Comments on: Is Tweeterboard the first of many? http://regulargeek.com/2008/07/03/is-tweeterboard-the-first-of-many/ Where programming, the internet and social media collide. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:23:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: admin http://regulargeek.com/2008/07/03/is-tweeterboard-the-first-of-many/#comment-445 admin Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:06:08 +0000 http://regulargeek.com/?p=71#comment-445 @Honest Ape See there was a real reason. I did not think calinazaret would be censoring herself. @Honest Ape
See there was a real reason. I did not think calinazaret would be censoring herself.

]]> By: calinazaret http://regulargeek.com/2008/07/03/is-tweeterboard-the-first-of-many/#comment-444 calinazaret Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:00:21 +0000 http://regulargeek.com/?p=71#comment-444 lol, my dad says "get your poop in a pile." He's from Ohio. He tries never to curse, but is usually unsuccessful. lol, my dad says “get your poop in a pile.” He’s from Ohio. He tries never to curse, but is usually unsuccessful.

]]> By: honest_ape http://regulargeek.com/2008/07/03/is-tweeterboard-the-first-of-many/#comment-443 honest_ape Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:49:57 +0000 http://regulargeek.com/?p=71#comment-443 It's a derivation of "get your shit together" - I've never heard "poop in a pile" before, but people I used to work with said "poop in a group". Same thing. Our dear Ms. Calinazaret is clearly to nice to use such profane words as shit. Personally, I have no such qualms. It’s a derivation of “get your shit together” - I’ve never heard “poop in a pile” before, but people I used to work with said “poop in a group”. Same thing. Our dear Ms. Calinazaret is clearly to nice to use such profane words as shit. Personally, I have no such qualms.

]]> By: admin http://regulargeek.com/2008/07/03/is-tweeterboard-the-first-of-many/#comment-441 admin Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:12:13 +0000 http://regulargeek.com/?p=71#comment-441 @calinazaret As far as I can tell, people are looking for stability more than an alternative. Plurk is a very interesting alternative for some people, but others just don't like it. My understanding is that Identica was meant to be "identical" to Twitter, just an open source version. If they ride the momentum and implement a ton of features, it could get interesting. Twitter can maintain their leadership if they don't take too long in fixing their issues. However, they are not making anyone comfortable with what they are telling people. Also, I have never heard "poop in a pile" before. I understand the meaning, but where did you get that one? @calinazaret
As far as I can tell, people are looking for stability more than an alternative. Plurk is a very interesting alternative for some people, but others just don’t like it. My understanding is that Identica was meant to be “identical” to Twitter, just an open source version. If they ride the momentum and implement a ton of features, it could get interesting. Twitter can maintain their leadership if they don’t take too long in fixing their issues. However, they are not making anyone comfortable with what they are telling people.

Also, I have never heard “poop in a pile” before. I understand the meaning, but where did you get that one?

]]> By: admin http://regulargeek.com/2008/07/03/is-tweeterboard-the-first-of-many/#comment-440 admin Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:07:18 +0000 http://regulargeek.com/?p=71#comment-440 @honest_ape I am curious if other developers will shut down as well. I don't think Twitter is going away, but they could lose their following which is just as bad. @Jean-Marc I understand the open argument, but sometimes proprietary solutions are just better. Before Indeti.ca, very few people had heard of Laconi.ca. It will be interesting to see how this changes things. @honest_ape
I am curious if other developers will shut down as well. I don’t think Twitter is going away, but they could lose their following which is just as bad.

@Jean-Marc
I understand the open argument, but sometimes proprietary solutions are just better. Before Indeti.ca, very few people had heard of Laconi.ca. It will be interesting to see how this changes things.

]]> By: calinazaret http://regulargeek.com/2008/07/03/is-tweeterboard-the-first-of-many/#comment-438 calinazaret Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:43:43 +0000 http://regulargeek.com/?p=71#comment-438 I'm sure I'll be the very first person to say this, but it seems like a lot of people are looking for an alternative microblogging platform, and it's the beginning of the end for twitter. Identica looks a little too much like twitter to be very interesting to me, I mean, it's almost an exact clone. Twitter may eventually recover if they fix the multitude of problems their service has, but the novelty of their service is gone and they need to "get their poop in a pile" in order to stay competitive. I’m sure I’ll be the very first person to say this, but it seems like a lot of people are looking for an alternative microblogging platform, and it’s the beginning of the end for twitter. Identica looks a little too much like twitter to be very interesting to me, I mean, it’s almost an exact clone.

Twitter may eventually recover if they fix the multitude of problems their service has, but the novelty of their service is gone and they need to “get their poop in a pile” in order to stay competitive.

]]> By: Jean-Marc Liotier http://regulargeek.com/2008/07/03/is-tweeterboard-the-first-of-many/#comment-432 Jean-Marc Liotier Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:03:58 +0000 http://regulargeek.com/?p=71#comment-432 Build on sand and suffer the consequences. Some users do not understand why I keep warning them against using proprietary services. Balance of power is a major issue. Only a decentralized open service guarantees that all stakeholders remain in control. That is why federated services such as SMTP or XMPP always win in the end. As feature poor as Identi.ca and the other Laconi.ca instances are currently compared to Twitter, they are open and that is why they are attracting the huge interest that will push them forward. Open is the killer app. Build on sand and suffer the consequences. Some users do not understand why I keep warning them against using proprietary services. Balance of power is a major issue. Only a decentralized open service guarantees that all stakeholders remain in control. That is why federated services such as SMTP or XMPP always win in the end. As feature poor as Identi.ca and the other Laconi.ca instances are currently compared to Twitter, they are open and that is why they are attracting the huge interest that will push them forward. Open is the killer app.

]]> By: honest_ape http://regulargeek.com/2008/07/03/is-tweeterboard-the-first-of-many/#comment-431 honest_ape Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:21:36 +0000 http://regulargeek.com/?p=71#comment-431 This brings up an interesting related point: If you create a service based on another service, you are at their mercy. If they are down, you are down. If they close shop, you have to follow suit. This was not the case, ostensibly, that Tweeterboard stopped, but it certainly makes one think about such things. As usual, great article, Rob. This brings up an interesting related point: If you create a service based on another service, you are at their mercy. If they are down, you are down. If they close shop, you have to follow suit.

This was not the case, ostensibly, that Tweeterboard stopped, but it certainly makes one think about such things.

As usual, great article, Rob.

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