Comments on: Twitter: I still don’t get it http://blog.uncommons.org/2008/12/04/twitter-i-still-dont-get-it/ Rants and opinion interspersed with awe-inspiring tales of heoric software engineering endeavours. Tue, 17 Aug 2010 03:04:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: New Adventures in Software » Finding the Dolphin - The Great Twitter Experiment, Day 0 http://blog.uncommons.org/2008/12/04/twitter-i-still-dont-get-it/comment-page-1/#comment-3581 New Adventures in Software » Finding the Dolphin - The Great Twitter Experiment, Day 0 Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:20:45 +0000 http://blog.uncommons.org/?p=321#comment-3581 [...] said it before, I don’t get Twitter.  For me, the hysteria generated by the flat-lined signal-to-noise [...] [...] said it before, I don’t get Twitter.  For me, the hysteria generated by the flat-lined signal-to-noise [...]

]]> By: Graeme Perrow http://blog.uncommons.org/2008/12/04/twitter-i-still-dont-get-it/comment-page-1/#comment-3381 Graeme Perrow Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:27:54 +0000 http://blog.uncommons.org/?p=321#comment-3381 I agree, and I've <a href="http://www.cutthechatter.com/2008/03/microblogging.html" rel="nofollow">written</a> about it myself. I have a twitter account, but have never posted anything. I read it every couple of weeks, but I just can't get that excited about it. I agree, and I’ve written about it myself. I have a twitter account, but have never posted anything. I read it every couple of weeks, but I just can’t get that excited about it.

]]> By: Dan http://blog.uncommons.org/2008/12/04/twitter-i-still-dont-get-it/comment-page-1/#comment-3259 Dan Sat, 20 Dec 2008 12:09:38 +0000 http://blog.uncommons.org/?p=321#comment-3259 Fabio, I took a look at your Twitter feed. I'm sure it's great but unfortunately I don't speak Portuguese :( Fabio, I took a look at your Twitter feed. I’m sure it’s great but unfortunately I don’t speak Portuguese :(

]]> By: Fabio Nascimento http://blog.uncommons.org/2008/12/04/twitter-i-still-dont-get-it/comment-page-1/#comment-3256 Fabio Nascimento Sat, 20 Dec 2008 02:09:57 +0000 http://blog.uncommons.org/?p=321#comment-3256 The problem is that you follow the wrong people! www.twitter.com/fnascimento Wohh The problem is that you follow the wrong people!

http://www.twitter.com/fnascimento

Wohh

]]> By: Wesley Hall http://blog.uncommons.org/2008/12/04/twitter-i-still-dont-get-it/comment-page-1/#comment-3224 Wesley Hall Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:37:14 +0000 http://blog.uncommons.org/?p=321#comment-3224 "I’m honoured that you found a way to post here even though you don’t have Internet access." Thank heavens for small mercies and mobile broadband USB data cards! ;o) “I’m honoured that you found a way to post here even though you don’t have Internet access.”

Thank heavens for small mercies and mobile broadband USB data cards! ;o)

]]> By: Dan http://blog.uncommons.org/2008/12/04/twitter-i-still-dont-get-it/comment-page-1/#comment-3223 Dan Mon, 08 Dec 2008 13:29:56 +0000 http://blog.uncommons.org/?p=321#comment-3223 @Wez, bus? I thought you rode elephants these days? I'm honoured that you found a way to post here even though you don't have Internet access. As you know, I don't use FaceBook, but I do at least understand its appeal. Another thing about Twitter is that it doesn't even seem to be the best at what it does. For example, Pownce appears to be slicker, but that's <a href="http://blog.pownce.com/2008/12/01/goodbye-pownce-hello-six-apart/" rel="nofollow">closing down</a>. I guess Twitter benefitted from being first. @Tim, "the signal to noise ratio is pretty awful" - that's really my complaint, it would be nice to be able to filter it. BTW, I like the phrase "one of my followers", it sounds like you've got your own religion going there :) @Wez, bus? I thought you rode elephants these days? I’m honoured that you found a way to post here even though you don’t have Internet access. As you know, I don’t use FaceBook, but I do at least understand its appeal.

Another thing about Twitter is that it doesn’t even seem to be the best at what it does. For example, Pownce appears to be slicker, but that’s closing down. I guess Twitter benefitted from being first.

@Tim, “the signal to noise ratio is pretty awful” – that’s really my complaint, it would be nice to be able to filter it. BTW, I like the phrase “one of my followers”, it sounds like you’ve got your own religion going there :)

]]> By: Wesley Hall http://blog.uncommons.org/2008/12/04/twitter-i-still-dont-get-it/comment-page-1/#comment-3222 Wesley Hall Mon, 08 Dec 2008 12:07:40 +0000 http://blog.uncommons.org/?p=321#comment-3222 "I just got on a bus" :o) Twitter seems like blogging for the ADHD generation (which, when I think about it, are the same generation that are actually blogging!). Facebook status message are fairly volatile, seems like people enjoy playing with them. I even went through a phase of writing all of my facebook status updates in haiku form in order to demonstrate my obvious intellectual superiority to all my friends ;o), Twitter is yet another demonstration on how the masses quite enjoy playing around with, effectively pointless stuff. Give them a platform that connects them to all their friends, and literally masses of people with whom to collaborate, learn with and share ideas and what will they do.... implement applications that let you pretend to be a werewolf! The huge user base of these sites, coupled with the 99.9% rubbish output is just testament to the fact that human intellect cannot be scaled using a horizontal model ;o) “I just got on a bus” :o )

Twitter seems like blogging for the ADHD generation (which, when I think about it, are the same generation that are actually blogging!).

Facebook status message are fairly volatile, seems like people enjoy playing with them. I even went through a phase of writing all of my facebook status updates in haiku form in order to demonstrate my obvious intellectual superiority to all my friends ;o),

Twitter is yet another demonstration on how the masses quite enjoy playing around with, effectively pointless stuff. Give them a platform that connects them to all their friends, and literally masses of people with whom to collaborate, learn with and share ideas and what will they do…. implement applications that let you pretend to be a werewolf!

The huge user base of these sites, coupled with the 99.9% rubbish output is just testament to the fact that human intellect cannot be scaled using a horizontal model ;o)

]]> By: Tim http://blog.uncommons.org/2008/12/04/twitter-i-still-dont-get-it/comment-page-1/#comment-3221 Tim Mon, 08 Dec 2008 06:32:31 +0000 http://blog.uncommons.org/?p=321#comment-3221 I recently signed up to Twitter as a kind of "give it a whirl" experiment. While I agree that 90% of tweets are mundane crap, I've also had people tweet interesting links they find which have ended up bookmarked and I've given programming to someone who tweeted a problem. I assume if I ever tweeted a problem one of my followers would help me out as well. Many people also use Twitter as a form of marketing, and driving traffic to their blogs from people seeing back-and-forth tweets and wondering who the person one of their followers is talking to. I know I've gotten several new followers after helping someone out. I think the key to getting a lot of value out of Twitter is to recognise the chatter and personal crap for what it is and ignore it, and concentrate only on the few tweets with good information. Sure the signal to noise ratio is pretty awful, but sometimes it's worth it nonetheless. I recently signed up to Twitter as a kind of “give it a whirl” experiment. While I agree that 90% of tweets are mundane crap, I’ve also had people tweet interesting links they find which have ended up bookmarked and I’ve given programming to someone who tweeted a problem. I assume if I ever tweeted a problem one of my followers would help me out as well.

Many people also use Twitter as a form of marketing, and driving traffic to their blogs from people seeing back-and-forth tweets and wondering who the person one of their followers is talking to. I know I’ve gotten several new followers after helping someone out.

I think the key to getting a lot of value out of Twitter is to recognise the chatter and personal crap for what it is and ignore it, and concentrate only on the few tweets with good information. Sure the signal to noise ratio is pretty awful, but sometimes it’s worth it nonetheless.

]]> By: Nick http://blog.uncommons.org/2008/12/04/twitter-i-still-dont-get-it/comment-page-1/#comment-3218 Nick Sat, 06 Dec 2008 02:40:38 +0000 http://blog.uncommons.org/?p=321#comment-3218 You just have to follow the right people, some people have some horrible posts. I don't follow anyone that bitches or talks about random things in their day. You just have to follow the right people, some people have some horrible posts. I don’t follow anyone that bitches or talks about random things in their day.

]]> By: Roshan Bhattarai http://blog.uncommons.org/2008/12/04/twitter-i-still-dont-get-it/comment-page-1/#comment-3217 Roshan Bhattarai Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:33:03 +0000 http://blog.uncommons.org/?p=321#comment-3217 welll.......I would say........follow the useful peoples and ignore those kinda message.......I got a many solutions from twitter friends in some problems......so I would say twitter rocks...BTW I'm using twitterfox for tweeting and it is great tool...... welll…….I would say……..follow the useful peoples and ignore those kinda message…….I got a many solutions from twitter friends in some problems……so I would say twitter rocks…BTW I’m using twitterfox for tweeting and it is great tool……

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