Nataly 38 #51 May 16, 2009 Quote Quote but I don't think it's quite mainstream yet. I dunno, Oprah even tweets now! Yeah, but Oprah is hardly and every-day person like me, is she?!! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riddler 0 #52 May 16, 2009 Quote Oprah even tweets now Greeeat. Now, my mom will be calling me saying, can you show me how to use the tweeter thingy on my computer?Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nataly 38 #53 May 16, 2009 Quote Quote Oprah even tweets now Greeeat. Now, my mom will be calling me saying, can you show me how to use the tweeter thingy on my computer? Ah ha ha!!! Good luck with that! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikeMcLean 0 #54 May 16, 2009 Quote Quote Oprah even tweets now Greeeat. Now, my mom will be calling me saying, can you show me how to use the tweeter thingy on my computer? Agreed, Oprah coming to twitter is definitely a case of "there goes the neighborhood" - sighIt wouldn't hurt you to think like a fucking serial killer every once in a while - just for the sake of prevention Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SBS 0 #55 May 16, 2009 I think Twitter has a lot of levels. I think there is definitely a "fad" level, where people are following celebrities and such, not really getting useful information. The celebrities will get tired of it and adopt the newest greatest method of reaching their fans, and the fans will die off when they realize that they are not really hearing from the people directly anymore and they have less and less to do with the actual posts. Seems to me that this big blowout where you hear about it everywhere you turn will die down, and the platform will evolve more into a tool or plugin for other things like it already has for Facebook and Firefox. And as you mentioned, a tool for industry, news, stocks, etc. They just need to have a clear roadmap of which paths they should choose to pursue hard before the buzz dies down. To me, this phase is more like market research for when reality hits and they run a real company for the long haul. Any thoughts on Loopt? -S_____________ I'm not conceited...I'm just realistic about my awesomeness... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites