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Re: Serious conversations? Not on Twitter

Blog Bloke — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:39:30 -0000

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.

Re: Serious conversations? Not on Twitter

Jlo0312 — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:43:00 -0000

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.

Re: Serious conversations? Not on Twitter

Chris Baskind — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:23:00 -0000

I feel ripped-off and want my money back.

Re: Serious conversations? Not on Twitter

Rahsheen — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:10:25 -0000

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.

Re: Serious conversations? Not on Twitter

StevenHodson — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:07:19 -0000

I wouldn't even want to try doing anything like that especially when it comes to a popular program like FeedDemon.

Re: Serious conversations? Not on Twitter

StevenHodson — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:06:32 -0000

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.

Re: Serious conversations? Not on Twitter

nbradbury — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:45:40 -0000

Yeah, that's the same reason I just can't do tech support on Twitter. Not enough room to really figure things out.

Re: Serious conversations? Not on Twitter

John E. Bredehoft (Empoprises) — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:39:24 -0000

Agreed. Twitter is best for one-way communication.

Re: Serious conversations? Not on Twitter

randommanblog — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:13:20 -0000

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...

Re: Serious conversations? Not on Twitter

Blog Bloke — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:05:53 -0000

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.