By: henry

henry — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:35:33 +0000

quit bitching.

douchebag

By: Sticker

Sticker — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:57:51 +0000

Somehow i missed the point. Probably lost in translation Anyway … nice blog to visit.

cheers, Sticker.

By: Samantha

Samantha — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:57:52 +0000

Well, I have taken quite a close look on your website and I must say that I find it extraordinarily interesting. You can be sure that I will come back pretty soon.

By: Marvin

Marvin — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 02:35:23 +0000

I’m just in the process of setting up twitter and have added a twitter update to my blog. I am curious about how it works and so all the information provided here is very valuable. I hadn’t thought through the possible implications of having an open forum on the blog. I can see now that it is something I will have to watch and consider more carefully.

By: Anjuan

Anjuan — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 20:10:40 +0000

I agree that twitter is not a desktop app. It is a service plain and simple. However, I would like to see more features like an easier way to track replies. But, that is what the api is for I suppose.

By: Chris Messina

Chris Messina — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 05:27:00 +0000

Hi Eric — I agree with you. About Twitter being about “content”, however loosely defined.

I also agree that Twitter is not a desktop app (I’m not sure that anyone made that assertion, but I guess you’re talking about people’s behavior). Twitter is essentially a message router. It works because of what I’ve called “transmogrification” — turning content produced in one medium into another (IM, web, SMS, mashup, webapp, client app, etc). In which case, everyone’s experience of Twitter is unique and not necessarily known by others.

This is also where the richness of Twitter lies — and how adaptable it’s proven over time.

While Twitter is not IRC and shouldn’t become a replacement for it, people nonetheless are interested in similar or related topics. As well, people are often not interested in other topics even if they’re generally interested in what’s going on with someone. Currently you have no control over what kind of content you get from your friends; you get everything.

I’ve proposed a convention to use hash delimited tags to mark up status updates, as both a convenience and a courtesy to others. It’s also a way to express more explicitly *what* you’re twittering about. And, most importantly, it’s entirely optional and voluntary.

The benefits come when you’re at an event like SXSW and you *do* want to hear all about the event. The benefits come when you’re *not* at an event and want to filter out all your friend’s updates about the event. The benefits come when you want to see trends in what you’ve twittered about in the past. And the benefits may come from other places that haven’t been discovered or thought up yet. Who knows.

I really don’t want Twitter to turn into IRC. It’s not a good substitute for tools that excel in synchronous communications. It’s also best at communicating simple content that works over the lowest common denominator of SMS. But that doesn’t mean that Twitter can’t evolve, and in such a way that doesn’t interrupt most people’s use of the system.