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.
