whats your general impression of this article?
Love the dig at Scoble! Otherwise it's pretty hard to tell what he's talking about. In theory a service (FriendFeed) that can bridge the gap between the different social media walled gardens could be very powerful. But it's all in the execution.
One thing I have definitely noticed lately is that people who aren't really in this world hate the idea of Twitter. It reminds me *exactly* of the reaction people had when blogging first hit. "Why would I want to do that? It's so stupid!" Except the vehemence gives something away. Like it really gets under people's skin. I think that's a good sign for Twitter. The more people who don't know anything about it insist it's "just a fad" the more I know it's no fad.
So even without knowing more about the new FriendFeed (or really very much about the old FriendFeed) I think it's going to be hard to catch Twitter (and FaceBook) at this point. Even if you're just making it easier to follow Twitter and FaceBook and other social media sites.
I've been surprised by the sudden upswing in Twitter interest. I've been farting around with it for over a year and all of a sudden all these art world people started signing up.
I've been using it for "self expression" but I think most are using it for networking. Blogs were intimidating for some because you had to produce content but here you can just do shoutouts, gab with your friends, and imagine you are close to the movers and shakers. Or something.
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- dave 4-06-2009 10:28 am
Love the dig at Scoble! Otherwise it's pretty hard to tell what he's talking about. In theory a service (FriendFeed) that can bridge the gap between the different social media walled gardens could be very powerful. But it's all in the execution.
One thing I have definitely noticed lately is that people who aren't really in this world hate the idea of Twitter. It reminds me *exactly* of the reaction people had when blogging first hit. "Why would I want to do that? It's so stupid!" Except the vehemence gives something away. Like it really gets under people's skin. I think that's a good sign for Twitter. The more people who don't know anything about it insist it's "just a fad" the more I know it's no fad.
So even without knowing more about the new FriendFeed (or really very much about the old FriendFeed) I think it's going to be hard to catch Twitter (and FaceBook) at this point. Even if you're just making it easier to follow Twitter and FaceBook and other social media sites.
- jim 4-06-2009 4:06 pm
I've been surprised by the sudden upswing in Twitter interest. I've been farting around with it for over a year and all of a sudden all these art world people started signing up.
I've been using it for "self expression" but I think most are using it for networking. Blogs were intimidating for some because you had to produce content but here you can just do shoutouts, gab with your friends, and imagine you are close to the movers and shakers. Or something.
- tom moody 4-06-2009 5:06 pm