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Re: The hype about that micro blogging service

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ozz — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 05:13:55 -0000

Twitter... twit... twat

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Matthew — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 17:11:12 -0000

Robert, I tell marketers this all the time - they need more controversy. They need to learn how to leak information properly. Sometimes a screenshot is worth more than a blog post, because until all the information about the product is revealed, people are busy speculating, discussing and debating.

But most marketers don't get this. They want everything in a nice tidy press release that's been proofed by 15 executives and revised at least 20 times. Press releases no longer serve their purpose, in my opinion. 99% of them are DOA. You can instantly tell if a magazine, newspaper or blog article was pulled from a press release - because they're so damn bland, and usually avoid any kind of critical discourse.

Re: The hype about that micro blogging service

LayZ — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 14:39:52 -0000

@40 just because you "unfriend" a spammer doesn't mean spammers aren't on it. What's the difference between that and marking an unwanted email as junk mail? Doesn't mean I'm not getting spam.

I was on it. No longer on it. I didn't find my life was being "enriched" and I found it hard to hang out with "stars"

Re: The hype about that micro blogging service

seshadri — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 13:57:05 -0000

I am with Dave Winer on this one. I don't 'get' twitter. But anything that stirs up so much of passionate arguments - pro and anti- shouldn't be discounted that easily.

But something i disagree on my own is Robert's hype about twitter.

Re: The hype about that micro blogging service

Robert Scoble — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 12:52:24 -0000

#38: things I like about Twitter? You're not on it.
Also, spammers? Demonstrates you don't use it. If one shows up I simply "unfriend" that account.

Re: The hype about that micro blogging service

Robert Scoble — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 12:46:39 -0000

>forsalebylocals: I don't have equity in any company except for Microsoft and PodTech. I will disclose anytime that ever changes.

I'm not being paid by any company other than PodTech and I will also disclose anytime that changes.

Re: The hype about that micro blogging service

LayZ — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 12:05:27 -0000

@29. Then say it on your blog :-)

As those that "don't get it" being "twats". clever. But we get it. Group text messaging with history. With the ability of spammers to chime in. What am I missing?

Re: The hype about that micro blogging service

johnmryan — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 11:21:04 -0000

Everyone is going Tiwtter mad!

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forsalebylocals — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 10:24:33 -0000

Phew...at least Maryam's threats indicate that you don't don't have an equity stake in the company. The frequency of posts about the topic was beginning to make me think that you did. :)

mobile cell phone providers should be frothing over this but I'm also interested in seeing what happens when the spammer crowd finds ways to join in on multiple devices...

Re: The hype about that micro blogging service

Alexandru Savu — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 05:13:27 -0000

The service that shall not be named is pretty cool.
Your wife is right Robert.

I'm not married but my girl told me she'll format my drives if I don't remove the sms notive service :)

Re: The hype about that micro blogging service

Betsy Aoki — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:59:26 -0000

I'm being contrary:

1)Maryam rules! Hope the couch is comfy.
2)Your videos don't suck!
3)The T-word doesn't suck either, but I loved it for its immediacy at the event rather more than its sanity. I don't know that I could keep it up and have a day job. :)
4) there's enough hate in the world without having to pay for it.
5) I see a future that combines the T-word with the ZeFrank approach. 5 second video real-time from people.

Re: The hype about that micro blogging service

Tom Newman — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:00:18 -0000

Okay, you asked for it: Your Videos Suck
I hope your happy now. heheh
http://fogview.com

From a "follower" and not a "friend" :-(
http://twitter.com/fogview

Re: The hype about that micro blogging service

Rob La Gesse — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 23:14:53 -0000

@LayZ - 140 characters. 180? I wish! Think how much more I could say!

@Robert - couch works, as long as it's the red one.

@Ilya - I am calling them Twats: http://lagesse.org/index.ph...

Rob

Re: The hype about that micro blogging service

LayZ — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 22:52:26 -0000

@23.. I don't know about you, but I prefer a little more depth from reading blogs than 160 characters at a time.

Re: The hype about that micro blogging service

Christopher Coulter — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 22:51:39 -0000

The solution? Enter 77.

Just another 'cult of personality' central service, more fun for the connected party people or group events, over much real world use.

Re: The hype about that micro blogging service

LayZ — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 22:50:28 -0000

@23 And amazingly we've been able to do that with IM and Text Messaging for some time now.

Re: The hype about that micro blogging service

Preston — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 22:32:05 -0000

I tried the not to be mentioned service and decided to stop because it was detracting from my core ability to do other things effectively. Maybe I'll go back in the future when more people are on it??

I must disagree with your "pay to hate" service. That's similar to Mark Cuban's "there's no such thing as bad PR." If people are hearing about a product or service for the first time, they will associate the negativity of criticism with the product and they will likely form a negative impression of the product. That goes double if it is from a source that they trust. Opposite works too. So if all the heavy hitters were bashing twitter all weekend, I have a feeling there wouldn't be as much band-wagoning. In the end, it will take a lot to overcome that negativity if the impression is encoded. So I would not sign up with the "pay for hate" service.

Re: The hype about that micro blogging service

Ilya Lichtenstein — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 22:10:59 -0000

I've written repeatedly about how Twitter sucks, does that count?
http://neomeme.wordpress.co...

And I would definitely disagree with you. One mention about how Twitter is awesome from the likes of you or Steve Rubel is worth more than 1,000 hate posts from little guys like me. Notice that most of the Twitter-hate is not coming from A-list bloggers- you guys all love it, because you have thousands of adoring fans(would they be called Twits?) In conclusion, your opinions suck :)

Re: The hype about that micro blogging service

Jim Johnson — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 21:56:34 -0000

Uses for ________ :

1) Letting your social circle know where you're going? "We're hanging out at XXX this Friday..."

2) Reporting even little events as they happen.
"Bad traffic accident on the ##. Find another route." "It's a Boy!!" "Dad just hit a hole in one!!" "Derek Jeter just walked in to our restaurant..."

3) Making it truly possible to liveblog. Rather than wait until after some event happens to read someone's liveblog - we can see it happen in real time.

_______ is almost the same as Facebook's "status" feature.

We are even integrating it into our social media public relations plans for select clients. (One of them wants to test using it to send coupons to customers phones - "show us the coupon and get...")

Re: The hype about that micro blogging service

Robert Scoble — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 21:50:56 -0000

gwhiz: sorry, I'm not in Long Beach then.

Re: The hype about that micro blogging service

Robert Scoble — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 21:47:14 -0000

Rob: you're sleeping on the couch! Gwhiz: the eggplant works too! :-)