Comments on: Twitter Is Fighting With Their Users For Metadata http://regulargeek.com/2009/11/25/twitter-is-fighting-with-their-users-for-metadata/ Where programming, the internet and social media collide. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:47:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tweets that mention Twitter Is Fighting With Their Users For Metadata | Regular Geek -- Topsy.com http://regulargeek.com/2009/11/25/twitter-is-fighting-with-their-users-for-metadata/comment-page-1/#comment-3256 Tweets that mention Twitter Is Fighting With Their Users For Metadata | Regular Geek -- Topsy.com Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:50:18 +0000 http://regulargeek.com/?p=1280#comment-3256 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by MachoMachismo. MachoMachismo said: RT .@Twitter_Tips: Twitter Is Fighting With Us For Our Metadata: http://j.mp/62PMMv [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by MachoMachismo. MachoMachismo said: RT .@Twitter_Tips: Twitter Is Fighting With Us For Our Metadata: http://j.mp/62PMMv [...]

]]> By: Rob Diana http://regulargeek.com/2009/11/25/twitter-is-fighting-with-their-users-for-metadata/comment-page-1/#comment-3255 Rob Diana Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:26:20 +0000 http://regulargeek.com/?p=1280#comment-3255 Ryan I had thought about the point that Facebook may have been the same size, but Facebook has been changing the site based on external factors, like FriendFeed and Twitter itself. Twitter's user base has standardized @replies and RTs which makes the situation a little different. Twitter is really community driven. I do agree that at some points, you do have to do what is best for the site or business and sometimes that will annoy users. It happens. Ryan

I had thought about the point that Facebook may have been the same size, but Facebook has been changing the site based on external factors, like FriendFeed and Twitter itself. Twitter’s user base has standardized @replies and RTs which makes the situation a little different. Twitter is really community driven.

I do agree that at some points, you do have to do what is best for the site or business and sometimes that will annoy users. It happens.

]]> By: Ryan Waggoner http://regulargeek.com/2009/11/25/twitter-is-fighting-with-their-users-for-metadata/comment-page-1/#comment-3254 Ryan Waggoner Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:26:21 +0000 http://regulargeek.com/?p=1280#comment-3254 As much as it pains me to admit it, I think we probably can compare Facebook and Twitter in this context. Facebook has a history of making changes that rile up their userbase, and they often stick to their guns and ride out the user revolt until people decide that they do in fact like the new features. And yes, Facebook has 300 million users now, but they didn't when they first started doing stuff like this; they weren't much bigger than Twitter is now. You have to listen to your users, but you also have to recognize that when you have tens or hundreds of millions of users, any change is going to cause literally millions of people to get worked up. People don't like change. That can't stop you from innovating though. As much as it pains me to admit it, I think we probably can compare Facebook and Twitter in this context. Facebook has a history of making changes that rile up their userbase, and they often stick to their guns and ride out the user revolt until people decide that they do in fact like the new features. And yes, Facebook has 300 million users now, but they didn’t when they first started doing stuff like this; they weren’t much bigger than Twitter is now.

You have to listen to your users, but you also have to recognize that when you have tens or hundreds of millions of users, any change is going to cause literally millions of people to get worked up. People don’t like change. That can’t stop you from innovating though.

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