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1 year ago
in Twit-Out: 24-Hour Twitter Boycott on introspective snapshots
They can definitely improve the service, but added features aren't always necessary, it's twitter's simplicity that is it's strength. If feature's were that important, jaiku and pownce would probably have a larger following.
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1 year ago
in Twit-Out: 24-Hour Twitter Boycott on introspective snapshots
I don't think I'll participate because I don't really see the point. I think they know it's a problem and are doing everything they can. So I don't see that a boycott would be letting them know anything they don't *already* know.
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Shey
I know that, I don't think anyone thinks they aren't working on it. But like I said for me, Its my way of saying:
Look Twitter is great and all, but it won't be the last microblogging platform around. When the competition comes and they can offer a dependable service; my loyalty to Twitter will decide whether I switch or not.
That measure of loyalty gets smaller with each outage.
Look Twitter is great and all, but it won't be the last microblogging platform around. When the competition comes and they can offer a dependable service; my loyalty to Twitter will decide whether I switch or not.
That measure of loyalty gets smaller with each outage.
Bwana
Twitter has changed architectures and revamped their design team, so yeah they're doing "stuff". Twitter does a terrible job of communicating with its users. Everyone knows this. It's an unwritten law that comes with signing up with Twitter: Thou shalt ignore Twitter downtime because we say so. Other services don't do this. They communicate. They tell you why. They apologize. Twitter shuns its users yet we still love it.
I feel complaining does absolutely nothing if Twitter won't listen. I feel taking action will get more people talking and actually doing something. No more "omg twitter is down, what do I do now", but more like, "ok, Twitter is down, I don't care because FriendFeed is where I spend the most time". It's an exercise that will hopefully educate and demonstrate to others that Twitter is not all there is. We've become complacent and lazy in our Twitterverse and won't try anything else for more than 20 minutes, but will settle for crappy service.
When's the last time Twitter added a new feature? Improved the service? Fixed issues? If anything they're tightening API calls, restricting clients, and rotting in a world of complacence. I love what Twitter brings, but taking the time to exercise my energy towards something else has shown me, I can definitely live without it.
I feel complaining does absolutely nothing if Twitter won't listen. I feel taking action will get more people talking and actually doing something. No more "omg twitter is down, what do I do now", but more like, "ok, Twitter is down, I don't care because FriendFeed is where I spend the most time". It's an exercise that will hopefully educate and demonstrate to others that Twitter is not all there is. We've become complacent and lazy in our Twitterverse and won't try anything else for more than 20 minutes, but will settle for crappy service.
When's the last time Twitter added a new feature? Improved the service? Fixed issues? If anything they're tightening API calls, restricting clients, and rotting in a world of complacence. I love what Twitter brings, but taking the time to exercise my energy towards something else has shown me, I can definitely live without it.
Yet, we still love it.