microblogging
Twitter and Telus, friends again?
So, I just found out that my mobile service provider, Telus, is now on Twitter! Not only that, but they're asking Telus users on Twitter if they want full SMS support again, like Bell customers have. The only problem is that if you want to say yes, you need to be followed by Telus. Why? Because they want responses via direct message.
Hashtags are dead. Long live real-time search and filtering!
I don't know if Scoble will beat me to the punch (he's blogging this too) but I got to say this: You don't need hashtags any more. The reason? Real-time search and filtering exists and works well in the places where hashtags are primarily used. If you don't get it, dwell on that for a bit. Once it sinks in, you'll know.
Perhaps it's time to abandon Twitter
We all know that Twitter has jumped the shark. The recent additions of the suggested users list, the influx of celebrity and brand accounts (and all the silent, creepy stalker accounts that follow them), and the incredible gaming of the friend/follower system demonstrates that quite clearly. But that's not why I say it's time to take our tweets and go elsewhere.
Why bother protecting your Twitter updates?
I've been taken to task for my post earlier this week about tweet protection being meaningless. It turns out that the person whose tweets lead to the article toggles protection on and off, and apparently quite frequently. But that begs the question: If you're turning protection on and off, why bother having it on in the first place? And if you just straight-up have it on, why are you bothering with Twitter in the first place?
Blellow: Microblogging done better
Ever wish that Twitter was a good platform for conversations, rather than simply being a way to push announcements at people? Have I got a site for you! Blellow is a new microblogging site, currently in beta, that does it better than Twitter. While the beta is still missing a few useful features, what it does have already shows that the people behind Blellow have a better way to communicate via microblogging.
Six Degrees of Robert Scoble
I know, I know. "Not more about Scoble!" you cry out, glancing at the title of this blog post. Or perhaps you're thinking, "first Kevin Bacon, and now this?"
Retweets: Friend or foe?
Some fuss has been making the rounds lately regarding retweeting, the action of taking someone's message on a microblogging service (such as Twitter, where the term gets its name) and sending it out again from your own account. There are some who think this is a bad thing.
