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Ask YC: Why should I care about Twitter?

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Re: Ask YC: Why should I care about Twitter?

#33

Post by xenoterracide »

calvin wrote: post #13
xenoterracide wrote: post #6

I personally don't think you should. I myself find 'social networking' to be a large waste of time. people like to play silly games, and change things like mood, or the music they are playing. the social notice I want? was the phone call I got a 7am a few weeks ago a friend telling me her fiance and my former room-mate had died. or how about a text saying, "wanna meet for lunch?" I haven't used twitter, but the whole…

I've found Twitter to be a great aid to me w/ networking. For the most part, I add people I try to add people I meet at business networking events. I've gotten to know several people in the Seattle startup scene by going to real networking events and then continuing to follow up and build the relationships through Twitter. Speaking of lunch, I've used it for that as well. Once your friends start using Twitter enough,…

see this is part of the problem with social networking.

'once your friends start using twitter enough'

it's proprietary and unstandardized, unlike email or phone numbers where it doesn't matter as much what network you are on, you can still make and receive messages. (I know cells are very proprietary, but you can still get calls right?).

Re: Ask YC: Why should I care about Twitter?

#35

Post by krschultz »

hwork wrote: post #20

AIM Away Messages for Geeks.

That is EXACTLY what it is. It just pushes AIM away messages around. Just add song lyrics aimed at your ex-girlfriend and you have AOL circa 2002 in a "social network" of high school kids. The only reason I would want to use it is for mass texting, i.e. Want to meet for lunch? type messages. For that a better feature would be grouping on your cell phone.

Re: Ask YC: Why should I care about Twitter?

#36

Post by krschultz »

hwork wrote: post #20

AIM Away Messages for Geeks.

That is EXACTLY what it is. It just pushes AIM away messages around. Just add song lyrics aimed at your ex-girlfriend and you have AOL circa 2002 in a "social network" of high school kids. The only reason I would want to use it is for mass texting, i.e. Want to meet for lunch? type messages. For that a better feature would be grouping on your cell phone.

Re: Ask YC: Why should I care about Twitter?

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Post by witten »

xenoterracide wrote: post #33
calvin wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've found Twitter to be a great aid to me w/ networking. For the most part, I add people I try to add people I meet at business networking events. I've gotten to know several people in the Seattle startup scene by going to real networking events and then continuing to follow up and build the relationships through Twitter. Speaking of lunch, I've used it for that as well. Once your friends start using Twitter enough,…

see this is part of the problem with social networking. 'once your friends start using twitter enough' it's proprietary and unstandardized, unlike email or phone numbers where it doesn't matter as much what network you are on, you can still make and receive messages. (I know cells are very proprietary, but you can still get calls right?).

> it's proprietary and unstandardized, unlike email or phone numbers where it doesn't matter as much what network you are on, you can still make and receive messages.

That's the thing that bugs me about Twitter.. It's essentially just another walled garden. But that aside, maybe the model is cool, and a good way to follow friends and acquaintances. So is anyone creating open/unwalled pub-sub software that anyone can use on any server for a similar purpose?

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