Comments on: Twitter Heading Towards the Trough of Disillusionment? http://www.openthedialogue.com/2009/04/twitter-heading-towards-the-trough-of-disillusionment/ Digital media tools, solutions and strategies from MWW Group Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:00:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: addam http://www.openthedialogue.com/2009/04/twitter-heading-towards-the-trough-of-disillusionment/comment-page-1/#comment-428 addam Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:10:56 +0000 http://www.openthedialogue.com/?p=978#comment-428 i've never gotten into twitter. To me it seems like it will eventually just be business tweeting about their updates. people will get sick of always updating tweets. Its kind of like how I get excited to start writing in a journal and then just stop cuz i'm bored with it. i've never gotten into twitter. To me it seems like it will eventually just be business tweeting about their updates. people will get sick of always updating tweets. Its kind of like how I get excited to start writing in a journal and then just stop cuz i'm bored with it.

]]> By: addam http://www.openthedialogue.com/2009/04/twitter-heading-towards-the-trough-of-disillusionment/comment-page-1/#comment-266 addam Tue, 21 Apr 2009 23:10:56 +0000 http://www.openthedialogue.com/?p=978#comment-266 i've never gotten into twitter. To me it seems like it will eventually just be business tweeting about their updates. people will get sick of always updating tweets. Its kind of like how I get excited to start writing in a journal and then just stop cuz i'm bored with it. i've never gotten into twitter. To me it seems like it will eventually just be business tweeting about their updates. people will get sick of always updating tweets. Its kind of like how I get excited to start writing in a journal and then just stop cuz i'm bored with it.

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]]> By: Phil Williams http://www.openthedialogue.com/2009/04/twitter-heading-towards-the-trough-of-disillusionment/comment-page-1/#comment-261 Phil Williams Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:54:43 +0000 http://www.openthedialogue.com/?p=978#comment-261 Absolutely agree John. I no longer use twollo to add followers based on keywords. I follow people try to follow people that i gain value from and look to do more of this myself, that people follow me. Absolutely agree John. I no longer use twollo to add followers based on keywords. I follow people try to follow people that i gain value from and look to do more of this myself, that people follow me.

]]> By: Phil Williams http://www.openthedialogue.com/2009/04/twitter-heading-towards-the-trough-of-disillusionment/comment-page-1/#comment-260 Phil Williams Thu, 16 Apr 2009 08:51:49 +0000 http://www.openthedialogue.com/?p=978#comment-260 I have come up with the same result my self John. I had a twollo account which automatically added followers based on set keywords. I will be writing an article on this too and referencing your article I have come up with the same result my self John. I had a twollo account which automatically added followers based on set keywords. I will be writing an article on this too and referencing your article

]]> By: john ratcliffe-lee http://www.openthedialogue.com/2009/04/twitter-heading-towards-the-trough-of-disillusionment/comment-page-1/#comment-259 john ratcliffe-lee Thu, 16 Apr 2009 04:12:11 +0000 http://www.openthedialogue.com/?p=978#comment-259 I agree with you on this. Tumblr has done a great job of focusing a new form. Through a combination of great design and mastering the technology involved w/ the concept. It's ease-of-use and lowered design threshold is the whole reason I switched from WordPress. No longer do I have tons of drafts sitting around half-finished. I now post what is on my mind when I want to.<br><br>While the Tumblr community itself still might be closed, they still function - outwardly - as proper blogs. I'm pretty sure there is a "Pro" version at some point coming where it will let anyone, a registered Tumblr user or not, post to a group blog. More info here: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-9925606-2.html" rel="nofollow">http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-9925606-2.html</a>. No timeline yet, to my knowledge.<br><br>Being bullish on hyperlocal and this technology benefiting real-time information exchange in existing communities in the physical world, it'll be interesting to see where we stand when the dust settles. Thanks for your comment! I agree with you on this. Tumblr has done a great job of focusing a new form. Through a combination of great design and mastering the technology involved w/ the concept. It's ease-of-use and lowered design threshold is the whole reason I switched from WordPress. No longer do I have tons of drafts sitting around half-finished. I now post what is on my mind when I want to.

While the Tumblr community itself still might be closed, they still function – outwardly – as proper blogs. I'm pretty sure there is a “Pro” version at some point coming where it will let anyone, a registered Tumblr user or not, post to a group blog. More info here: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-9925606-2.html. No timeline yet, to my knowledge.

Being bullish on hyperlocal and this technology benefiting real-time information exchange in existing communities in the physical world, it'll be interesting to see where we stand when the dust settles. Thanks for your comment!

]]> By: john ratcliffe-lee http://www.openthedialogue.com/2009/04/twitter-heading-towards-the-trough-of-disillusionment/comment-page-1/#comment-258 john ratcliffe-lee Thu, 16 Apr 2009 04:04:10 +0000 http://www.openthedialogue.com/?p=978#comment-258 I'd say, like almost everywhere, there are two different groups: early adopters and mainstream users. The majority of MWW has joined Twitter or is beginning to get acquainted with it. However, the few of us that have been on for a while now are seeing the trend of new users hit because of the massive media attention it's getting. Not only are people's parents on Facebook, they're now on Twitter as well.<br><br>In general, your examples and my observed general sentiment match-up and make sense in terms of a hype cycle for the service. Especially in regards to point #4. I follow ~400 people and it's increasingly becoming a chore to keep tabs on everyone. I'm using TweetDeck to break-down people into groups and the utility of Twitter, on a daily-basis, is becoming a lot more broad. However, at the same time, the efforr it takes to achieve that same level of utility as before has increased exponentially with the noise. Case-in-Point: the CNN & Ashton thing. How does this make Twitter better? I'm still searching for an answer on that one.<br><br>Glad you enjoy OTD! Thanks for commenting. I'd say, like almost everywhere, there are two different groups: early adopters and mainstream users. The majority of MWW has joined Twitter or is beginning to get acquainted with it. However, the few of us that have been on for a while now are seeing the trend of new users hit because of the massive media attention it's getting. Not only are people's parents on Facebook, they're now on Twitter as well.

In general, your examples and my observed general sentiment match-up and make sense in terms of a hype cycle for the service. Especially in regards to point #4. I follow ~400 people and it's increasingly becoming a chore to keep tabs on everyone. I'm using TweetDeck to break-down people into groups and the utility of Twitter, on a daily-basis, is becoming a lot more broad. However, at the same time, the efforr it takes to achieve that same level of utility as before has increased exponentially with the noise. Case-in-Point: the CNN & Ashton thing. How does this make Twitter better? I'm still searching for an answer on that one.

Glad you enjoy OTD! Thanks for commenting.

]]> By: MarinaMartin http://www.openthedialogue.com/2009/04/twitter-heading-towards-the-trough-of-disillusionment/comment-page-1/#comment-257 MarinaMartin Thu, 16 Apr 2009 02:06:29 +0000 http://www.openthedialogue.com/?p=978#comment-257 I don't see Tumblr as the next big thing ... rather, as the concept of microblogging becomes more mainstream, it will have to embrace the OpenMicroblogging protocol and allow multiple services to swap messages with one another (much like how you can email Hotmail users from Gmail, and instant message someone on AIM from GTalk). Services like Laconi.ca -- which, incidentally, is a microblogging service with a business plan and that's making money from real clients -- can install "local" Twitters for communities or workplaces, and we wouldn't be at the mercy of one single service to make all our decisions for us. I don't see Tumblr as the next big thing … rather, as the concept of microblogging becomes more mainstream, it will have to embrace the OpenMicroblogging protocol and allow multiple services to swap messages with one another (much like how you can email Hotmail users from Gmail, and instant message someone on AIM from GTalk). Services like Laconi.ca — which, incidentally, is a microblogging service with a business plan and that's making money from real clients — can install “local” Twitters for communities or workplaces, and we wouldn't be at the mercy of one single service to make all our decisions for us.

]]> By: tpldrew http://www.openthedialogue.com/2009/04/twitter-heading-towards-the-trough-of-disillusionment/comment-page-1/#comment-254 tpldrew Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:17:32 +0000 http://www.openthedialogue.com/?p=978#comment-254 John,<br>Thanks so much for reading the post and really appreciate your insight. I'd love to know what your colleagues are discussing when it comes to the 'jump the shark' factors on Twitter.<br>I'll be reading more of your stuff. It's great.<br>Thanks again. John,
Thanks so much for reading the post and really appreciate your insight. I'd love to know what your colleagues are discussing when it comes to the 'jump the shark' factors on Twitter.
I'll be reading more of your stuff. It's great.
Thanks again.

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