Twitter halp plz?

[triedunture]

I swore I would never Twitter, but I want to follow Stephen Fry. I created an account, but I can't seem to add him to my Google Reader. What gives? I tried Atom and plain RSS and no dice either way.

Am I doing something terribly n00bie? ;.; Please be helping me?

EDIT:

I AM A GENIUS. I FIGURED IT OUT. OK, I actually just Googled the shit out of some help sites. If anyone else is dying inside because of this incompatibility issue between certain Twitter accounts and G-Reader (I could subscribe to my own but not Fry's), here's what you do:

1. Create a Twitter account and follow only the people you want feeds of (Stephen).

2. Copy the RSS URL from the button at the bottom of your /home page on Twitter.

3. Punch that into FreeMyFeed.com along with your Twitter name and password.

4. Voila. A URL that is technically going through FMF, so G-Reader can read it.

Only annoyances: The feed will follow you along with all your Twitter friends. For me, who only wants to follow Stephen and will never ever Twitter in a million years (okay, only twice, but that's it) this is fine.

I also tried earlier creating a public Bloglines account to do the same thing, but it wouldn't work because MAN Bloglines is some special kind of terrible. I love you, Google Reader, and I'll never let you go. *nuzzles Google products, even the lame ones*

Comments

[jackpy.livejournal.com]

I don't want to sound like an idiot here, but I think it's just the flood of people who've been adding him all day? I had him on my Twitter list since I joined, and managed to check this morning about 5 minutes after his first post when they were only 60 people following him, and the boom to 2000 might be slowing things?

[triedunture.livejournal.com]

Oh...but...I don't think that should affect an RSS feed's viability. I mean, unless it does? But surely Twitter has the wherewithal to withstand 2000+ feed subscribers. y/n?

[jackpy.livejournal.com]

Well, I just don't know. =\ It doesn't make a lick of sense, but other twitters you can add.

[triedunture.livejournal.com]

Have you been able to add Stephen to an RSS reader, then? Earlier, I mean? If so, than I won't worry. But if his account is somehow blocked from viewing on G-Reader, I will be upset. And throw tantrums.

*picks up glass and throws it* It'll be like that, except maybe with a glass that's not plastic next time.

[jackpy.livejournal.com]

I think Twitter's too simple to have it block anything in particular. There's something wrong with GoogleReader, I just created a Bloglines and it's letting me check the Fry feed (in it's own shitty way). It might be one of those try again later things? (Either case, it's shat).

Clearly you underestimate the shatterability of plastic. But maybe I get extra cheap plastic cups?

[triedunture.livejournal.com]

OK, there has got to be a way to funnel this into my G-Reader. I refuse to switch readers for one measly feed.

I have two ideas, both based on the same idea:

1. Can one put the "daily tweets" of another user on their LJ like they can do with their own? If so I can funnel SF's twitter onto my LJ, which would be annoying for everyone, forget that idea.

2. I guess I can make a dummy Blogline account, add the twitter RSS to that, and then funnel that account into G-Reader...

You know what? This sucks. I shouldn't care what Mr Fry does every 5 hours!

...but I do. ;.;

[triedunture.livejournal.com]

OH I DID IT. Um, sorry for freaking out at you?

[jackpy.livejournal.com]

YOU ARE GENIUS.

And, eh, I may be stupid, but where's ex of freaking out at?

[triedunture.livejournal.com]

*innocent face* You're right. I was def. not about to reach into the internet and throttle everyone in sight, regardless of their innocence.

Def.

[favoritedarknes.livejournal.com]

Thank you, thank you!!!!!!!! It's been killing me trying to figure this out. YAY! You're the best.

[triedunture.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! Can you believe the coolness that is Fry? What I did today = ate a sandwich. What Fry did today = wrote a book, tranqued a rhino, and invented Awesome.

[favoritedarknes.livejournal.com]

Ha ha, nice comparison.