Comments on: FriendFeed, Twitter, Facebook: The new social http://www.zeigen.com/blog/2008/06/friendfeed-twitter-facebook-the-new-social/ The Mack Family experience. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:28:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Zeigen » Blog Archive » The Web 2.0 dilemma: Public vs. personal personas http://www.zeigen.com/blog/2008/06/friendfeed-twitter-facebook-the-new-social/#comment-121357 Zeigen » Blog Archive » The Web 2.0 dilemma: Public vs. personal personas Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:16:14 +0000 http://www.zeigen.com/blog/?p=731#comment-121357 [...] written about FriendFeed previously. and it continues to be the web 2.0 site I’m most interested in. The dilemma for me (and [...] [...] written about FriendFeed previously. and it continues to be the web 2.0 site I’m most interested in. The dilemma for me (and [...]

]]> By: Erin http://www.zeigen.com/blog/2008/06/friendfeed-twitter-facebook-the-new-social/#comment-99503 Erin Sat, 07 Jun 2008 19:11:22 +0000 http://www.zeigen.com/blog/?p=731#comment-99503 I agree with what you said about FF - that has been my experience as well. I appreciate hearing how you use Twitter - as a non-user, I think I "get" what twitter is - but I don't see the value in it. Because of this, I dislike it's presence on FF as well. Who really stops by that local coffee shop that you've just arrived at? I think of Twitter as an IM status. In my observations, twits don't seem to be conversation starters to me - just "status". "At the park", "Catching up on email", "Busy day today", "At Starbucks enjoying my overpriced coffee". My immediate reaction to posts tend to be a snarky "that's great for you." A lot of context is often missing - even if I am their friend in real life. And if I'm not - it's even less meaningful to me. (ie: when FF shared a twit from a friend of a friend really adds no value to my life). As the poster of the twit - isn't your purpose to be in the moment (ie: what you twitted about) and not be glued to your device to see if anyone has anything to say about said moment you are trying to experience? I agree with what you said about FF - that has been my experience as well. I appreciate hearing how you use Twitter - as a non-user, I think I “get” what twitter is - but I don’t see the value in it. Because of this, I dislike it’s presence on FF as well.

Who really stops by that local coffee shop that you’ve just arrived at?

I think of Twitter as an IM status. In my observations, twits don’t seem to be conversation starters to me - just “status”. “At the park”, “Catching up on email”, “Busy day today”, “At Starbucks enjoying my overpriced coffee”.

My immediate reaction to posts tend to be a snarky “that’s great for you.” A lot of context is often missing - even if I am their friend in real life. And if I’m not - it’s even less meaningful to me. (ie: when FF shared a twit from a friend of a friend really adds no value to my life).

As the poster of the twit - isn’t your purpose to be in the moment (ie: what you twitted about) and not be glued to your device to see if anyone has anything to say about said moment you are trying to experience?

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