DISQUS

Thanks for all the comments guys!

@Brandon - That's a great quote by Scott Monty.

@David - Good point, it is the natural evolution of think before you talk.

@Jim - Like David Armano says, the point is to become Brand U - http://www.slideshare.net/darmano/brand-u0-pres...

Thanks for all the comments guys!

@Brandon - That's a great quote by Scott Monty.

@David - Good point, it is the natural evolution of think before you talk.

@Jim - Like David Armano says, the point is to become Brand U - http://www.slideshare.net/darmano/brand-u0-pres...

@hollib - This is a good place to join and keep up on Southeast Michigan Tweetups - http://dtweetups.ning.com/

@hollib - This is a good place to join and keep up on Southeast Michigan Tweetups - http://dtweetups.ning.com/

Stacy - Thx for the tip. I've read the Twitter handbook but there are many others that haven't. It's another great place to start if you're new to Twtter.

Stacy - Thx for the tip. I've read the Twitter handbook but there are many others that haven't. It's another great place to start if you're new to Twtter.

Zena, you nail a great point that I overlooked. Brands need to facilitate and organize the discussion, not do the heavy lifting themselves. Another great reason to engage in community sourcing if you're a brand.

Zena, you nail a great point that I overlooked. Brands need to facilitate and organize the discussion, not do the heavy lifting themselves. Another great reason to engage in community sourcing if you're a brand.

@jeffcutler I share your approach (I think). Don't take it too seriously, really. That said, easier said than done for most people.

@jwphillips Does that mean you're not interested in using Qwitter/Twitterless?

@coreyobrien In my simple research, I found many people shared your opinion on knowing, and were not users of Qwitter/Twitterless. They prefer to not know. I suspect this may be the majority

@warrenss You're the perfect example of my point. The new tools are changing user behavior. Some ways are subtle, some more obvious. It's an interesting social phenomenon, no?

@jstorej I've experienced the same result when live-tweeting a conference. It's too much for some people and they unfollow. hilarious re: unfollow @warrenss

@jeffcutler I share your approach (I think). Don't take it too seriously, really. That said, easier said than done for most people.

@jwphillips Does that mean you're not interested in using Qwitter/Twitterless?

@coreyobrien In my simple research, I found many people shared your opinion on knowing, and were not users of Qwitter/Twitterless. They prefer to not know. I suspect this may be the majority

@warrenss You're the perfect example of my point. The new tools are changing user behavior. Some ways are subtle, some more obvious. It's an interesting social phenomenon, no?

@jstorej I've experienced the same result when live-tweeting a conference. It's too much for some people and they unfollow. hilarious re: unfollow @warrenss

@A.J. Thanks for the comments. You're right, a Digital telephony system does make it much better. We have one here and I receive all voicemail messages in my email as an audio file. All I need to do is click play and listen. I haven't actually logged into the phone system via a telephone handset in 2 months. In the land of voicemail systems, it's pure heaven. That sad, my feelings overall on VM usage haven't changed. I prefer text, IM, Twitter or other forms of messaging.

@A.J. Thanks for the comments. You're right, a Digital telephony system does make it much better. We have one here and I receive all voicemail messages in my email as an audio file. All I need to do is click play and listen. I haven't actually logged into the phone system via a telephone handset in 2 months. In the land of voicemail systems, it's pure heaven. That sad, my feelings overall on VM usage haven't changed. I prefer text, IM, Twitter or other forms of messaging.

I've been using Tweetbeep for some time now. It's a useful service for ensuring you never miss an @reply or mention of topics and/or keywords that are important to you. Kudos to Michael Jensen (@mdjensen) for his Tweetbeep work!

Warren - Scott and team pulled off a fantastic event. All the social media/blogger folks that attended were buzzing over at least one of the models they tested. Scott's approach to invite real people/influencers over traditional automotive media seems to have paid off handsomely.

Hi Nick. Great post. What cloud service are you using? Have you moved all of your blogs/sites over to the cloud now too? Curious to hear more about how trivial/painful the experience has been.

@warrenss @astrout Summize is hands down better, even when Twitter has the replies turned on. I've gotten to the point where I have a dedicated Summize tab open in FF at all times. It's much easier than using the replies tab integrated into the Twitter homepage.

Speaking of Summize, Twitter needs to buy them or outsource replies feature to them. Summize wins, hands down. And performance is never an issue.

It depends on perceived value. I'll use Twitter as an example because I'm not using Multiply yet. Would someone new to Twitter be as willing to pay? Would an early adopter that gets/puts much more out of the Twitter community be any more willing? Each individual must decide that for his/herself. I would pay a fee to use it because I believe there lies significant value in the community that I've become a part of. It sure provides a heck of a lot more value to me than the $6.95/month I pay for ESPN insider!

In addition to the new funding and management support from Jeff and Bijan, Twitter has also recently hired some large scale computing heavy hitters to solve the architecture problem. John Adams is the new Director of Operations. He was interviewed by @techcrunch recently and discussed this very problem and some of what he'll do to solve it.

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/23/john-adams...

Let's hope this finally gets them over the hump so we can all stop writing blog posts about how poorly Twitter is behaving.

John - Congratulations on your new position with Twitter. I'm looking forward to following your work on improving what is a great service. Best of luck going forward!

Scott - Welcome to Detroit! We're excited to have you come here and spread the social media word for Ford. You'll have to come to one of the Detroit Tweetups. Check out http://dtweetups.ning.com/ and join. First beer is on me!

Chris - Thanks for elaborating on this topic. Was a pleasure sharing beers with you tonight @ the Tweetup. Look forward to doing it again.

Answer for Dan Jones - It is real. You can find the feature shown in the screenshot by clicking account, then under the notifications tab.