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| tracyanne Jul 19, 2009 8:02 PM EDT |
A tool used by those who have nothing to say, so they can say it ad nauseum. |
| Bob_Robertson Jul 19, 2009 8:32 PM EDT |
Speaking of which, I was pleased that Facebook has a "never send anything to me again!" button. |
| azerthoth Jul 19, 2009 8:38 PM EDT |
TA, of course it says it in the name. Leave the tweets to the twits. |
| tracyanne Jul 20, 2009 4:48 AM EDT |
Speaking of Facebook. I set up an account, so I could see how it works. I was appalled at the amount of personal information people are casually encouraged to give away about themselves. The place is an identity thief's paradise. |
| Steven_Rosenber Jul 20, 2009 1:46 PM EDT |
Twitter -- and the microblogging concept currently embodied by Twitter -- isn't going away any time soon. For the right situation, Twitter is the perfect solution. It's a great way to promote other things on the Web, and the audience is both focused and growing. |
| Sander_Marechal Jul 20, 2009 4:37 PM EDT |
@Steven: An example? I really don't see the use of twitter. It's like a poorly implemented public IM system IMHO. |
| tuxchick Jul 20, 2009 4:43 PM EDT |
Heh, I'm with Sander. Like those annoying Tweets that are replying to something someone said somewhere else, but the Tweet response does not quote the OP, so you have no idea what the f they're talking about. |
| Sander_Marechal Jul 20, 2009 5:00 PM EDT |
Exactly. Twitter started off as a vague, undefined "microblog" concept which is IMHO a pretty useless idea. If you look at how people actually use twitter then you see it's an IM system where everyone can read all messages. Maybe sort-of like a HTTP powered, syndicated IRC to be more specific. Scrap twitter and design a service around that latter idea. I'm pretty sure it will be much more useful. |
| tracyanne Jul 20, 2009 5:12 PM EDT |
Quoting:It's like a poorly implemented public IM system Quoting:Like those annoying Tweets that are replying to something someone said somewhere else, but the Tweet response does not quote the OP, so you have no idea what the f they're talking about That's it, that's what I find so annoying about it. It's apropos nothing. There's no context, unless you were there at the begining. It's like a private conversation overheard i a pub, no, actually it's like snippets of conversation overheard while walking down the street. It's noise for the eyes. |
| hkwint Jul 20, 2009 5:30 PM EDT |
Reading L. Armstrong's Twitter was fun though, seeing him using garbled language to make sure it fits within the Twitter boundaries.Quoting:I really don't see the use of twitter Ah, you haven't been reading L. Armstrong's Twitter I guess? After the 'Australian MS Riddle' it was only the second I read, I have to confess. But here's the use: It's the perfect place for just another flamewar, for example calling B. Hinault a w***er. Here's why it's more useful than syndicated IRC: You can do a flamewar, but not discuss libertarianism nor can you dissect the properties of property, because the messages are too short to elucidate on your opinion. It makes following a flamewar less time consuming, which is always a good thing. But I agree, the implementation sucks, because you can't understand who's responding to who and to which message. So understanding a flamewar is impossible on the other hand. It needs 'wave' I guess (Wave is almost HTTP syndicated IRC, but done better than Twitter). If the whole Mono-debate would have been done on Twitter, I'm pretty sure it would have saved lots of my time. Of course, you can also decide not to read the flamefest and read a book. Note to oneself: Follow your own advice. |
| tracyanne Jul 21, 2009 10:07 PM EDT |
if a message sent on Twitter is a tweet, what's the person who sends the message...... aTwit? |
| jacog Jul 22, 2009 6:50 AM EDT |
TA, you missed azerthoth's reply to your initial comment: "TA, of course it says it in the name. Leave the tweets to the twits." |
| tracyanne Jul 22, 2009 6:59 AM EDT |
i did too |
| azerthoth Jul 22, 2009 12:34 PM EDT |
ah geez, even the people I like are ignoring my posts. /drama |
| Bob_Robertson Jul 22, 2009 12:48 PM EDT |
Az, I thought HTML took care of that with {whine}{/whine} tags. |
| Steven_Rosenber Jul 22, 2009 1:46 PM EDT |
Twitter may be annoying in its way, but there's just so much heat on it right now that it's very hard to ignore. There's quite a community on Twitter, and if I want to know what's going on with any given topic right now, I just do a keyword search on Twitter. I've blown out a couple print columns on it, and my two main predictions about the near future of Twitter are: -- Some big company (Microsoft ... Google or ?) will buy Twitter, make everybody at the small S.F.-based company instant millionaires, and then either monetize it or use it as a loss leader into their other services -- There should be a dozen Twitter clones up and running in the next six months or so. Why buy Twitter when you can code your own (and do it better)? |
| NoDough Jul 23, 2009 12:40 PM EDT |
>> Why buy Twitter when you can code your own (and do it better)? Twitter better? Are you bitter? |
| Scott_Ruecker Jul 23, 2009 2:50 PM EDT |
Oh the play on words is both highly entertaining and killing me at the same time...lol! Ack! Ugh! ... /passes out. |
| Bob_Robertson Jul 23, 2009 3:51 PM EDT |
Better Twitter: Bitt Wetter. |
| techiem2 Jul 23, 2009 3:53 PM EDT |
Quoting:Why buy Twitter when you can code your own (and do it better)? Already done. identi.ca is similar but has more features (xmpp post support, context, etc) and is built on FOSS (so if you really want, you could download the code and run your own private server). It kinda like Twitter, but much geekier (i.e. almost always some FOSS based discussion going on). Of course both are starting to see spambots, and twitter recently saw the addition of a pay-per-post advertiser on some accounts... And yes, I play with both a bit. It's nice to follow some people/companies (like Helios/ZaReason) and I'm more likely to toss up a random What-I'm-doing post now and then than to update my blog. lol. Of course I post to identi.ca via xmpp and their system then posts over to Twitter for me. |
| Steven_Rosenber Jul 23, 2009 5:01 PM EDT |
I should have mentioned identi.ca since we do have that FOSS equivalent |
| devnet Jul 24, 2009 12:51 PM EDT |
twitter is something old people can be bitter and snide about without using it...and egotistic people can condescend and look down their nose upon those who do use it. |
| jdixon Jul 24, 2009 12:58 PM EDT |
> twitter is something old people can be bitter and snide about without using it...and egotistic people can condescend and look down their nose upon those who do use it. Rats. Bitten on both counts. Sigh, seen through again. :) |
| azerthoth Jul 24, 2009 1:17 PM EDT |
@devnet, twitter is by and large self flagulating. One only needs to look at the dearth and breadth of useless banal feeds about people stopping at the coffee shop. I have seen it used effectively on occasion for things of importance. Coordinating flood relief efforts for example. By and large though, fluff. |
| devnet Jul 24, 2009 1:59 PM EDT |
@jdixon lol I'm there with ya too...by accounts, I'm too old for technology at 35. @azerthoth, the internet is self flagulating and breeds narcissism...unfortunately, people still use it :( I suspect the same will remain true for twitter :/ |
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