hoosmom the steenbirther
― j., Thursday, 24 April 2014 18:41 (ten years ago) link
it was nice when I could easily read someone's timeline
― steendriver dysphoria hoos (The Reverend), Thursday, 24 April 2014 18:49 (ten years ago) link
please tell me you replied "thanks mom"
― Karl Malone, Thursday, April 24, 2014 6:36 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
"thanks MOM"
― purposely lend impetus to my HOOS (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Thursday, 24 April 2014 20:00 (ten years ago) link
its realy sad
― smhphony orchestra (crüt), Thursday, 24 April 2014 20:02 (ten years ago) link
Rule 3: Social media is often ruled by the haters
― idontknowanythingabouttechnlolgeez (waterface), Thursday, 24 April 2014 20:10 (ten years ago) link
lol at the notification emails they're sending now
― markers, Monday, 28 April 2014 15:20 (ten years ago) link
just shut another one off
Another Eulogy for Twitter: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/04/a-eulogy-for-twitter/361339/
Some of this rings true. It does feel a bit less fun to me, and a lot of the stuff that used to be fun to join, like shared shouting at the telly, seems to have stopped. I used to think it was just me/the people I follow, but maybe it's wider than that?
― stet, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 15:44 (ten years ago) link
Also I'm pretty sure the continual fucking-around they're doing with the site and the apps is making it completely bewildering for new people, rather than a fun challenge like it used to be
― stet, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 15:46 (ten years ago) link
Yeah I pine for the days of making pithy commments about x-factor with chris addison and caitlin moran and tracey thorn as well
― online hardman, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 15:50 (ten years ago) link
― stet, Wednesday, April 30, 2014 11:46 AM (7 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yup http://valleywag.gawker.com/twitter-is-losing-momentum-and-money-1569492846
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 15:51 (ten years ago) link
or at least they have failed at making it easy to use
shd prob just admit they are a service for l33t users and cater to that
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 15:52 (ten years ago) link
I'm glad I got Pet Shop Boys to retweet me before Twitter died
― chillin' on an "awesome pretzel" hoagie (DJP), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 15:53 (ten years ago) link
#BlessedEndGirls
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 15:55 (ten years ago) link
I "get" that TWTR needs to make $ because it's public but it's such a sweet lil program it makes me sad that "people" think it's not worth anything and their developers keep trying to make it something its not
― idontknowanythingabouttechnlolgeez (waterface), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 15:57 (ten years ago) link
yes
― stet, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 16:05 (ten years ago) link
If it were a program it could just be open-source and live forever, but it's a service. Expensive keeping servers running that can do everything we've come to expect in real time.
But yeah it's been product managed within an inch of its life.
― ugh (lukas), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 16:45 (ten years ago) link
looking forward to watching twitter burn
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 16:46 (ten years ago) link
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/04/a-eulogy-for-twitter/361339/
― purposely lend impetus to my HOOS (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 16:59 (ten years ago) link
forgive me, easier than cutting and pasting
http://i.imgur.com/wsokRHtl.jpg
― purposely lend impetus to my HOOS (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 17:02 (ten years ago) link
insulted and hurt u chose not to include my thought leadership re that conversation
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 17:03 (ten years ago) link
heds aint ready man
― purposely lend impetus to my HOOS (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 17:06 (ten years ago) link
the twitter eulogy does resonate, have felt like that for a while, but there are certainly ways of making your own twitter better. mostly it comes down to not being boring and careerist
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 17:23 (ten years ago) link
looking forward to watching twitter burn― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 16:46
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 16:46
are you trolling?
― markers, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 17:48 (ten years ago) link
idk feel like its a balance like this morning i made room to RT some design stuff and also joke abt bob dylans death w lex
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 17:49 (ten years ago) link
"I think the @ sign is scaffolding that makes Twitter hard to navigate. We need to push the scaffolding to the bkgrnd" -@dickc on @'shttps://twitter.com/elisewho/status/461542875021721600
This guy is a huge part of the problem. Trying to hide the scaffolding is what is making it so hard to use now
― stet, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 17:51 (ten years ago) link
lol @dickc
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 17:52 (ten years ago) link
thats fucking insane
― purposely lend impetus to my HOOS (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 17:57 (ten years ago) link
how so?
― markers, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 17:57 (ten years ago) link
that is batshit crazy
― idontknowanythingabouttechnlolgeez (waterface), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 18:03 (ten years ago) link
like i guess maybe its a ~twitter secret~ that you can't have an @ as your first character if you want others to see it, and that slows some newer people on the learning curve?
but i can't see an argument that one of the platform's most iconic characters whose inclusion in your 140 characters is necessary as part of the platform is just 'scaffolding'--its a necessary part of the body of your message that you're *directing* it at someone. just 'tagging' them like you might on fb is so much more passive and less meaningful imo. and does that make the hashtag scaffolding too?
― purposely lend impetus to my HOOS (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 18:04 (ten years ago) link
i don't think they're going to remove either of those features, but i wouldn't be surprised if they make a move to make them more accessible, which isn't a bad idea esp. if they can come up with a way to do it without alienating their current userbase
― markers, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 18:05 (ten years ago) link
fuck the "user base"
― markers, Monday, April 28, 2014 1:00 PM (2 days ago)
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 18:06 (ten years ago) link
just because you don't find twitter useful doesn't mean it's not useful. for me, instagram is a much less enjoyable platform
― markers, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 18:08 (ten years ago) link
what does "more accessible" mean there?
― chillin' on an "awesome pretzel" hoagie (DJP), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 18:08 (ten years ago) link
the @ and # are one of the big reasons companies fuck w twitter over facebook like when they throw a hashtag in corner of the screen of a tv show, its iconic, like there maybe be some usability problems w that but youre way past the point of no return
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 18:09 (ten years ago) link
it's well known that people get on twitter and then don't know what to do
― markers, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 18:09 (ten years ago) link
there are official organisations and people who have been on twitter for years who seem not to realise this - ditto the "if you're a protected account, people who don't follow you can't see your @s of them"
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 18:09 (ten years ago) link
― markers, Wednesday, April 30, 2014 2:09 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
sure but im sayin youre not gonna solve that by eliminating yr most core features youre going to have to find a better way, or maybe just admit youre a service thats not gonna ever be as big as facebook
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 18:12 (ten years ago) link
the big problem for twitter might just be that it's not that essential to most people's lives. it's good if you're really interested in a bunch of things or want to be active in some community, and some people use it as a more private facebook of sorts, but beyond that, if you just want to interact with your friends facebook might be enough. or instagram. or imessage.
― markers, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 18:12 (ten years ago) link
xpost i don't think you have to necessarily "eliminate" it. might there be a way to even keep the @ stuff and make it easier for new users to get a handle on?
twitter knows its not a place it interact w yr friends, why it calls itself an info network not a social network
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 18:13 (ten years ago) link
people USE it as that though
― markers, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 18:14 (ten years ago) link
some. not everyone. but some.
most people don't need want an "information network" or whatever in their lives.
― markers, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 18:15 (ten years ago) link
strike "need"
― markers, Wednesday, April 30, 2014 2:14 PM (37 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
its not nearly the primary use case tho
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 18:15 (ten years ago) link
maybe just admit youre a service thats not gonna ever be as big as facebook
this might be what they have to do
― markers, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 18:16 (ten years ago) link
― markers, Wednesday, April 30, 2014 2:15 PM (38 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
if someone cld perfect the one place to get all your news thing i guarantee you people would be lining up to join
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 18:17 (ten years ago) link