Re: [WebDNA] [OT] Twitter/Facebook (was: talklist & twitter)
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2009
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 102952
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texte = The sooner the "Twitt" falls off the Twig, the better.Definition of a "Twitt" http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=twittFits in with Australian slang where a "Twitt" is more often defined as an idiot :)RegardsStuart TremainIDFK Web DevelopmentsAUSTRALIAwebdna@idfk.com.auOn 15/07/2009, at 3:20 AM, Dan Strong wrote:> [unsolicited_commentary]> I have to say that I agree with that statement to some > degree...fundamentally, I don't "get" twitter. I just can't see the > value of sending traffic from my website to another one where people > post 140 chars about what they had for breakfast or how big that new > boil is, and in fact i find most of it to be downright inane. I > almost never post on the site and i read other people's posts even > less. My clients, however, really want to get onboard, and I am > charging them for that, so I guess in that sense it's good for me, > but I pretty much expect them to ask me to quietly remove the > twitter stuff from their sites next year at about this time. Maybe > I'm just old-school.>> Facebook on the other hand has turned out to be pretty cool for me > from a personal standpoint. Like twitter, I hardly ever post on my > "wall" and if I do it's just snarky nonsense, and I occasionally > read other people's posts when I have time, but I have reconnected > with distant family, old friends and other people I've known (and > liked) throughout my life but lost touch with and as a result have > had lunch with some of them and have made plans to see others. Maybe > some business may come from these connections, but that is not why > I'm there.> [/unsolicited_commentary]>> [prediction]> Facebook's new user feeds capability will be the end of twitter. By > year's end this will be apparent, and by next summer twitter will go > the way of myspace and classmates.com> [/prediction]>> Ok, story time is over. Back to work.> -Dan>>> On Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:46:11 -0500> Patrick McCormick
wrote:>> Or maybe ahead of the fad evaporation curve...> ---------------------------------------------------------> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list .> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us> old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/
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The sooner the "Twitt" falls off the Twig, the better.Definition of a "Twitt" http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=twittFits in with Australian slang where a "Twitt" is more often defined as an idiot :)RegardsStuart TremainIDFK Web DevelopmentsAUSTRALIAwebdna@idfk.com.auOn 15/07/2009, at 3:20 AM, Dan Strong wrote:> [unsolicited_commentary]> I have to say that I agree with that statement to some > degree...fundamentally, I don't "get" twitter. I just can't see the > value of sending traffic from my website to another one where people > post 140 chars about what they had for breakfast or how big that new > boil is, and in fact i find most of it to be downright inane. I > almost never post on the site and i read other people's posts even > less. My clients, however, really want to get onboard, and I am > charging them for that, so I guess in that sense it's good for me, > but I pretty much expect them to ask me to quietly remove the > twitter stuff from their sites next year at about this time. Maybe > I'm just old-school.>> Facebook on the other hand has turned out to be pretty cool for me > from a personal standpoint. Like twitter, I hardly ever post on my > "wall" and if I do it's just snarky nonsense, and I occasionally > read other people's posts when I have time, but I have reconnected > with distant family, old friends and other people I've known (and > liked) throughout my life but lost touch with and as a result have > had lunch with some of them and have made plans to see others. Maybe > some business may come from these connections, but that is not why > I'm there.> [/unsolicited_commentary]>> [prediction]> Facebook's new user feeds capability will be the end of twitter. By > year's end this will be apparent, and by next summer twitter will go > the way of myspace and classmates.com> [/prediction]>> Ok, story time is over. Back to work.> -Dan>>> On Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:46:11 -0500> Patrick McCormick wrote:>> Or maybe ahead of the fad evaporation curve...> ---------------------------------------------------------> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list .> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us> old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/
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