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By: Meryl.net » Links: 2008-05-09

Meryl.net » Links: 2008-05-09 — Fri, 09 May 2008 12:50:39 +0000

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By: brainadmin

brainadmin — Thu, 08 May 2008 01:54:14 +0000

@Michelle - People are interested in reading about Twitter, methinks.

By: Michelle Gartner

Michelle Gartner — Thu, 08 May 2008 01:09:54 +0000

I have to wonder why the sudden resurgence in talking about Twitter lately. I have seen so many postings about it in the last week from really big blogs in the blog food chain. I also have noticed a lot of smaller blogs that I frequent are suddenly interested in Twittering… to me it’s still kind of droll. So why all the sudden interest in Twitter again?

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By: BarbaraKB

BarbaraKB — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:50:28 +0000

Brian, again, just like an RSS feed, you decide who’s in the stream & how often you read and relate. Perhaps you need to reexamine how you’re using Twitter?

By: brainadmin

brainadmin — Tue, 06 May 2008 22:31:15 +0000

@BarbaraKB - Twitter might not actually be a club, but if you were to look at it from the outside, with its own rules (Twitter etiquette, plus Twitter’s inherent functionality), uniforms (avatars), codenames (Twitter user ID), and fanatical devotion of its mainstream users, wouldn’t it resemble a club?

No, maybe you’re right. It would actually resemble a cult, not a club.

By: BarbaraKB

BarbaraKB — Tue, 06 May 2008 19:55:28 +0000

Twitter is so *not* a club. Twitter is a human feed with conversation. How much or how little you converse is up to you and your followers.

Also, Twitter = RSS + humans = RTS = Real Twitter Syndication

No humans, no Twitter but no interesting content or conversation, no Twitter. One needs both to truly understand Twitter. And I am now coming to conclusion that Twitter is best way to explain RSS to others who *never* caught on to RSS.

Peace to your day, Mark!

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By: brainadmin

brainadmin — Tue, 06 May 2008 15:48:47 +0000

@Robin - I think that there’s a lot of niche social media out there but, by its very nature, it’s not talked about as much as the more mainstream services.

You mention Digg: I’ve heard the same criticisms about the types of content that are hitting popular status there. Some people blame this shift more on the ever-changing algorithms that Digg uses to control which stories become popular rather than any actual consideration of the value of the submission. But who really knows?

Having said that, though, I’m all for expanding the social media playground so that more people can participate. I think that’s a good thing. We just have to accept whatever else that entails, even if it means that some of our preferred content is buried by other stuff that we might not like. It’s a tradeoff.

By: Robin Cannon

Robin Cannon — Tue, 06 May 2008 15:08:21 +0000

I think you’re right that your comments apply to social media in general. In fact it’s interesting to note that Digg has become less popular and more criticised by the more active social networkers at the same time as it might be considered to have expanded beyond a niche.

The criticism comes from the fact that in-depth or more intelligent content is getting lost because of the large number of posts of gossip or YouTube videos etc. Yet that’s exactly the kind of thing you’d expect from a more universal social media service. I think the development of niche or targetted social media is really the next major step in its development.

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By: brainadmin

brainadmin — Tue, 06 May 2008 14:42:36 +0000

@Scott - no doubt the value is in the collection of personalities and information that permeates Twitter.

By: Scott Monty

Scott Monty — Tue, 06 May 2008 13:56:12 +0000

Mark, this is a great analogy. And while I think you’re right that it could apply to just about any social network, there’s something special about Twitter that makes it stand apart from the rest. I suppose that’s why it continues to thrive despite the apparent lack of business model.

For me, Twitter became useful when I began to expand the list of people I followed. I realized that there was so much being said that I could learn from or respond to. I quickly realized that Twitter is nothing without a community. Once you reach ‘critical mass’ for your purpose for being there, it really changes the game.

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