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By: Robert Quigley

Robert Quigley — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 05:15:33 +0000

Still feel this way? Just curious

By: Robert Quigley

Robert Quigley — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 02:15:33 +0000

Still feel this way? Just curious

By: Sid Yadav

Sid Yadav — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 12:33:10 +0000

And that’s the basis of my argument. The difference is: Twitter relies on constant connectivity; it expects the community to be in tune to everything that is happening (at least in their worlds) and adhere to the constant feedback loop. If you’re not in tune, the value you add to the Twitterverse is close to nothing, and the “community” aspect is non-existant.

Newsflash: the mainstream is never the kind to be “in tune” with any kind system — and that’s why models like Wikipedia, YouTube, or Google — where the “connectivity” is really at the user’s demise and not a variable — work well and reach the mainstream.

Put simply, Twitter needs YOU, whereas YOU need Google, Wikipedia, YouTube, Gmail, or the tens of services that have seemed to acquainted ‘the curve.’

By: Wayne Smallman

Wayne Smallman — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 08:51:49 +0000

“But there’s a slight detail that that’s left out when someone attempts to describe Twitter: you need connectivity. A laptop, a phone, e-mail, IM, SMS, a client — you need some form of a connection to the Internet.”

I don’t understand that argument. How is that any different to any of the other services you mention?

By: Sid Yadav

Sid Yadav — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 05:49:41 +0000

Point noted.

By: Troy

Troy — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 23:16:21 +0000

how about the fact that as we get older/have kids, very few people have groups of people that give a crap about our minute by minute bowel movements.

To someone my age, who, btw, is always conected, the whole concept just seems pointless.

By: Sid Yadav

Sid Yadav — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:21:49 +0000

That’s a great point — and something I really regret not covering in the piece. Today’s young generation is as cool, hip, and tech-savvy as can be. And I guess I do lightly imply them with those words — but perhaps not as much as I should.

Infact, the more I think about it, the more that argument overwrites my argument in my head. The problem with Twitter right now is that the idea is much beyond today’s generation of Internet users. But as time passes, it may well be a great utility for the up and coming generation. “What are you doing?” is a question teens I would imagine ask themselves regularly — and why not have a centralized tool you can answer it to. And of course, the web, IM and SMS is going to be their life — which fits exactly into Twitter’s core idea, and I think even less so into today’s other top sites.

So perhaps the title of this post should be, “Why Twitter Will Never Reach Today’s Mainstream.” Thanks for the comment!

By: Andrew Back

Andrew Back — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 06:05:55 +0000

“Twitter from the ground up relies on a system with heavy user-input. And the only people that can possibly keep up with the flow of discussions are us “cool, hip, and tech-savvy folks” — because we’re around a computer or phone half the time! “

Um, what about the average kid going through school now? They are constantly on IM and sending SMS! E.g. my 11 year old niece puts me to shame in this respect. Sure, my mother would have no interest in Twitter. But that is to be expected, just like she doesn’t care much for SMS, E-mail or IM. Getting back to Twitter and my niece: I wont be showing her it just yet so that I can be cool for just that little bit longer… Because believe me, the mark of today’s “cool, hip, and tech-savvy” is business as usual for tomorrow’s average connected (there will always be those who opt-out of staying in close touch) person.