Comments on: Coping with a mainstream Twitter http://www.cennydd.co.uk/2009/coping-with-a-mainstream-twitter/ Digital product designer and writer Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:50:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Radu http://www.cennydd.co.uk/2009/coping-with-a-mainstream-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-1818 Radu Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:52:59 +0000 http://www.cennydd.co.uk/?p=678#comment-1818 I don't think twitter will ever be *really* mainstream, because it's something much more difficult to grasp than conventional social networking or IM. I also have many friends who could really benefit out of using twitter, but they just don't have the interest. I don’t think twitter will ever be *really* mainstream, because it’s something much more difficult to grasp than conventional social networking or IM. I also have many friends who could really benefit out of using twitter, but they just don’t have the interest.

]]> By: Michelle http://www.cennydd.co.uk/2009/coping-with-a-mainstream-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-1691 Michelle Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:28:07 +0000 http://www.cennydd.co.uk/?p=678#comment-1691 One way to deal with an ever-growing friends list on Twitter is to use a desktop client like Tweetdeck. You can filter updates based on user profiles and/or keywords. This helps me when I don't look at Twitter all day and don't have time to read through 200+ updates. I just read my "best of" list. One way to deal with an ever-growing friends list on Twitter is to use a desktop client like Tweetdeck. You can filter updates based on user profiles and/or keywords. This helps me when I don’t look at Twitter all day and don’t have time to read through 200+ updates. I just read my “best of” list.

]]> By: bonaldi http://www.cennydd.co.uk/2009/coping-with-a-mainstream-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-1676 bonaldi Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:53:12 +0000 http://www.cennydd.co.uk/?p=678#comment-1676 I think the reason for it happening in the UK over other countries is, perversely, because we no longer have the SMS option. Twitter had a small bump here about a year ago, where relatively lots of people signed up, and sent it to their phones. This has a limiting effect on your tweets: when you know that you're effectively texting everyone you know at once, you limit the amount you're making them read about your cat. When Twitter killed off SMS for the UK, a lot of those accounts fell dormant. But now there are better desktop clients and more people with smartphones to make use of them, those people are reactivating their accounts and proselytising again. The celeb thing helps with that. I think the reason for it happening in the UK over other countries is, perversely, because we no longer have the SMS option.

Twitter had a small bump here about a year ago, where relatively lots of people signed up, and sent it to their phones. This has a limiting effect on your tweets: when you know that you’re effectively texting everyone you know at once, you limit the amount you’re making them read about your cat.

When Twitter killed off SMS for the UK, a lot of those accounts fell dormant. But now there are better desktop clients and more people with smartphones to make use of them, those people are reactivating their accounts and proselytising again. The celeb thing helps with that.

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