Comments on: Twitter - not a great debating tool

By: Blogging more or less because of Twitter? | Broadcasting Brain

Blogging more or less because of Twitter? | Broadcasting Brain — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:38:53 +0000

[...] I definitely think that Twitter has some advantages as a conversation platform, although as I’ve said earlier this week, I don’t think Twitter is a good platform to hold a debate. [...]

By: Jansie Blom

Jansie Blom — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:57:55 +0000

ah, sorry, acronym was the word i was looking for, not abbreviation. sorry, for ruining a fine conversation. IRAS.ISIFBMC (i really am sorry. i shall in future be more careful). hmmm, maybe i should tweet that. in fact, i shall.

By: brainadmin

brainadmin — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:54:32 +0000

@sammy_sunshine - Holding a real debate via Twitter would be an excellent challenge, but I believe that a lot of comments exchanged in these “debates” were being presented as self-evident truths, which I didn’t feel comfortable with.

@Kali - Twitter didn’t grow on me until my followers list began to get larger AND when I started making contact with various followers. As the number of conversations increase, the value becomes more evident.

By: Kali

Kali — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 03:55:16 +0000

You know, I still haven’t really gotten the feel of microblogging. The only reason I have been using Twitter is because I have saved the icon on my iPhone and whenever I am waiting for the subway or just waiting in general, I’ll log on. Its rare that I go out of my way to log on. Maybe I just haven’t gotten addicted enough yet.

By: Sammy_sunshine

Sammy_sunshine — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 03:47:05 +0000

@ Heather - I also agree…

@ Jansie - That is hilarious! We all had a good larf about your mock debate at work here this eve…an acronym guide would be key!

This is a thought provoking post…I have only recently had a debate with someone via IM and even that was frustrating…a lot of cleverness needed to make a perfect point in less than 140 characters…

By: brainadmin

brainadmin — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:18:06 +0000

@Heather - I agree

@Jansie - that’s it - an acroynm guide is the answer!

By: Jansie Blom

Jansie Blom — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:41:35 +0000

i think if you have perfected the art of debating in abbreviations, it’s fine.

P1: IHA (i hate apple)
P2: IDA.AMFC (i don’t agree. apple makes a fine computer)
P1: YJJCYNRRCS (you’re just jealous cos you’re not running a real computer system)
P2: ARCS!!! (apple is a real computer system!!)
P1: NIN!! (no it’s not)

ah, the last one proves a problem, since that could be interpreted as nine inch nails.

until people can debate in abbreviations, best not do it on twitter.

By: Heather

Heather — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:22:28 +0000

I tend to agree on the limitations of twitter as a debate tool still if the answers are not limited in size and the discussions are much longer it could lead to too long a debates to be able to read and follow