MTUG: Nerds who occasionally leave their homes
Hello there. I’d like to intorduce to you to MTUG. “MTUG? Wtf is that?” I hear you cry. It’s Manchester Twitter Users Group. I know it’s nerdy (and possibly a bit dirty – stop laughing at the back!), but you’ve got to call it something.
Here’s the deal: You start following our special twitter account (http://twitter.com/mtug) and when I’ve started following you as well all you need to do is send a direct message to mtug and it will be redistributed to anyone that mtug is following.
Why on earth would I want to make something like this? Well it’s mainly to keep our twitter feeds clear of stuff like “@nikf I’ll meet you at Kro in 5 mins”. I guess it must be pretty annoying to everyone else, so they will only be delivered to the people who sign up. The messages are sent to people that the mtug user is following, so even if you stop following that account you’ll still get the direct messages. If you want them to stop, either email me though the form at the top of this page, message me on twitter or send a message to the mtug user (everyone will get it, but I’ll see it!).
Now for a little disclaimer: Whilst I’ve tried to make this app as bug free as I can, it is reliant on twitter not screwing things up (which it has been known to do), so I’m not responsible for you getting messages 15 times or for your messages being left in the ether.
Another thing you should bear in mind is that your username as well as a ‘:’ are included in the direct message to everyone so they know who it’s from – so adjust your direct message length accordingly (especially if you have a long username like mine).
Let me know if anything goes wrong!
