Comments on: The Point of Twitter http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2008/04/28/the-point-of-twitter/ USC professor Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:04:26 +0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Caramoan http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2008/04/28/the-point-of-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-311947 Caramoan Fri, 25 Dec 2009 05:30:14 +0000 http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2008/04/28/the-point-of-twitter/#comment-311947 Twitter is some ways is much better than blogging. I love to Twitter my everyday activities on my friends and relatives. *** Twitter is some ways is much better than blogging. I love to Twitter my everyday activities on my friends and relatives.
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]]> By: Cleothilde http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2008/04/28/the-point-of-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-311884 Cleothilde Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:55:16 +0000 http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2008/04/28/the-point-of-twitter/#comment-311884 i love to Twitter my day to day activities to my friends and followers. Twitter is much better than blogging because it is direct to the point and does not require you to type so many unnecessary words . i love to Twitter my day to day activities to my friends and followers. Twitter is much better than blogging because it is direct to the point and does not require you to type so many unnecessary words .

]]> By: video conferencing setup http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2008/04/28/the-point-of-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-311678 video conferencing setup Fri, 20 Mar 2009 05:10:29 +0000 http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2008/04/28/the-point-of-twitter/#comment-311678 I enjoyed reading your post; I am running a small website on video conferencing I am a beginner in this business. I don’t know much about it but I am searching around for material that can increase my knowledge I enjoyed reading your post; I am running a small website on video conferencing I am a beginner in this business. I don’t know much about it but I am searching around for material that can increase my knowledge

]]> By: megamega http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2008/04/28/the-point-of-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-262003 megamega Thu, 23 Oct 2008 08:57:01 +0000 http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2008/04/28/the-point-of-twitter/#comment-262003 Dont read this if you HATE tons of new MYSPACE friends on: http://tinyurl.com/5z7h8m Dont read this if you HATE tons of new MYSPACE friends
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]]> By: Steven Fisher http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2008/04/28/the-point-of-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-157289 Steven Fisher 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-page-1/#comment-157238 Elliott Ng 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-page-1/#comment-157237 Mike D 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-page-1/#comment-157234 Micah Sittig 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?

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