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Re: Why There Are No Good Ideas for Twitter Replacements

xero — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 22:18:09 -0000

The real Twitter replacement: stable twitter.

Re: Why There Are No Good Ideas for Twitter Replacements

Voyagerfan5761 — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 01:43:14 -0000

Well, there's also the little issue of Twitter already having -- what is it, five? six? -- tabs upon tabs of options. Why not simplify the interface for those, too? But I digress...

Re: Why There Are No Good Ideas for Twitter Replacements

CyndyA — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:03:35 -0000

I think you are right, Chris. The question is, if someone builds a better Twitter, will the bellyachers switch or stay with the old and keep complaining?

Re: Why There Are No Good Ideas for Twitter Replacements

possible248 — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 23:06:49 -0000

But isn't a part of Twitter about limits? At first, the 140 character limit seems very strict and forces you to write short, punchy sentences. If upping the limit were an option, new users might do so, and then ruin part of the point in Twitter.

There's also the issue of such a simple application with a complex settings dialog.

Of course, a putting it in a settings dialog can be applicable to many things, such as Blogger-like customization of the Twitter page, where you're allowed to move boxes around and so forth.

Re: Why There Are No Good Ideas for Twitter Replacements

Julian Baldwin — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:00:59 -0000

I think you're right in general. One method of adding particular new features would be to completely hide the feature unless the user went to settings and enabled it. That would allow users who want more functionality to gain it and users who like the simple interface to not be bothered at all.

Re: Why There Are No Good Ideas for Twitter Replacements

chrisbaskind — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:39:26 -0000

The killer feature to compete with Twitter is very simple: reliability. Most people like Twitter's feature set. What they hate is downtime and latency.

The most likely Twitter competitor is a better Twitter.