Comments on: “Improving” Twitter http://dailymoonbat.com/2008/03/04/improving-twitter/ News from Sanjit Gar Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:59:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: tecosystems » Friday Grab Bag: Twitter Etiquette, Buy vs Lease, To Dodgeball or Not, and More http://dailymoonbat.com/2008/03/04/improving-twitter/#comment-7 tecosystems » Friday Grab Bag: Twitter Etiquette, Buy vs Lease, To Dodgeball or Not, and More Tue, 04 Mar 2008 06:12:22 +0000 http://dailymoonbat.com/2008/03/04/improving-twitter/#comment-7 <p>[…] Alex puts it: Twitter could be vastly improved if they simply changed the question from: What are you […]</p> […] Alex puts it: Twitter could be vastly improved if they simply changed the question from: What are you […]

]]> By: Soa http://dailymoonbat.com/2008/03/04/improving-twitter/#comment-8 Soa Tue, 04 Mar 2008 06:12:22 +0000 http://dailymoonbat.com/2008/03/04/improving-twitter/#comment-8 <p>I hate those rascally tweets</p> I hate those rascally tweets

]]> By: Caroline :) http://dailymoonbat.com/2008/03/04/improving-twitter/#comment-9 Caroline :) Tue, 04 Mar 2008 06:12:22 +0000 http://dailymoonbat.com/2008/03/04/improving-twitter/#comment-9 <p>I agree whole-heartedly. I am tired of feeling the minutes of my life slip away with every tweet that reads, “So-and-so is sleeping.”</p> I agree whole-heartedly. I am tired of feeling the minutes of my life slip away with every tweet that reads, “So-and-so is sleeping.”

]]> By: Alex http://dailymoonbat.com/2008/03/04/improving-twitter/#comment-10 Alex Tue, 04 Mar 2008 06:12:22 +0000 http://dailymoonbat.com/2008/03/04/improving-twitter/#comment-10 <p>Why don’t you go to Facebook’s account page and turn off email notifications? That way you save a lot of everyone’s precious global bandwidth.</p> <p>It’s a nice tactic by Facebook- email you so you never forget it’s there, but make you click to find out what is happening- that way they get the ad revenue.</p> <p>I tried twitter when it first came out and was absolutely disgusted by how utterly awful it was. Never mind wasting time reading stupid comments, it took 2 minutes to post an update. It’s hopefully come of age (hired some decent staff and bought some hardware) now, so I’m giving it another go… http://twitter.com/alexanderhowell</p> Why don’t you go to Facebook’s account page and turn off email notifications? That way you save a lot of everyone’s precious global bandwidth.

It’s a nice tactic by Facebook- email you so you never forget it’s there, but make you click to find out what is happening- that way they get the ad revenue.

I tried twitter when it first came out and was absolutely disgusted by how utterly awful it was. Never mind wasting time reading stupid comments, it took 2 minutes to post an update. It’s hopefully come of age (hired some decent staff and bought some hardware) now, so I’m giving it another go… http://twitter.com/alexanderhowell

]]> By: Alex http://dailymoonbat.com/2008/03/04/improving-twitter/#comment-11 Alex Tue, 04 Mar 2008 06:12:22 +0000 http://dailymoonbat.com/2008/03/04/improving-twitter/#comment-11 <p>This is one of the interesting things about Twitter. Since it started somewhat as a platform, a wide variety of usages popped up. And they can’t very well turn that off now.</p> <p>Groups might be an interested way to mitigate this, but I completely understand why they have to be very careful in rolling out a feature like that.</p> This is one of the interesting things about Twitter. Since it started somewhat as a platform, a wide variety of usages popped up. And they can’t very well turn that off now.

Groups might be an interested way to mitigate this, but I completely understand why they have to be very careful in rolling out a feature like that.

]]> By: Remco http://dailymoonbat.com/2008/03/04/improving-twitter/#comment-12 Remco Tue, 04 Mar 2008 06:12:22 +0000 http://dailymoonbat.com/2008/03/04/improving-twitter/#comment-12 <p>It’s funny to see that in The Netherlands there is a core usergroup of Twitter who don’t use Twitter as a micro-bloggin tool but more as a chatroom. Although this might be seen as a bothersome if you use it as it was suppose to it does ad something extra to the communicationmix.</p> <p>It’s become like an elite chatroom where you need to be accepted by many individuals before you really can join in on the fun. Most people who use Twitter in The Netherlands are either marketeers or have a strong affiliation with internet or media.</p> <p>It functions very well. People dicuss topics, put documents up for review, ask for help with their Mac or PC and discuss new websites or webapplications. Even company names have been made-up using Twitter. And whenever there is a big soccer match or Dragon’s Den is on TV people discuss it via Twitter making it a social TV app.</p> <p>Is this happening just in The Netherlands or do you spot the same behavior in other parts of the world?</p> It’s funny to see that in The Netherlands there is a core usergroup of Twitter who don’t use Twitter as a micro-bloggin tool but more as a chatroom. Although this might be seen as a bothersome if you use it as it was suppose to it does ad something extra to the communicationmix.

It’s become like an elite chatroom where you need to be accepted by many individuals before you really can join in on the fun. Most people who use Twitter in The Netherlands are either marketeers or have a strong affiliation with internet or media.

It functions very well. People dicuss topics, put documents up for review, ask for help with their Mac or PC and discuss new websites or webapplications. Even company names have been made-up using Twitter. And whenever there is a big soccer match or Dragon’s Den is on TV people discuss it via Twitter making it a social TV app.

Is this happening just in The Netherlands or do you spot the same behavior in other parts of the world?

]]> By: tecosystems » links for 2008-02-25 http://dailymoonbat.com/2008/03/04/improving-twitter/#comment-13 tecosystems » links for 2008-02-25 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 06:12:22 +0000 http://dailymoonbat.com/2008/03/04/improving-twitter/#comment-13 <p>[…] “Improving” Twitter | alexking.org obviously i agree. as i’ve written before, i wish more Twitterers were less verbose in their communication, but Twitter still encourages the opposite. (tags: twitter mevthee alexking) […]</p> […] “Improving” Twitter | alexking.org obviously i agree. as i’ve written before, i wish more Twitterers were less verbose in their communication, but Twitter still encourages the opposite. (tags: twitter mevthee alexking) […]

]]> By: Alex http://dailymoonbat.com/2008/03/04/improving-twitter/#comment-14 Alex Tue, 04 Mar 2008 06:12:22 +0000 http://dailymoonbat.com/2008/03/04/improving-twitter/#comment-14 <p>Hmm, the difference to me is that Twitter has a widely used push mechanism (SMS), while blogs don’t.</p> Hmm, the difference to me is that Twitter has a widely used push mechanism (SMS), while blogs don’t.

]]> By: jharr http://dailymoonbat.com/2008/03/04/improving-twitter/#comment-15 jharr Tue, 04 Mar 2008 06:12:22 +0000 http://dailymoonbat.com/2008/03/04/improving-twitter/#comment-15 <p>I think you’re point about being forced to ‘do something’ in other networks is truly the difference. As someone who routinely brain-dumps in twitter I have to say, it’s a passive outlet for my readers. They are more than welcome to stop following etc. I feel much more ‘responsible’ for what I post to my blog, where I’ve worked harder to cultivate a readership and feel I owe them something more. Twitter - in my mind - is a ‘disposable’ flow, one that I fully expect readers to jump on and off of from time to time.</p> I think you’re point about being forced to ‘do something’ in other networks is truly the difference. As someone who routinely brain-dumps in twitter I have to say, it’s a passive outlet for my readers. They are more than welcome to stop following etc. I feel much more ‘responsible’ for what I post to my blog, where I’ve worked harder to cultivate a readership and feel I owe them something more. Twitter - in my mind - is a ‘disposable’ flow, one that I fully expect readers to jump on and off of from time to time.

]]> By: Jess http://dailymoonbat.com/2008/03/04/improving-twitter/#comment-16 Jess Tue, 04 Mar 2008 06:12:22 +0000 http://dailymoonbat.com/2008/03/04/improving-twitter/#comment-16 <p>Oh, and how can you only read NNW once a week!?! </p> Oh, and how can you only read NNW once a week!?!

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