM
What a great idea! Can't believe nobody else has thought of this to be honest.

phonics
21-09-2015, 03:14 PM
If you can fit a decent post from here, put it up without context and include a link in 140 characters than you're a miracle worker.

I applaud the idea but in no way will help :)

Boydy
21-09-2015, 03:14 PM
Just give it to Wullie and let him run it.

Pepe
21-09-2015, 03:14 PM
What would we do without Toby?

Baz
21-09-2015, 03:14 PM
I highly recommend using Tweet Deck (https://tweetdeck.twitter.com/) to help with this.

You can pre-load a load of tweets and schedule them to autotweet at any given time on any given day. It really is a great service. And completely free.

There's probably also a way to automate content directly from the forum, but it probably wouldn't be as slick as people actually doing it to make sure the character count isn't breached, and no fluff gets tweeted.

Pepe
21-09-2015, 03:14 PM
Just give it to Wullie and let him run it.

That would have worked great a few years ago when he was funny.

Toby
21-09-2015, 03:16 PM
If you can fit a decent post from here, put it up without context and include a link in 140 characters than you're a miracle worker.

I applaud the idea but in no way will help :)

I'm not suggesting we share full posts, more, "Is Gary Cahill as bad as @Wafflolz thinks? #cfc #bplsbb #fitbafitbafitba".

7om
21-09-2015, 03:18 PM
Give it to Sincere and let him use it for tick ting compilations.

leedsrevolution
21-09-2015, 03:19 PM
How did Nick get Football Manager Now so active in such a short period of time? Can't someone ask him as we're not going to be directly stealing members from his area.

igor_balis
21-09-2015, 03:20 PM
Is it that active? Whenever i've looked it has always just seemed like Kiz and Dale chatting to each other.

Boydy
21-09-2015, 03:20 PM
That would have worked great a few years ago when he was funny.

We could give it to you since you never post anything longer than 140 characters.

Sam
21-09-2015, 03:20 PM
Give it to Sincere and let him use it for tick ting compilations.

Certified membership increase, either that or a million Taz clones will appear.

leedsrevolution
21-09-2015, 03:20 PM
Is it that active? Whenever i've looked it has always just seemed like Kiz and Dale chatting to each other.

Oh, I'm not sure. I don't really go on it just assumed it had been a success.

Baz
21-09-2015, 03:22 PM
What "handle" would you suggest, Toby? Lots are taken, obviously.

Best I could find available was tth_third_half or tth_thirdhalf, although the latter isn't confirmed as available because namecheckr stopped working.

http://i.imgur.com/klD2tCh.png

phonics
21-09-2015, 03:24 PM
We could give it to you since you never post anything longer than 140 characters.

https://33.media.tumblr.com/0df6c43441dfb1cbb9674645218463b0/tumblr_msj457AyCh1qc6pwyo1_r1_400.gif

Ooh kill 'em.

phonics
21-09-2015, 03:27 PM
ThirdHalfDotOrg

:drool:

Pepe
21-09-2015, 03:27 PM
We could give it to you since you never post anything longer than 140 characters.

http://img.pandawhale.com/post-52661-walking-dead-tyreese-wtf-face-NxQ7.gif

I don't do twatter.

SvN
21-09-2015, 03:28 PM
thethirdhalf_ml

Reg
21-09-2015, 03:29 PM
It's a good idea. "A few times a day" would be too much, I think, if you're purely using football posts. I'd recommend some posts occasionally if that helps. We do have some interesting football observations going on.


I think it is a good idea but I shall not be contributing.

This is really good for some reason. :D

Pepe
21-09-2015, 03:33 PM
I'm sensing a negative vibe towards me here.

Toby
21-09-2015, 03:36 PM
God damn it. Look at the state of the fat fuck who stole the @TheThirdHalf handle: https://twitter.com/thethirdhalf

"Opinionated fat bastard who loves to opine..."

This one (https://twitter.com/thethirdhalf_) has never posted. They should really have a mechanism to request it gets shut down and the name made available.

@ThirdHalfTTH or @ThirdHalfFootball would be my preferences.

7om
21-09-2015, 03:39 PM
@TickTingHeaven

Reg
21-09-2015, 03:43 PM
I'm sensing a negative vibe towards me here.
Nah, it was just funny.


@ThirdHalfTTH or @ThirdHalfFootball would be my preferences.
Second sounds good.

We might need more new football threads than two a week...

Pepe
21-09-2015, 03:46 PM
Lets buy it off that fat bastard. We have members in Jacksonville who can go smash his head in if he doesn't comply.

Jeet
21-09-2015, 03:48 PM
Will be shit, just like the Steam group

Toby
21-09-2015, 04:23 PM
phonics any chance of getting that logo adapted to 400x400 for the profile picture? Or even just as it goes so I can adapt it. It doesn't let me copy it from here.

Header (1500x500) will be solid blue unless somebody wants to design something better.

phonics
21-09-2015, 04:47 PM
Ask Benny, he made it.

Toby
21-09-2015, 04:51 PM
Bennyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

Mike
21-09-2015, 05:04 PM
The RLLMUK Twitter tweets out links to posts that get a high level of positive rep. Might be worth looking at.

Pen
21-09-2015, 05:11 PM
I read it wrong at first and thought you were on about your avatar, and thought to myself why are you making it so easy for Lewis.

Toby as apparently I didn't quote you

Benny
21-09-2015, 06:14 PM
Bennyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

Check your email, bro.

Disco
21-09-2015, 06:21 PM
Good idea, we're not getting new members from anywhere else.

Demerit
21-09-2015, 07:14 PM
Good idea, and if people think 'a few times a day' is too much, then they clearly don't understand social media.

Toby
21-09-2015, 07:17 PM
Cheers Benny.

I was planning to go with @ThirdHalfFootball but turns out that's two characters over limit, so ThirdHalfTTH it is.

Toby
21-09-2015, 07:17 PM
Good idea, and if people think 'a few times a day' is too much, then they clearly don't understand social media.

I think Reg probably meant that was too ambitious rather than too much for whoever followers.

Demerit
21-09-2015, 07:23 PM
Toby if I were you I'd set it up with a TTH email account. Otherwise any of your email/other social media contact will have it appear on the 'Do you know this person?' links.

And they may work out who you are, just in case you have GS insecurities.

Toby
21-09-2015, 07:31 PM
Yeah I will be, in case anybody else offers to help that'll make it easier to share details.

Magic
21-09-2015, 07:37 PM
Toby if I were you I'd set it up with a TTH email account. Otherwise any of your email/other social media contact will have it appear on the 'Do you know this person?' links.

And they may work out who you are, just in case you have GS insecurities.

What? Is that true? Oh...oh my God. Oh God!

Boydy
21-09-2015, 07:39 PM
:lol:

phonics
21-09-2015, 07:58 PM
So Magic is the one commenting on PornHub.

Magic
21-09-2015, 07:59 PM
What? :D

No. And I've also now changed my Twitter account to a weird alias e-mail I created for purposes I shall never disclose.

Offshore Toon
21-09-2015, 08:00 PM
This is a good idea and it'll be interesting to see what kind of Twitter football bellends turn up. Saint can don them silly. :drool:

Benny
21-09-2015, 08:00 PM
Magic, you gimp.

:happycry:

7om
21-09-2015, 08:03 PM
I can't wait for Toby and Magic to go all this effort to attract a few stragglers and when they do finally make their way over here they'll be jumped on and ravaged instantly. Especially since we just moved any new usernames are just greeted with 'who the fuck are you cunt?'

Disco
21-09-2015, 08:10 PM
As it was before so shall it be again.

Giggles
21-09-2015, 08:18 PM
15 guests viewing at the moment. Who needs twitter?

Boydy
21-09-2015, 08:31 PM
What? :D

No. And I've also now changed my Twitter account to a weird alias e-mail I created for purposes I shall never disclose.

ashleymadison.com ?

Andy
21-09-2015, 08:47 PM
Once we branch into Twitter were well on our way to winning the Internet.

Magic
21-09-2015, 08:49 PM
742 people have seen my tweets today, if we don't get at least one sign up we may as well shut it all down.

Boydy
21-09-2015, 08:51 PM
How do you know that?

Magic
21-09-2015, 08:52 PM
Twitter analytics. I'm targeting the homosexual community now.

Toby
21-09-2015, 08:57 PM
https://twitter.com/ThirdHalfTTH

Reg or Pleb get a Midweek Fixtures thread up so I actually have something to tweet about. :moop:

Magic
21-09-2015, 08:59 PM
I can't imagine anything more boring than a Twitter account run by Heid. Fuck sake just post a picture of your napper with the link at the bottom, that'll get a thousand retweets.

Toby
21-09-2015, 09:01 PM
I can imagine one thing at least: https://twitter.com/Magic_at_TTH

Reg
21-09-2015, 09:04 PM
Can get one up tomorrow if Pleb/anyone else hasn't done.

Giggles
21-09-2015, 09:04 PM
Twitter wars :drool:

Benny
21-09-2015, 09:05 PM
Two Twitter accounts, two followers.

http://i.imgur.com/0vK5oWG.gif

7om
21-09-2015, 09:05 PM
Link Magic's 'Smilies IRL' thread. It'll get a few followers / mental health professionals interested in the place at least.

Yevrah
21-09-2015, 09:06 PM
I can imagine one thing at least: https://twitter.com/Magic_at_TTH

My third genuine proper lol tonight, with this I think finishing me off.

http://i60.tinypic.com/1fbfki.jpg

It's a quite beautiful summation of the banal nature of twitter and its 140 characters.

leedsrevolution
21-09-2015, 09:06 PM
Two Twitter accounts, two followers.

http://i.imgur.com/0vK5oWG.gif

And it's the same person :D

Toby
21-09-2015, 09:07 PM
Two Twitter accounts, two followers.

http://i.imgur.com/0vK5oWG.gif

One follower, it's Baz on each. But then I've literally done nothing but set it up so far. There's nothing worth posting about because there are no active football threads.

Reg
21-09-2015, 09:08 PM
Scrap that, I can make one now. This isn't a permanent return, I have less time now and my Jebus they got boring.

Magic
21-09-2015, 09:08 PM
I've just followed a shit load of fucking loser cunts and not one of them has followed me back. Absolute arseholes.

Giggles
21-09-2015, 09:10 PM
Jesus Christ that's class. Dead Syrians and Time Sherwood in 140 characters.

Magic
21-09-2015, 09:10 PM
Fuck sake they're all underage Blackpool fans. :D

Thanks for the recommendations, Twitter. :sick:

Lewis
21-09-2015, 09:13 PM
Fritz looks like how Baz imagines he looks.

7om
21-09-2015, 09:13 PM
The Turkish themed tweet was beautiful.

Blitz
21-09-2015, 09:16 PM
It's a terrific profile pic isn't it Lewis? :D

Lewis
21-09-2015, 09:21 PM
Do you remember that time I got you to translate 'James Graham has man breasts' into Akrikaans over MSN? I should say it didn't refer to the James Graham. It was just some pleb I knew who used to get all the whatever banter was called in 2007. I think he lives in China now.

Pleb
21-09-2015, 09:22 PM
The Guardian following us :D

Yevrah
21-09-2015, 09:26 PM
The Guardian following us :D

As someone who knows nothing about Twitter, does that mean what it suggests and if so, why would they have done that? A reciprocal thing?

Toby
21-09-2015, 09:27 PM
Pleb can't read, he must have looked at who I followed.

Magic
21-09-2015, 09:27 PM
Bosko Babalan has just tweeted me? :D

Pepe
21-09-2015, 09:27 PM
Pleb :D

Pleb
21-09-2015, 09:28 PM
I'm not great with Twitter so ignore me.

Pepe
21-09-2015, 09:28 PM
Bosko Babalan has just tweeted me? :D

That's it, we've made it.

Danny
21-09-2015, 09:28 PM
God damn it. Look at the state of the fat fuck who stole the @TheThirdHalf handle: https://twitter.com/thethirdhalf

"Opinionated fat bastard who loves to opine..."

This one (https://twitter.com/thethirdhalf_) has never posted. They should really have a mechanism to request it gets shut down and the name made available.

@ThirdHalfTTH or @ThirdHalfFootball would be my preferences.


Lets buy it off that fat bastard. We have members in Jacksonville who can go smash his head in if he doesn't comply.

I hope Kiko brought the keys to the van.

Blitz
21-09-2015, 09:30 PM
Hahaha, nope, not really... Did you use it against him though? I only remember us briefly talking about history, and you getting your first warning and laughing it off. I also vaguely remember talking about a res I was bound to join the next year at uni...

EDIT: Lewis

Giggles
21-09-2015, 09:31 PM
Bosko Babalan has just tweeted me? :D

What did it say?

Lewis
21-09-2015, 09:31 PM
I had it as my MSN subtitle for months. He was seething when he worked it out.

MSN dead, TTH gone... Shit.

Magic
21-09-2015, 09:33 PM
Retweet it Toby. I can't paste from mobile.

Pepe
21-09-2015, 09:37 PM
:harold:

Time to troll him hard.

Magic
21-09-2015, 09:37 PM
Fucking hell traffic is going to bring us down shortly.

Giggles
21-09-2015, 09:37 PM
I have no words.

Was that Balaban? :D

leedsrevolution
21-09-2015, 09:39 PM
Have we ever made them rumours. I'm confused but delighted. Please someone enlighten me.

Giggles
21-09-2015, 09:42 PM
Have we ever made them rumours. I'm confused but delighted. Please someone enlighten me.

Maybe someone signed him in the FM thread and he's taken it up all wrong.

Blitz
21-09-2015, 09:43 PM
I had it as my MSN subtitle for months. He was seething when he worked it out.

MSN dead, TTH gone... Shit.

Great success! I never used MSN, so I don't know the loss.

I'm open for new translation requests.

Giggles
21-09-2015, 09:45 PM
Who is blitz meant to be?

Lewis
21-09-2015, 09:46 PM
Since we go way back, if I ever go to South Africa can I stay in your whites-only gated community?

ScousePig
21-09-2015, 09:46 PM
Just make sure you're tweeting at the right time i.e. when the football is on and using the correct hashtags so people will see that #tth thinks #lfc are shite and #deludedbrendan has to go.

Trust me, I have about 600 followers so I know about these things.

Blitz
21-09-2015, 09:50 PM
More than welcome. We do have some homeless people roaming close by, though.

Demerit
21-09-2015, 09:50 PM
Someone give ScousePig the keys to the tweets

Giggles
21-09-2015, 09:52 PM
Get a tie-in with RAWK Meltdown.

leedsrevolution
21-09-2015, 09:52 PM
What the fuck is Bosko on about.

phonics
21-09-2015, 09:53 PM
646054032793042944


[ tweet ] number on end of tweet [/tweet ]

fyi

Blitz
21-09-2015, 09:56 PM
Who is blitz meant to be?

Use to be the_old_lady. My posting stopped circa 2008. Was a serial lurker all the way through though. I figured new forum, might as well get try get involved more this time.

Demerit
21-09-2015, 09:56 PM
That's not actually Bosko Balaban :happycry:

Magic
21-09-2015, 09:57 PM
Fuck off Dem stealing my thunder.

Pepe
21-09-2015, 09:59 PM
Others won't know. This is our chance to make our big.

leedsrevolution
21-09-2015, 09:59 PM
It's probably mokbull or some shithead like that.

Toby
21-09-2015, 10:21 PM
That's not actually Bosko Balaban :happycry:

I wasn't going to be the one to spoil the moment for once but yeah, come on lads.

7om
22-09-2015, 12:26 AM
You're donning it with that twitter account, Magic. Keep going.

Lewis
22-09-2015, 12:29 AM
Who is Richard Evans, and why is his account so tragic?

Weaver
22-09-2015, 07:26 AM
Magic @ TTH Magic_at_TTH
#Muslim or #Christian, #Jew or #Athiest our thethirdhalf.co.uk has no discrimination.
#JehovahWitnesses can fuck off, though.

Crikey :D

Sam
22-09-2015, 07:42 AM
Crikey :D

Magic leading this ship, nothing can wrong.

Magic
22-09-2015, 03:39 PM
Fuck sake, nothing. Not a follow back, not a reply, not a retweet or even a favourite. Nothing.

Magic
22-09-2015, 03:40 PM
Maybe I should start posting betting stats or pretend I'm Diljeet. Twitter would go wild.

phonics
22-09-2015, 03:52 PM
You seem to have misunderstood the basic concepts of how Twitter works and what people use it for.

Magic
22-09-2015, 03:53 PM
Being trolled and then asked to sign up to a Malian message board surely?

Magic
22-09-2015, 04:10 PM
Aha yes, a fucking favourite! Fucking fuck you Enty!

Also I've had 7 link clicks according to Twitter Analytics. :drool:

Giggles
22-09-2015, 04:29 PM
The internet has evolved into such a thibg that you never ever click links. Those 7 are idiots.

7om
22-09-2015, 04:42 PM
Especially ones with a bloody .co.uk domain.

SvN
22-09-2015, 04:47 PM
www.thethirdhalf.co.uk is a bit friendlier

Giggles
22-09-2015, 04:47 PM
Ah I didn't realise we had that as a re-direct. Why is that not the main address then? I don't fully understand hosting and such things.

The Merse
22-09-2015, 04:49 PM
Broadcasting this place will only end badly. New blood is great but I kinda think it's best that they happen upon the place.

Of course, without the likes of FM content why the fuck would they? Nonetheless, indiscrimate advertising isn't the way to go about things surely?

Maybe just have nicks forum link to hear for off-topic conversation?

There much going on over there?

Baz
22-09-2015, 05:18 PM
Bosko Balaban is igor_balis.

Lewis
22-09-2015, 05:28 PM
Why don't we all just get our best friend to sign up? Obviously Magic can sit it out so she doesn't divorce him, but the rest of us must know some right legends.

Giggles
22-09-2015, 05:36 PM
My best mate and GS would set the peace process back 20 years

Spoonsky
23-09-2015, 01:46 AM
Why don't we all just get our best friend to sign up? Obviously Magic can sit it out so she doesn't divorce him, but the rest of us must know some right legends.

I had the exact same thought yesterday. We could have them all keep quiet about who their actual friend was, leaving us to guess... it was at this point that I thought it might not be a great plan. I'll get the URL all over Haxball instead, there's got to be some decent people there.

For a twitter feed you could do a lot worse than just using the pictures from the MS Paint thread.

Mike
23-09-2015, 04:08 PM
Did we get a proper twitter set up? If not I'm happy to do it. Maybe a few people could have the login and post links to popular stuff.

Pleb
23-09-2015, 04:09 PM
Magic's twitter account has gone silent all of the sudden :sherlock:

Demerit
23-09-2015, 04:13 PM
Did we get a proper twitter set up? If not I'm happy to do it. Maybe a few people could have the login and post links to popular stuff.

Toby set one up

Mike
23-09-2015, 04:14 PM
Ah cool :D

Magic
23-09-2015, 04:22 PM
Fucking hell it's desolate. I can't get anyone to follow me back even after following a bunch of 'follow back' cunts.

phonics
23-09-2015, 04:26 PM
Magic, although I admire the sentiment, what is the end goal here? To get some absolute knobends in here to make you seem more normal?

Sir Andy Mahowry
23-09-2015, 04:27 PM
Try and find some promo accounts you can follow with shit loads of members who will retweet you.

It really isn't that hard.

Magic
23-09-2015, 04:28 PM
Just to attract new members. There is absolutely nothing that will if we aren't pro-active about it. So what if they are knobheads? But we might find the next Oimoi knocking about on some dodgy Twitter account.

Magic
23-09-2015, 04:28 PM
Try and find some promo accounts you can follow with shit loads of members who will retweet you.

It really isn't that hard.

You fucking do it then. You seem to be quite excellent at attracting the attention of fucking freaks.

Andy
23-09-2015, 04:36 PM
Maybe we could get a website knocked up with a few articles, match reports, posts of the week etc, that would help get a few members and give you something to spam Twitter with.

randomlegend
23-09-2015, 04:38 PM
For a twitter feed you could do a lot worse than just using the pictures from the MS Paint thread.

Perhaps avoid any of Al0n's. Remember the seethe on that other forum over his Foe one? :D

igor_balis
23-09-2015, 05:47 PM
When's Bosko coming?

P_3
23-09-2015, 05:54 PM
Whenever we get an activity like TTH Werewolf, we can stick that on Twitter. Stuff like weekly FPL standings too.

Sir Andy Mahowry
23-09-2015, 05:58 PM
'Mahow absolutely pissed it this week scoring a whopping 82 points'

:drool:

phonics
23-09-2015, 06:00 PM
Tobe's twitter feed is quite good, fair play.

Boydy
23-09-2015, 06:01 PM
What is it?

phonics
23-09-2015, 06:04 PM
@ThirdHalfTTH

What you need is what Baz mentioned, a shared tweetdeck password where users can time their tweets so it doesn't die every time someone goes offline.

igor_balis
23-09-2015, 07:53 PM
Can't you two just do loads of those windup tweets where you put a picture of a war criminal and ask donald trump to retweet it cus it's your dad and he's a big fan or something?

Toby
23-09-2015, 08:03 PM
Mike I've sent you a PM with login details. Will get Tweetdeck set up eventually but haven't got around to it yet.

Magic
11-11-2015, 04:12 PM
Wolf from Gladiators has just followed me. And judging by the amount of followers it's the real account. :cool:

And when I say me I mean my TTH account.

phonics
11-11-2015, 05:06 PM
You thought this;

http://i.imgur.com/tA69BVa.png

was Wolf from Gladiators?

Magic
11-11-2015, 05:07 PM
Why wouldn't I?

Giggles
11-11-2015, 05:58 PM
Did you read the tweets?

Magic
11-11-2015, 06:00 PM
No why would I? Wolf is a wacky sort of guy anyway.

Boydy
11-11-2015, 06:34 PM
Are you still tweeting with that account?

Magic
11-11-2015, 06:49 PM
Yes. :(

leedsrevolution
11-11-2015, 06:57 PM
Is the main account still going?

leedsrevolution
11-11-2015, 06:58 PM
And magic the link you have on that account under the avatar is still the malian one :face:

Weaver
11-11-2015, 07:16 PM
@ThirdHalfTTH is dead in a ditch... Toby did mention this quite a while back, in all fairness.

Baz
11-11-2015, 08:01 PM
I'll borrow the login deets off Mike sometime and get some #hashtag filled pre-planned ones lined up to coincide with world events. My Movember ones are doing great!

Feel free to suggest something other than Christmas.

Sir Andy Mahowry
11-11-2015, 08:10 PM
You could take another one for the team and try Decembeard, Baz.

Baz
11-11-2015, 08:20 PM
It'd be a literal non-starter.

Mike
11-11-2015, 08:50 PM
I don't post as tth's Twitter because it follows a bunch of football writers. Can I unfollow them?

Toby
11-11-2015, 08:52 PM
You can do anything you like if you're willing to take it on - I got very bored very quickly.