Foodstuffs as Usernames on Twitter
@bacon kicks off this little exercise in free association.
@hotdogs: Lame. Thanks for taking an iconic foodstuff name and DOING NOTHING WITH IT.
@applepie: Really? No one? Oh, well. It's not like @mom and @baseball are doing their part for America. But at least they exist on Twitter.
@pie: Why so secretive?
@cupcakes: Not much to do with cupcakes, but at least she took the time to decorate her background.
@butter: I expected more from you. Sad.
@icecream: "Chillin'" was a nice start. Then you just sort of melted.
@chocolate: Wow. Who takes "chocolate" and then does nothing with it? This list gets sadder with each scroll downward.
@cheese: Well, whoopdeedo.
@halfsmoke: It's still available, folks! Any D.C. residents want to represent?
@threewaychili: This one's for my Cincy peeps.
@tacos: Yo quiero updates. ¿Por favor?
@chickenwings: "I EATD THEM ALL"
@barbecue: With all the different 'cue factions, a non-updating "barbecue" user probably makes the most sense from a keepin'-the-peace standpoint.
@friedchicken: Stick a spork in it. You're done.
@wienerschnitzel: Ach du Lieber! How can you be "blah" about wienerschnitzel?
@bibimbap: I can't believe this is still available.
@kimchi: Buried in the earth.
@sushi: Wow. An account with some actual signs of life.
@broccoli: This is George H. W. Bush's secret Twitter account.
@brusselssprouts: No surprise that this username is still free.
@breakfast: No love from the most important meal of the day?
@lunch: "Test!" "Test!"??? It works. You have a cute icon—now do something fun with this username.
@vanillashake: Brings no boys to the yard.
@doughnuts: They're complaining about you, too—over on @donuts
@donuts: D'oh! I guess they aren't.
@peanutbutter: FAIL!
@popcorn: Obviously.
@potatochips: Fingers are too greasy to use keyboard.
@wine: And finally. Someone who actually looks like they're using their Twitter account in a way that befits its username. Kudos, cheers, bottoms up!
Thus ends this little exercise in free association. You now have a peek into how my brain works. And a little more insight on how Twitter works. It's a little disappointing how many people took awesome handles and then did nothing with them, but that's usually how these things go. The obvious usernames get taken early, and I know from experience that Twitter is something a lot of people try out and then drop after a little while. Hopefully some of the better usernames here will come back and do something fun with the names.
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20 Comments:
Wow- I had no idea. I definitely just scooped up the halfsmoke username.
negociants at 12:38PM on 01/15/09
Oh come on! You didn't even try any spices @FreshGinger!
celticjig1 at 12:42PM on 01/15/09
Thanks for doing all this legwork. I wonder what else is out there?
Brupie at 12:45PM on 01/15/09
@negociants: You better use the name, now. ;)
@celticjig1: Sorry. My free-association tended more toward dishes than spices/ingredients.
Adam Kuban at 12:46PM on 01/15/09
@Brupie: What else is out there? It's hardly any bother to find out — http://www.twitter.com/FOODSTUFFHERE
@burritos and @burrito are equally lame.
Adam Kuban at 12:48PM on 01/15/09
That is hilarious. These twitterers need to step it up and do their foods proud.
meatdiary at 1:01PM on 01/15/09
If you're looking for cheese, check out @100cheeses.
FoodieTots at 1:20PM on 01/15/09
haha, i went to make one:
https://twitter.com/dumplings
foodinmouth at 1:54PM on 01/15/09
@foodinmouth: You probably already have a good idea how to do this, but I manage at least 4 Twitter accounts. Now that you have the @dumplings as your second one, I'd suggest using the TwitterFox plug-in for Firefox (in addition to your usual Twitter reader). TwitterFox lets you go back and forth easily among different accounts—stores your password(s), too, so you don't have to log in and out all the time.
Adam Kuban at 2:05PM on 01/15/09
Adam - thanks for the Cinci shout-out! You'd think the threewaychili person would do more with it though...Skyline vs. Gold Star, baseball stadium cam, something... =)
akk328 at 2:29PM on 01/15/09
@akk328: Nobody has taken the username "threewaychili," which is why there's not much being done with it.
Adam Kuban at 2:34PM on 01/15/09
I am on twitter now just for you Adam. Foodstuff friends on the next SE.
JerzeeTomato at 2:57PM on 01/15/09
What's your twittername, Jerzee?
Adam Kuban at 3:05PM on 01/15/09
@Adam,
oooh cool, thanks. I didn't know about that plugin. I was just going to keep more than one browser open. Firefox for my main one and Chrome for the secondary one. haha. That is kind of convoluted though.
foodinmouth at 3:25PM on 01/15/09
That's what I was doing at one point. I'm using Twitterific (Mac-only) for my personal Twitter account, and then I was using Firefox for SE and Safari for Slice/AHT. Very convoluted, indeed. Then I saw in people's Twitter streams that they were updating "from TwitterFox." I checked it out, and voilà! Exactly what I needed.
I'm now managing @seriouseats, @slice, and @ahamburgertoday in one place. And I just added @seriouseatsny, though I only grabbed that so no one else could squat it. I'm not sure if we'll do anything with it--only b/c I'm about the only one who does the tweeting for SE. Three of them is already enough to deal with.
Adam Kuban at 3:30PM on 01/15/09
Unfortunately most of the names taken ( beer, doughnuts and corn) that have no followers or posting are nothing more than folks sitting on a name and hoping someone will buy it from them...twitters a great resource and marketing tool.
we use it on our site http://screamingfresh.com... it's been helpful in building an audience for your videos... you can find us on twitter at: http://twitter.com/screamingfresh
screamingfresh at 4:27PM on 01/15/09
aha. clearly i'm not on twitter. =)
i just started a facebook page however, and i am highly amused at the number of people who wouldn't give me the time of day in high school who are now my "friends."
akk328 at 5:02PM on 01/15/09
JerzeeTomato on twitter also on Facebook.
JerzeeTomato at 5:20PM on 01/15/09
Well, there's bacon, there's friedrice, and then there's BaconFriedRice.
squidlette at 5:42PM on 01/15/09
this is hilarious. of course, my favorite is @behindtheburner :-)
CarolineAlexa at 12:54PM on 01/19/09