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The appeal of Twitter — part XVII

Started by mathewi · 1 year ago

Twitter seems to be one of those things that people write about almost as much as they actually use (which isn’t hard, considering the average Twitter post is less than 140 characters). I’ve written my share of blog posts about Twitter, including here and here, and ... Continue reading »

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Joe B
1 year ago

Twitter is like navel-gazing with an electron-scanning microscope.

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Eric Rice
1 year ago

Heh, Joe, you do realize that if ego/geeks had electron-scanning microscopes, that would probably one of the most killer gadgets of all time?

My god, I'll take two. Make it four.

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mathewi
1 year ago

I think you're missing the point, Joe.

On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 10:08 PM, Disqus

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Andrew C
1 year ago

It's funny, all the Twitter love on Techmeme got me thinking this morning. Put me in a reflective/retrospective mood. I obviously blogged about it:

http://www.ajcronk.com/2008/02/24/twitter-is-th...

Agree/disagree?

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mathewi
1 year ago

I wouldn't disagree with you, Andrew -- the downtime is frustrating,
and I wouldn't be surprised if something came along and stole some of
Twitter's thunder (although both Pownce and Jaiku have tried but not
succeeded, as far as I can tell). It's really the phenomenon I'm
interested in, not so much the specific app.

On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 10:08 PM, Disqus

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Michael Cayley
1 year ago

Here is a cool visualisation of the Twitter network published by MIT Technology Review:

http://www.technologyreview.com/Biztech/20223/p...

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