Comments on: The Point of Twitter http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2008/04/28/the-point-of-twitter/ New Media researcher Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:52:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Steven Fisher http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2008/04/28/the-point-of-twitter/#comment-157289 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:04:29 +0000 http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2008/04/28/the-point-of-twitter/#comment-157289 I'm pretty sure the "CB radio of Web 2.0" comment was meant to say Twitter could become obsolete in a heartbeat. Which is totally true. However, didn't CB radios managed to stay in the sun for about 12 years? That's slightly longer than Google search has been in existence, and a pretty long life for a website. I just think it's interesting how things we consider a fad now lasted far longer than we expect today's potential successes, let alone fads. I’m pretty sure the “CB radio of Web 2.0″ comment was meant to say Twitter could become obsolete in a heartbeat. Which is totally true.

However, didn’t CB radios managed to stay in the sun for about 12 years? That’s slightly longer than Google search has been in existence, and a pretty long life for a website.

I just think it’s interesting how things we consider a fad now lasted far longer than we expect today’s potential successes, let alone fads.

]]> by: Elliott Ng http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2008/04/28/the-point-of-twitter/#comment-157238 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:47:06 +0000 http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2008/04/28/the-point-of-twitter/#comment-157238 Andrew, I enjoyed that back and forth with Scobleizer. I don't think its a faddish app and it is part of the open social graph that we will all take for granted in the future. BTW, i don't think Christine Lu's ChinaList is meant to be exclusive. You can just Follow ChinaList or contact Christine to join...not meant to be exclusionary or exclusive really... Andrew, I enjoyed that back and forth with Scobleizer. I don’t think its a faddish app and it is part of the open social graph that we will all take for granted in the future.

BTW, i don’t think Christine Lu’s ChinaList is meant to be exclusive. You can just Follow ChinaList or contact Christine to join…not meant to be exclusionary or exclusive really…

]]> by: Mike D http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2008/04/28/the-point-of-twitter/#comment-157237 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:46:37 +0000 http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2008/04/28/the-point-of-twitter/#comment-157237 I don't think Scoble is using a bot to identify his name in Tweets. I'm pretty sure that he is just using the Track feature, which is a standard feature of Twitter that allows you to track keywords and route it to an IM client or to SMS. This is how he keeps up. If he is using Gtalk as his main interface for Twitter, he is only following the people that he has device updates on for (the IM gateway does not send you everything and the default setting for new followers is Off). Now this is just a theory, but maybe Robert has only turned on device updates for a couple thousand out of the 20,000 that he is following. If he is tracking all forms of his name (Scoble, Scobleizer, Scobel, etc.) he is able to see any tweets that are directly addressed to him plus any tweets that mention him, even though he is not seeing tweets from all of his followers. I actually think this is OK, very different from obvious spammers who are using bots to follow people in mass quantities. I don’t think Scoble is using a bot to identify his name in Tweets. I’m pretty sure that he is just using the Track feature, which is a standard feature of Twitter that allows you to track keywords and route it to an IM client or to SMS. This is how he keeps up. If he is using Gtalk as his main interface for Twitter, he is only following the people that he has device updates on for (the IM gateway does not send you everything and the default setting for new followers is Off).

Now this is just a theory, but maybe Robert has only turned on device updates for a couple thousand out of the 20,000 that he is following. If he is tracking all forms of his name (Scoble, Scobleizer, Scobel, etc.) he is able to see any tweets that are directly addressed to him plus any tweets that mention him, even though he is not seeing tweets from all of his followers. I actually think this is OK, very different from obvious spammers who are using bots to follow people in mass quantities.

]]> by: Micah Sittig http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2008/04/28/the-point-of-twitter/#comment-157234 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:40:51 +0000 http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2008/04/28/the-point-of-twitter/#comment-157234 What makes Twitter different than IRC? What makes Twitter different than IRC?

]]>