I neglect Twitter

Louis — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 22:46:31 +0000

This morning I realized I had neglected Twitter over the past few weeks… well really, months. What happened? To tell the truth, I think it was partly due to the fact that my Twitter stream has become too much for me to follow. As I write this, I am at 497 on my following list. While that is no where near as many as some Twitter users have these days, I do try to follow everyone as much as I can, or at least I did. Funnily enough, have updated my Facebook page more than Twitter for the month of June.

If you asked me to place the blame on someone else besides myself, I would have to say it’s because my favorite Twitter client, Twhirl, has halted development. The team has since focused on developing Seesmic Desktop. Upon getting the alpha download email, I had grand thoughts in my head. However, after seeing the release, I absolutely hated it. Gone was the simplicity and compactness of Twhirl. And more importantly, no FriendFeed! I just can’t accept that. So I stuck with what was familiar and chose to uninstall it.

But then it hit me… Had I given it a chance, would I not have got burned out on Twitter? Seesmic Desktop has 1 key feature I wish they built into Twhirl… the grouping of contacts. I follow lots of Japanese bloggers, designers, twitter celebs (no, not those celebs), and all sorts of segemented groups. Keeping everything organize is a must.

Good news, Seesmic Desktop does have plans to add back FriendFeed as well as make the UI a bit more plesant to the eye. So for the time being, I will keep wading through the Twitter stream that I have amassed. How do you keep a hold of your Twitter follows?

And the point of Twitter is?

And the point of Twitter is?

Louis — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:26:31 +0000

When a friend asks you, “What is Twitter?” , how do you explain it to them? For me, that’s a tough question to answer.

Whether you admit it or not, I’m sure if you went back to your first couple of tweets, you could easily fit into the group of people this video is referring to. Who’s at fault for this entire class of Twitter user? I blame Twitter itself. Take a look at Twitter’s definition of itself:

Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?

How many of you know someone that strictly uses Twitter for that reason alone? I sure don’t. And if I did, I wouldn’t be following them in the first place. Therefore, I don’t know any. Keep up.

I guess the success of Twitter stems from the fact that we are able to adapt Twitter to what we want it to be. Personally, I love the fact that Twitter offers a platform for open conversation. If you want to join in, you can @ or #hash in. If you just want to be an observer, you can follow the conversation with ease and be totally in control.

Why do you use Twitter?

Video via René Fischer.

I neglect Twitter

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I neglect Twitter

And the point of Twitter is?