Until somewhat recently, Twitter’s site seemed reluctant to stay in working order. The company still lacks an identifiable business plan. And the economy as a whole has been imitating the current president’s approval rating. But an encouraging new email hints that at least one small job market might be all right, after all.
A Gold Rush For Twitter Squatters?
There’s no good way to mashup the words Twitter and squatting into anything new and cutesy (a la Twellow, Tweeple, Twapper); the two just don’t mesh well. The proposed rush to secure your or your brand’s Twitter ID to guard against Twitter-squatting might not mesh well to you, either.
Terrorists On Twitter?
Terrorists. In your closet, under your bed, on Twitter. And Army intelligence, your big brother, is watching closely. Be careful throwing the word “Hezbollah” around in your tweets.
Twitter And FriendFeed Turning Into A Chat Room?
You’ve seen Twitter’s election feature that showed a select kind of tweet in real time. A few minutes ago FriendFeed released a real-time-web feature that lets you watch FriendFeed in real time. This is fun to watch!
Hope You Weren’t Too Attached to Twitter Instant Messaging
It seems like Twitter is always acknowledging its shortcomings and apologizing for them. Some might take this as a weakness, but I tend to look at it admirably. Not many companies would be so straightforward when it comes to taking responsibility for their missteps.
Twitter A Tool For Thieves?
Some small alarms have been raised over the possibility that Twitter and social media like it could be used as information sources for those with nefarious purposes.
SocialText Brings Facebook & Twitter Into Wikis
Socialtext is making big news all over the Web this morning. Here’s a rundown, later in the post I’ll talk about why.
Twitter Election Site Highlights New Media’s Relevancy
Last night Twitter launched an Election site that features Tweets involving the presidential and vice presidential candidates rolling in almost faster than you can read them. In Twitter’s words, "We’re filtering hundreds of Twitter updates per minute to create a new source for gathering public opinion about the presidential election and a new way for you to share your thoughts."
Twitter Redesign a Placeholder for Functionality
There’s been a lot of redesign talk lately among big names, most notably Facebook and Yahoo!. Twitter announced today that it was rolling out a new design. This design turns out to be pretty much all about aesthetics rather than improved user experience. Don’t worry. If you think the design is missing some things that you would like to see added, Twitter is accepting feedback, and had this to say:
No Twitter Killer Popping Up
Social media geeks, myself included, have been looking for/waiting for the “Twitter Killer” to emerge over the last few months. While Twitter’s famous crashes seem to have lessened, the stream of consciousness style doesn’t seem to facilitate effective conversations as well as we might hope.