Comments on: The Talented Mr Twitter

By: The Talented Mr Twitter at MINGER.NET - The Long Tail of Web 2.0

The Talented Mr Twitter at MINGER.NET - The Long Tail of Web 2.0 — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 18:05:46 +0000

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By: Paul Reilly

Paul Reilly — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 08:16:26 +0000

I’ve been trying to figure out what makes this service so popular and on finding this blog post and the subsequent comments I’ve got a much clearer idea now.-

By: craige

craige — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 19:19:08 +0000

Is this a format I’m simply not familiar with or is it standard now when leaving comments on a site to not see an enter/post button? I hit tab then enter and hoped for the best and it worked, but still.

By: craige

craige — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 19:17:50 +0000

I’m thinking that twitter is more or less another way to update my gmail chat status, especially since I just figured out how to actually update my twitter via gmail chat.

By: Tony Stubblebine

Tony Stubblebine — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 23:49:52 +0000

I think people put too much emphasis on figuring out if Twitter is useful, like there has to be some sort of utilitarian value. Everyone has a few people in their life who they care enough about to want to know the mundane details of their lives. Twitter helps you feel connected to those people when you’re separated. My sister and Om Malik both twitter when they go out for coffee. In the case of my sister, I like knowing what sort of life she’s living (caffenated). In the case of Om, I couldn’t care less. Choose your contacts accordingly.

By: minger

minger — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 20:33:12 +0000

Yan, that’s a good use case. I can see many once users can create more than one group of friends. (Then the interface issues get more complicated.) I think for now Twitter is keeping it simple to build up participation on the system.

By: Yan

Yan — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 19:28:31 +0000

Ok I thought of one interesting usage for twitter might redeem it as a useful tool…as a team reporting tool…where each person on the team can give continuous updates about what they’re working on so that everyone can easily see, and avoid potential collisions in development..

By: Yan

Yan — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 19:22:01 +0000

I gotta say I don’t see myself using the service in the long run…it seems one of those places where you go to waste time. I’d rather waste it reading entertainng blogs or watching youtube….but who knows, this could just be the new social phenomenon for the ADHD generation

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 18:08:49 +0000

I see twitter like more like Microblog/Tumblelog, it’s quick and easy to update and has a zero entry barrier, since everyone gets updates via SMS you could say that Twitter works as a kind of RSS reader.