David Harsanyi Quotes

The world cannot live on 140 characters alone.

I don't have an editor on Twitter. I have an editor in the paper, and so I tend to be less precise in 140 characters and sometimes I leave people confused as to my meaning. And then I make the mistake of engaging and trying to explain it, which just leads you down a rabbit hole.

Who would have thought that a means of communication limited to 140 characters would ever create misunderstanding?

Twitter was a mere prototype in 2006; now, many of us have become adept at saying all we have to say in 140 characters.

If I was on Twitter, I'd probably get in trouble pretty quickly.

I tweet from bed. I love it because it's so quick. And it's funny. But it also leaves a lot of room for error because new people don't sense the sarcasm - there's no sarcasm font.

I don't tweet. I prefer face-to-face communication and sometimes Instagram.

Sometimes I'll go on a Twitter spree and reply as much as I can. Talking to my fans is so much fun even if it is in 140 characters or less.

Twitter can be great and very bad.

I don't know if I've learned anything about people, but I've learned about Twitter.

I do use texting as a great way to communicate quickly, but I don't Twitter or anything.

For all its deranging effects, I am always grateful to Twitter for the interesting ideas it surfaces.

I've said before I think the best thing about social media is that it brings people together and the worst thing about social media is that it brings people together. You're assuming that the people following you know what type of person you are and what type of humour you have.

My debut book is a collection of personal stories and advice about communication on the Internet. More specifically, the downfall of communication because of the Internet.

Twitter is most suitable for me. In the Chinese language, 140 characters is a novella.

I think, like, Twitter is somewhat difficult sometimes, and it can be kind of negative.

I don't know what's hipper: to Facebook or to Twitter. I just know for me, personally, discretion never went out of style.

I am no technophobe. I like being able to calibrate communication, depending on the situation - texting for the simple and immediate; email for business or when I want to put some lag time into the exchange; Twitter to promote something; Facebook to draw a crowd.

On the one hand Twitter gives you the opportunity to engage with people, which is great, but on the other there are people who feel they can say whatever they want, put poison out there, really, without fear of any repercussions.

I had never considered using a hashtag anywhere other than on Twitter, but now I'm inspired. Text messages have always seemed a little flat to me, so the murmuring Greek chorus of a hashtag might be a perfect way to liven them up and give them a bit of dimension.

Twitter is so severe, you know? And it's completely for free, it's scattershot, and it's very easy to feel embarrassed. It's hard to be artful with it. It's like a ticker tape. It's not a forum that's worth mastering, you know?

My personal view about how people should use Twitter is less relevant than our goal to provide the infrastructure for a new kind of communication and then support the creativity that emerges.

The younger generation has embraced Twitter and Facebook massively, and they spend most of their time on there. So if I want to reach new fans or keep in touch with my current, I try to use Twitter and Facebook as much as possible.

We are in a world where most American citizens over the age of 12 share things with each other online.

Anonymous blog comments, vapid video pranks and lightweight mash-ups may seem trivial and harmless, but as a whole, this widespread practice of fragmentary, impersonal communication has demeaned personal interaction.