Comments on: Twitter is back and won’t be beat http://www.internettechboston.com/2008/10/17/twitter-is-back-and-wont-be-beat/ Discussion of Internet Technology and the local internet scene in Boston, MA by Matthew Mamet Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:23:58 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Steven Walling http://www.internettechboston.com/2008/10/17/twitter-is-back-and-wont-be-beat/comment-page-1/#comment-295 Steven Walling Mon, 20 Oct 2008 06:30:40 +0000 http://www.internettechboston.com/?p=300#comment-295 I stepped in to the realm of micro-blogging for the express purpose of supporting the efforts at Identi.ca, who are great folks doing great work. In the beginning, I had no personal interest in micro-blogging heavily per se. But I did have an interest in supporting open source technology projects. However, as it turns out, as soon as I began to actully enjoy micro-blogging for its own sake (it didn't take long), I found that I longed for a more robust and interesting community. While I still think that Identi.ca's open source model has allowed for faster development of features in response to community feedback, I am now a twitter addict for the express reason that you so cogently stated: Twitter isn’t about technology, you see - it’s about community. I stepped in to the realm of micro-blogging for the express purpose of supporting the efforts at Identi.ca, who are great folks doing great work. In the beginning, I had no personal interest in micro-blogging heavily per se. But I did have an interest in supporting open source technology projects.

However, as it turns out, as soon as I began to actully enjoy micro-blogging for its own sake (it didn’t take long), I found that I longed for a more robust and interesting community. While I still think that Identi.ca’s open source model has allowed for faster development of features in response to community feedback, I am now a twitter addict for the express reason that you so cogently stated: Twitter isn’t about technology, you see – it’s about community.

]]> By: Greg North http://www.internettechboston.com/2008/10/17/twitter-is-back-and-wont-be-beat/comment-page-1/#comment-265 Greg North Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:39:22 +0000 http://www.internettechboston.com/?p=300#comment-265 Twitter has come a long way since the early spring of constant fail whales...and I too tried migrating to other services but the thing was that I already had my community built on Twitter and didn't have the persuasive power, like some "power tweeters" had, to bring my following with me. So I stuck it out with a fail whale 5 times a day. What I find that twitter really lacks is the ability to follow comment threads in their site. It very annoying to see an @reply on a tweet that has nothing to do with what someone is saying because they replied to a tweet from an hour ago...its hard to follow. Other than that...twitter makes me squeal with glee! Twitter has come a long way since the early spring of constant fail whales…and I too tried migrating to other services but the thing was that I already had my community built on Twitter and didn’t have the persuasive power, like some “power tweeters” had, to bring my following with me. So I stuck it out with a fail whale 5 times a day.

What I find that twitter really lacks is the ability to follow comment threads in their site. It very annoying to see an @reply on a tweet that has nothing to do with what someone is saying because they replied to a tweet from an hour ago…its hard to follow. Other than that…twitter makes me squeal with glee!

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