Dear Twitter

Dear Twitter,

I’m beginning to truly dislike you. You’re always either down or out of resource.

And I need you to help me promote my blog like some people do. But you don’t show my tweets in real-time search. How’s that gonna help me, you Twit!

I haven’t been able to see my tweets in real-time search for two days now. And I’ve followed guidelines for quality-filtering.

Please fix your bugs, which you have a lot, now, if not soon.

Thanks,

Me

PS: I love you, Twitter, only when I use my personal account and do not need to do any promotions.

 

TwitChange: A Celebrity Auction

All Twits probably know this by now.

Eva Longoria is the main spokesperson for this charity auction. I don’t know if it was her bright idea but it certainly is a good idea for both the cause, the celebrity and the fan.

The Cause:

Proceeds of the auction will help build homes for special children in Haiti.

The Fundraiser:

Fans, like me, get to bid on celebrities they follow on Twitter and get a chance to win any one or all of the following (depending on the celebrity, I guess):

• A follow
• A mention in a special tweet
• A retweet

In my humble opinion/suggestion, if the amount of dollars bid on a certain celebrity is $100 USD or more, that celebrity should do all three. Die-hard fans would do just about anything to get closer to their favorite celebrities. $100 USD is definitely not something easy to shell out for a lot of people, especially if they’re outside the US where the US currency is relatively stronger than their own currency. And for some people, $100 USD is just too much for a retweet, a mention, or a follow. 

Anyway, that’s just a thought.

Good thing some celebrities like Jay Manuel, Channing Tatum and Michelle Branch are adding more value by offering to do more than the three things mentioned above. I think Jay Manuel offered to personally call up the winner and give fashion advice on top of the Twitter thing. Channing Tatum is giving away an autographed GI Joe Action figure and Michelle Branch is doing something that involves a song.

I wish other celebrities would do the same, especially the ones who will be fetching thousands of dollars (hi Justin Bieber, Ian Somerhalder, Demi Lovato and Kim Kardashian to name a few).

I’m not sure if the celebrities I like will be up for auction. Unfortunately, I’m not a die-hard fan of anyone. That’s probably why I don’t recognize some of the names. And that’s probably why I’ll bid for up to USD 500 only. If I bid more than that, I’ll be the one needing charity.

I might be bidding for Harry Shum Jr. and Ian Somerhalder if they’re on board.

You can check out Twitchange.com and see for yourselves which celebrities are on board the celebrity auction thing.

Auction starts in exactly 13 minutes.

Ladies and gentlemen…get ready to tweet and bid!

PNoy Declares August 25 A National Day of Mourning and Jackie Chan Expresses Kind Words

President Noynoy Aquino declares that today, August 25, is a National Day of Mourning for the victims of the Quirino Grandstand Hostage Taking Crisis.

“Victims” include Senior Inspector Rolando Mendoza.

As of writing, there are five survivors (somebody correct me here) out of the 25 hostages. Eight dead. The others, elderly and children, were freed.

And it was so kind of Jackie Chan to be so kind about the whole thing. I think I’m becoming a fan just because of it.

Here are some excerpts from Jackie Chan’s Twitter Account:

And by the way, here’s a good read about the whole Quirino Grandstand Tragedy. It’s entitled “Romantic Notions”.