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Why I can't have conversations using Twitter

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Re: Why I can't have conversations using Twitter

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Post by unwind »

epaga wrote: post #10

When I want to write something over multiple tweets, I use a simple syntax to make it clear that each individual tweet is meant to be read in context with the others: I simply suffix all tweets except the last one with ">" and prefix all tweets except the first one with " Additionally, I make sure each tweet is a reply to its predecessor. Here's an example: https://twitter.com/epaga/status/510316379833393152

I don't think I would have understood that, since the tweets in the middle look like "" which is used for a bunch of different purposes (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bracket#Uses_of_.22.3C.22_and_....).

Re: Why I can't have conversations using Twitter

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Post by antirez »

davidw wrote: post #30
raverbashing wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, I agree with you, but comparing Redis to PGSQL is an Apples to Oranges comparison. Too bad 99% of Redis users use it as a glorified cache, because it's more than that.

I've been friends with antirez a lot longer than Redis has been around, and have a lot of faith in his abilities as a programmer. It irritates me to see the snark directed at him on Twitter. But for most of what I do - smallish bootstrapped things - I want to build on Postgres, because I know I can take it a lot of different directions, as needs be. Unless I'm 100% sure that it's a bad fit for SQL and a great fit for…

Moreover, I can't remember a single time PostgreSQL folks have been unfair... PostgreSQL is definitely good both as a product and as developers culture.

Re: Why I can't have conversations using Twitter

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Post by Beltiras »

davidw wrote: post #26
raverbashing wrote: post #25

What is it with Postgres fans that "have to" prove they're better? I don't want to use Postgres. I want to use Redis. Postgres IS NOT the solution for a lot of things. Yeah, feel free to call me stupid for not knowing every nook and cranny of PGSQL. I don't care "I love to argue, but this is just a futile exercise." Very wise words

I can't speak to Redis, because I don't use it, and mostly see it as being fairly distinct from Postgres, but with Mysql it's always frustrating to know that you could be using a tool that's generally better, but can't, because initially someone chose Mysql because they "heard it was fast" or "that's what the hosting company provided", and now they're stuck with it.

You are not wedded to an SQL vendor. You actually can migrate your data, as long as your code is farily vendor-agnostic. I write Django apps and use the ORM for everything. That frees my customers from any sort of raw sql specific to one DB server.

Re: Why I can't have conversations using Twitter

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Post by SamReidHughes »

lotsofmangos wrote: post #27
golemotron wrote: post #15

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I think it was a beautiful "what if." What happens when we limit a message to 140 chars? The character of conversation changes - so do people's use patterns. The most wonderful thing about twitter is that you can't get lost down the rabbit hole of a three paragraph email. And there's pressure to reply quickly to stay part of the conversation. It's a genius example of design thinking.

What happens when you set a message limit of 140 characters is you end up with a database that is perfect for training computers about semantics. It is a genius example of design thinking, I'll grant you, but twitter's priority as a business was to build a database for analysis and that was the design constraint which resulted in a 140 character limit to messages. It is a communication platform, but only in as much a…

Um, what? I'm pretty sure text message limits were the design constraint there.
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