V-Flyer

I know we have a very active group of V-Flyers on Facebook (and a rather handy V-F Group over there).

I have decided after 4 years on Facebook that its old hat! I am reliably informed by numerous articles that Twitter is the newest craze.

So do we have any V-F members on Twitter? If yes do speak up.

Yes

I am, but it gets old very quickly, twitter has a 20% retention rate after 3 months.

I know Mat (Fozzyo) is on Twitter. I must say I'm not a fan of Twitter at all, FB is a bit egotistical for me liking as it is, but I find Twitter even worse.

Nope and no plans to either. I prefer to live my life in more than 160 characters including spaces. Further more, txt spk is killing the English language. [:)]

I don't really get Twitter? Who really wants to know how my Northern Line tube journey was or if I am having a bad day at work? Not many people if any!

Unless I am not getting it? I gave up on FB a long time ago, I spend enough time on VF!!! [:I]

Well a very interesting article in the Sunday Times magazine has got me investigating the site.

I am fed up with Facebook and all the requests for the ridiculous applications on there. Twitter keeps it plain and simple.


[quote]Originally posted by Darren Wheeler
Nope and no plans to either. I prefer to live my life in more than 160 characters including spaces. Further more, txt spk is killing the English language. [:)]
[/quote

140 characters! [}:)]

quote:Originally posted by willd
Well a very interesting article in the Sunday Times magazine has got me investigating the site.

I am fed up with Facebook and all the requests for the ridiculous applications on there. Twitter keeps it plain and simple.


quote:Originally posted by Darren Wheeler
Nope and no plans to either. I prefer to live my life in more than 160 characters including spaces. Further more, txt spk is killing the English language. [:)]


140 characters! [}:)]


Even worse!![:(]

I just don't get Twitter. Though I didnt get Facebook originally either.

Thanks,
Sarah

Twatter as I call it...

that's only because it doesn't contain an NT. You and your MS affiliations [:p]

I'm on there but confess to struggling to find any tangible benefits [?]

I wonder if it will take off. I can see some advantages of it. Its a quick and easy way of getting information out (eg: this mornings bomb scare affecting all South West Trains), I also feel it offers a bit less than Facebook (ie: its not as complicated at all) and therefore in this instance less is more! Using the status update on here or on Facebook is the same thing really.

Facebook and Apple seem to think it will. After all they have both tried to buy the company. Facebook updates in recent years (introducting of the news feed/mini feed, more emphasis on status updates, basically all updates since early 2007) have been partly to stop people leaving for Twitter. In that regard Facebook has really left its original meaning long behind, after all it was intended as means for university students to keep in contact with class/halls mates.

The article I read was fairly well balanced. They did point out that when youtube launched many people were questioning the service (I mean who really wants to watch videos of 15 year olds getting drunk for example) and let today it is considered staple in our internet lives.

quote:Originally posted by willd
I wonder if it will take off. I can see some advantages of it. Its a quick and easy way of getting information out (eg: this mornings bomb scare affecting all South West Trains), I also feel it offers a bit less than Facebook (ie: its not as complicated at all) and therefore in this instance less is more! Using the status update on here or on Facebook is the same thing really.

Facebook and Apple seem to think it will. After all they have both tried to buy the company. Facebook updates in recent years (introducting of the news feed/mini feed, more emphasis on status updates, basically all updates since early 2007) have been partly to stop people leaving for Twitter. In that regard Facebook has really left its original meaning long behind, after all it was intended as means for university students to keep in contact with class/halls mates.

The article I read was fairly well balanced. They did point out that when youtube launched many people were questioning the service (I mean who really wants to watch videos of 15 year olds getting drunk for example) and let today it is considered staple in our internet lives.



The technology is going to have a lot of potential, IMO, in its current incarnation the use is limited, and somewhat voyeuristic. That doesn't mean it won't do OK, following Zlebs' BS on twitter might become the way new generations get their entertainment news, and the 'personal touch' implicit in getting the info in such an informal way is a big attraction.

The ability to speedily provide statuses in an informal, but reasonably informed way, is absolutely key, I agree. With a richer infrastructure around this, you might have something much more useful that what it is now, while different than what FB is doing at the moment.

As it stands, I don't care about being able to check out what anyone might be up to, and I find the converse ability a bit limiting in terms of what I'd be willing to write out. I'm not a good fit for it as it is today. I think they will do well enough.