I don´t use Twitter to tell people what I am doing
And I don´t really want to know what people are doing. I use Twitter to share my thoughts. And I would only want to hear about some people´s thoughts. What follows is an example of what I twitter.
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Posted by Dan - April 29, 2007 12:25 am - #
I’m sure “What are you doing?” was simpy an incentive. It’s not a contract. As long as your twits are in the same note as “if speeding is dealt with fines so should illegal downloads”, I’m going to be following. I’m myself trying to keep twits relevant. I don’t expect my friends to take any of the “I’m feeding the cat” crap.
Posted by Fabian - April 29, 2007 9:50 am - #
Frustrating…twitter is blocked here in UAE.
Like many other websites, the government of the Emirates controls what people should and or shouldn’t access.
Great.
Posted by Michael Saunby - May 6, 2007 10:45 pm - #
Fabian, I guess why the UAE government blocks twitter is because folks can use it as Martin does - to share their thoughts.
Posted by Fabian - May 16, 2007 11:49 am - #
Michael, sorry for my delayed reaction to your comment.
Yes, you are right, the government here controls what people can and cannot look at.
Not only porn or gambling is blocked, but sites with a political view, some religious sites and anything that might sound anti-Muslim, is sooner or later detected and blocked by the local authorities.
Sad.
Posted by Ansgar - May 21, 2007 9:44 pm - #
Hello Martin. I want to suggest Jaiku as an alternative to Twitter. It is more stable and has more options (like importing feeds which lead to automatic posts).
I think it is worth a try.
Posted by Martin Varsavsky - May 22, 2007 1:27 pm - #
Ansgar,
I have Jaiku but I need it to work with jabber.