DISQUS

Shooting at Bubbles: Serious conversations? Not on Twitter

  • Chris Baskind · 2 months ago
    I feel ripped-off and want my money back.
  • BLOGBloke · 2 months ago
    I couldn't agree more. I wrote a similar article not long ago and Twitter's old-school SMS technology doesn't cut it and totally SUCKS as a conversation tool.
  • StevenHodson · 2 months ago
    not to mention that the whole crowdsourcing hype about it is just that hype unless you have very large numbers of followers. The number of times that I have put out a question or asked for help for something and that I have gotten a reply other than spam I can count on one hand.
  • BLOGBloke · 2 months ago
    I'm going to start a series on the dumb DMs and spam that I'm getting on Twitter. Should be fun exposing them. One of the worst offenders is SocialBlaster. They are very adept at link-baiting.
  • randommanblog · 2 months ago
    i've stumbled upon that roadblock many a time. some form of google mail style conversations would be helpful, but then again, it's not really keeping in line with the usual 'im making toast' pearls that we see flying around on twitter...
  • John E. Bredehoft (Empoprises) · 2 months ago
    Agreed. Twitter is best for one-way communication.
  • nbradbury · 2 months ago
    Yeah, that's the same reason I just can't do tech support on Twitter. Not enough room to really figure things out.
  • StevenHodson · 2 months ago
    I wouldn't even want to try doing anything like that especially when it comes to a popular program like FeedDemon.
  • Rahsheen · 2 months ago
    Definitely true. The only time you can get close to having a cohesive conversation is to use a #hashtag, which is a huge PITA and cuts into your 140.
  • Jlo0312 · 2 months ago
    I agree that Twitter is not the "conversation" medium that some people use it for...when I am two or three tweets in, I either tell them to email or call.
    For content, Twitter is fantastic.
  • Keith · 2 months ago
    I completely agree. Twitter just doesn't lend itself to long conversations. That's where Friendfeed excels.