Comments on: One Good Rant Deserves Another http://blog.web2expo.com/2008/12/one-good-rant-deserves-another/ Web 2.0 Expo Blog Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:48:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Tony Stubblebine http://blog.web2expo.com/2008/12/one-good-rant-deserves-another/#comment-4078 Tony Stubblebine Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:05:55 +0000 http://blog.web2expo.com/?p=912#comment-4078 One reason to follow everyone back is so you can send and receive direct messages. I can think of a lot of reasons you'd want this. If your network is an information source, some of that information may be private. And if you're a corporate account doing support, it's often useful to take a support conversation private. One reason to follow everyone back is so you can send and receive direct messages. I can think of a lot of reasons you’d want this. If your network is an information source, some of that information may be private. And if you’re a corporate account doing support, it’s often useful to take a support conversation private.

]]> By: Nicole Simon http://blog.web2expo.com/2008/12/one-good-rant-deserves-another/#comment-4077 Nicole Simon Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:43:30 +0000 http://blog.web2expo.com/?p=912#comment-4077 If you take a look at Kara for 'managing' twitter, you cannot just leave the so called synchronous twitterers hanging out there. Nobody who has the "i do follow most people back" system in place is not using additional tools to a) follow only a subset of people like Kara in some hidden account, b) use searches extensivly on topic and people as well as c) manages replies / dm that way. Plus you can bet that those people only having a handful following do not read everything in there either. I find that synchronous approach more honest than the 'elite' approach, often used with 'oh you can (publically for everybody to see) @name me!" I want filter myself. Not necessary on follower numbers, but more simpler things like "langauges I do not understand" and "anything mac related". Simpler because I dont care about one single authority measurement but I do care about "present me what is important to me". Google does a good job of providing me what I want to find and basically we wish for something similar for twitter. Btw the argument from Charlie about a level plain field is an illusion as well. Just because you do have a voice does not make for a level plain field. It betters your chances and it is good to have the ability to be hear if somebody wants to listen - but that somebody needs to be there. :) If you take a look at Kara for ‘managing’ twitter, you cannot just leave the so called synchronous twitterers hanging out there.

Nobody who has the “i do follow most people back” system in place is not using additional tools to a) follow only a subset of people like Kara in some hidden account, b) use searches extensivly on topic and people as well as c) manages replies / dm that way. Plus you can bet that those people only having a handful following do not read everything in there either.

I find that synchronous approach more honest than the ‘elite’ approach, often used with ‘oh you can (publically for everybody to see) @name me!”

I want filter myself. Not necessary on follower numbers, but more simpler things like “langauges I do not understand” and “anything mac related”. Simpler because I dont care about one single authority measurement but I do care about “present me what is important to me”.

Google does a good job of providing me what I want to find and basically we wish for something similar for twitter.

Btw the argument from Charlie about a level plain field is an illusion as well. Just because you do have a voice does not make for a level plain field. It betters your chances and it is good to have the ability to be hear if somebody wants to listen - but that somebody needs to be there.

:)

]]> By: Liza Daly http://blog.web2expo.com/2008/12/one-good-rant-deserves-another/#comment-4072 Liza Daly Tue, 30 Dec 2008 03:04:39 +0000 http://blog.web2expo.com/?p=912#comment-4072 My husband goes to GDC and he told me that while he doesn't find the Rants panel informative, per se, it is entertaining and does get people talking. He thinks it works best when the speakers are provocative personalities, if only to provide fodder for the other attendees to say, "What a wanker." My husband goes to GDC and he told me that while he doesn’t find the Rants panel informative, per se, it is entertaining and does get people talking. He thinks it works best when the speakers are provocative personalities, if only to provide fodder for the other attendees to say, “What a wanker.”

]]> By: Michael Litman http://blog.web2expo.com/2008/12/one-good-rant-deserves-another/#comment-4071 Michael Litman Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:58:20 +0000 http://blog.web2expo.com/?p=912#comment-4071 Wow, that's an incredibly detailed post. Kudos. I'll be sending this one around for sure. I gave my own take on the whole Twitority thing here, but I'm perhaps a bit ashamed to show you now after the masterpiece above! Anyway, again wow.. but here goes! http://bit.ly/2E2gdu Interested to hear your thoughts, feel free to drop by. Best, M Wow, that’s an incredibly detailed post. Kudos. I’ll be sending this one around for sure.

I gave my own take on the whole Twitority thing here, but I’m perhaps a bit ashamed to show you now after the masterpiece above!

Anyway, again wow.. but here goes!

http://bit.ly/2E2gdu

Interested to hear your thoughts, feel free to drop by.

Best,

M

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