Re: [WebDNA] [OT] Twitter/Facebook (was: talklist & twitter)
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2009
It keeps the original formatting.
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interpreted = N
texte = The sooner the "Twitt" falls off the Twig, the better. Definition of a "Twitt" http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=twitt Fits in with Australian slang where a "Twitt" is more often defined as an idiot :) Regards Stuart Tremain IDFK Web Developments AUSTRALIA webdna@idfk.com.au On 15/07/2009, at 3:20 AM, Dan Strong wrote: > [unsolicited_commentary] > I have to say that I agree with that statement to some > degree...fundamentally, I don't "get" twitter. I just can't see the > value of sending traffic from my website to another one where people > post 140 chars about what they had for breakfast or how big that new > boil is, and in fact i find most of it to be downright inane. I > almost never post on the site and i read other people's posts even > less. My clients, however, really want to get onboard, and I am > charging them for that, so I guess in that sense it's good for me, > but I pretty much expect them to ask me to quietly remove the > twitter stuff from their sites next year at about this time. Maybe > I'm just old-school. > > Facebook on the other hand has turned out to be pretty cool for me > from a personal standpoint. Like twitter, I hardly ever post on my > "wall" and if I do it's just snarky nonsense, and I occasionally > read other people's posts when I have time, but I have reconnected > with distant family, old friends and other people I've known (and > liked) throughout my life but lost touch with and as a result have > had lunch with some of them and have made plans to see others. Maybe > some business may come from these connections, but that is not why > I'm there. > [/unsolicited_commentary] > > [prediction] > Facebook's new user feeds capability will be the end of twitter. By > year's end this will be apparent, and by next summer twitter will go > the way of myspace and classmates.com > [/prediction] > > Ok, story time is over. Back to work. > -Dan > > > On Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:46:11 -0500 > Patrick McCormick
wrote: >> Or maybe ahead of the fad evaporation curve... > --------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us > old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/
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The sooner the "Twitt" falls off the Twig, the better. Definition of a "Twitt" http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=twitt Fits in with Australian slang where a "Twitt" is more often defined as an idiot :) Regards Stuart Tremain IDFK Web Developments AUSTRALIA webdna@idfk.com.au On 15/07/2009, at 3:20 AM, Dan Strong wrote: > [unsolicited_commentary] > I have to say that I agree with that statement to some > degree...fundamentally, I don't "get" twitter. I just can't see the > value of sending traffic from my website to another one where people > post 140 chars about what they had for breakfast or how big that new > boil is, and in fact i find most of it to be downright inane. I > almost never post on the site and i read other people's posts even > less. My clients, however, really want to get onboard, and I am > charging them for that, so I guess in that sense it's good for me, > but I pretty much expect them to ask me to quietly remove the > twitter stuff from their sites next year at about this time. Maybe > I'm just old-school. > > Facebook on the other hand has turned out to be pretty cool for me > from a personal standpoint. Like twitter, I hardly ever post on my > "wall" and if I do it's just snarky nonsense, and I occasionally > read other people's posts when I have time, but I have reconnected > with distant family, old friends and other people I've known (and > liked) throughout my life but lost touch with and as a result have > had lunch with some of them and have made plans to see others. Maybe > some business may come from these connections, but that is not why > I'm there. > [/unsolicited_commentary] > > [prediction] > Facebook's new user feeds capability will be the end of twitter. By > year's end this will be apparent, and by next summer twitter will go > the way of myspace and classmates.com > [/prediction] > > Ok, story time is over. Back to work. > -Dan > > > On Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:46:11 -0500 > Patrick McCormick wrote: >> Or maybe ahead of the fad evaporation curve... > --------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us > old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/
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