Comments on: To Twitter, or not to Twitter. http://flipthemedia.com/index.php/2009/01/to-twitter-or-not-to-twitter/ At the crossroads of Media, Culture and Technology Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:53:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: To Twitter, or not to Twitter « [social] potato chips http://flipthemedia.com/index.php/2009/01/to-twitter-or-not-to-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-3355 To Twitter, or not to Twitter « [social] potato chips Wed, 08 Apr 2009 21:40:32 +0000 http://flipthemedia.com/?p=2541#comment-3355 [...] 2009/04/08 [orginally posted on 01.29.09 on Flip the Media] [...] [...] 2009/04/08 [orginally posted on 01.29.09 on Flip the Media] [...]

]]> By: Annie Lee http://flipthemedia.com/index.php/2009/01/to-twitter-or-not-to-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-1589 Annie Lee Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:46:42 +0000 http://flipthemedia.com/?p=2541#comment-1589 Just to point out - the link to 'TweetDeck' I provide at the end of my blog is an application that does link the traffic to organize data efficiently so that it isn't just a constant feed. This is one of the few breaking ground applications that are starting to pop up, and I think they will help determine the success of Twitter in the long run. Just to point out – the link to ‘TweetDeck’ I provide at the end of my blog is an application that does link the traffic to organize data efficiently so that it isn’t just a constant feed. This is one of the few breaking ground applications that are starting to pop up, and I think they will help determine the success of Twitter in the long run.

]]> By: marc pease http://flipthemedia.com/index.php/2009/01/to-twitter-or-not-to-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-1586 marc pease Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:42:31 +0000 http://flipthemedia.com/?p=2541#comment-1586 Alvin, good point, although the re is much interest in social media and especially Twitter for citizen communication and dialog for issues of concern. Good point of the simple ways in which you and others are receiving information from Twitter. Alvin, good point, although the re is much interest in social media and especially Twitter for citizen communication and dialog for issues of concern. Good point of the simple ways in which you and others are receiving information from Twitter.

]]> By: Alvin Singh http://flipthemedia.com/index.php/2009/01/to-twitter-or-not-to-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-1582 Alvin Singh Tue, 03 Feb 2009 05:20:21 +0000 http://flipthemedia.com/?p=2541#comment-1582 I would like to admit that recently since I have a G1 phone I have been checking my Twitter alerts daily from a application called nano Twitter. The application simply send updates from everyone that I am following. The good thing about this is that I can read people, businesses or news updates from a simple scroll down and its all there for me to read. I think that the use of this social media is good for brand building and also faster communication. The down fall is that something else will be next and we will continue to leave various digital footprints across the Internet world. I would like to admit that recently since I have a G1 phone I have been checking my Twitter alerts daily from a application called nano Twitter. The application simply send updates from everyone that I am following. The good thing about this is that I can read people, businesses or news updates from a simple scroll down and its all there for me to read.

I think that the use of this social media is good for brand building and also faster communication. The down fall is that something else will be next and we will continue to leave various digital footprints across the Internet world.

]]> By: Kenneth Rufo http://flipthemedia.com/index.php/2009/01/to-twitter-or-not-to-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-1581 Kenneth Rufo Sun, 01 Feb 2009 18:49:55 +0000 http://flipthemedia.com/?p=2541#comment-1581 s/was/is s/was/is

]]> By: Kenneth Rufo http://flipthemedia.com/index.php/2009/01/to-twitter-or-not-to-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-1580 Kenneth Rufo Sun, 01 Feb 2009 18:44:25 +0000 http://flipthemedia.com/?p=2541#comment-1580 I suspect that if twitter was going to have staying power, or more accurately, if micro-blogging is going to have staying power and utility distinct from other forms of status update or thought disseminations, it would make more sense to link twitter/micro-blogging traffic to cluster data regarding topics among friends or other channels, with the interface looking more like an evolving and fluid tag cloud to which an input field is attached, rather than a feed. So again, you're probably right that twitter is like rss 2.0, but that's probably what limits its sociality and ultimately circumscribes its use-value. I suspect that if twitter was going to have staying power, or more accurately, if micro-blogging is going to have staying power and utility distinct from other forms of status update or thought disseminations, it would make more sense to link twitter/micro-blogging traffic to cluster data regarding topics among friends or other channels, with the interface looking more like an evolving and fluid tag cloud to which an input field is attached, rather than a feed. So again, you’re probably right that twitter is like rss 2.0, but that’s probably what limits its sociality and ultimately circumscribes its use-value.

]]> By: Kenneth Rufo http://flipthemedia.com/index.php/2009/01/to-twitter-or-not-to-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-1579 Kenneth Rufo Sun, 01 Feb 2009 18:40:59 +0000 http://flipthemedia.com/?p=2541#comment-1579 Not to be the cynic, nor to invalidate your interest in twitter, but I'm not convinced by this. I'm not a hater, but I think the use-value of twitter in particular (and to some extent micro-blogging in general, though it's harder to assess the latter in this context) is rather difficult to detail from this post. It sounds as if you're saying: you decided twitter rocks because you made the antecedent decision to not be concerned about a) privacy features and b) because you think it best updates your "audience" as to your rants, which somehow begets an "optimal social network." It seems to me that the more consistent interpretation of your remarks is that: you've realized that twitter isn't precisely a social medium, but rather a mini-broadcast platform with incidental sociality attached to it, and that as a result you are less concerned about privacy (precisely because intuitively you realize that the social dimension doesn't matter as much). Your use of the word "audience" seems illustrative in this regard. Of course, thinking of twitter this way may make more sense and isn't really even at odds with your conclusion or your interest in it - I'm just suggesting maybe you're sudden interest in twitter has more to do with your implicit understanding that twitter isn't actually a social medium in any rigorous sense. Not to be the cynic, nor to invalidate your interest in twitter, but I’m not convinced by this. I’m not a hater, but I think the use-value of twitter in particular (and to some extent micro-blogging in general, though it’s harder to assess the latter in this context) is rather difficult to detail from this post. It sounds as if you’re saying: you decided twitter rocks because you made the antecedent decision to not be concerned about a) privacy features and b) because you think it best updates your “audience” as to your rants, which somehow begets an “optimal social network.” It seems to me that the more consistent interpretation of your remarks is that: you’ve realized that twitter isn’t precisely a social medium, but rather a mini-broadcast platform with incidental sociality attached to it, and that as a result you are less concerned about privacy (precisely because intuitively you realize that the social dimension doesn’t matter as much). Your use of the word “audience” seems illustrative in this regard. Of course, thinking of twitter this way may make more sense and isn’t really even at odds with your conclusion or your interest in it – I’m just suggesting maybe you’re sudden interest in twitter has more to do with your implicit understanding that twitter isn’t actually a social medium in any rigorous sense.

]]> By: Kevin http://flipthemedia.com/index.php/2009/01/to-twitter-or-not-to-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-1576 Kevin Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:27:29 +0000 http://flipthemedia.com/?p=2541#comment-1576 I have to say that Twitter is a great source for what I'll call 'breaking' ideas or insights whether talking about a baby's first steps or why digital media is breaking more new ground. This summary recent survey about blogs in the business sphere points out that companies are still unsure about and or experimenting with Twitter. http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.san&s=99389&Nid=51735&p=448066 I have to say that Twitter is a great source for what I’ll call ‘breaking’ ideas or insights whether talking about a baby’s first steps or why digital media is breaking more new ground.

This summary recent survey about blogs in the business sphere points out that companies are still unsure about and or experimenting with Twitter.

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.san&s=99389&Nid=51735&p=448066

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