http://cecily.info/2008/12/12/is-twitter-the-media/ they see me shushin', they hatin' Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://cecily.info/2008/12/12/is-twitter-the-media/comment-page-1/#comment-186 cecily Sat, 13 Dec 2008 11:25:30 +0000 http://cecily.info/?p=1609#comment-186 The presence of boomers on Twitter isn't enough to make me leave the service; I don't know very many of them in my personal life, so they're easy enough to avoid. More than anything, my comment was throwaway snark, which led to a more interesting question. The presence of boomers on Twitter isn't enough to make me leave the service; I don't know very many of them in my personal life, so they're easy enough to avoid. More than anything, my comment was throwaway snark, which led to a more interesting question.

]]> http://cecily.info/2008/12/12/is-twitter-the-media/comment-page-1/#comment-861 Cecily Walker Sat, 13 Dec 2008 11:25:00 +0000 http://cecily.info/?p=1609#comment-861 The presence of boomers on Twitter isn't enough to make me leave the service; I don't know very many of them in my personal life, so they're easy enough to avoid. More than anything, my comment was throwaway snark, which led to a more interesting question. The presence of boomers on Twitter isn't enough to make me leave the service; I don't know very many of them in my personal life, so they're easy enough to avoid. More than anything, my comment was throwaway snark, which led to a more interesting question.

]]> http://cecily.info/2008/12/12/is-twitter-the-media/comment-page-1/#comment-185 cecily Fri, 12 Dec 2008 07:34:34 +0000 http://cecily.info/?p=1609#comment-185 I can see both your points, but the analogy still seems a little awkward to me because we've seen a number of internet services "jump the shark" when the community moves elsewhere. If Twitter is a service like you suggest, or a medium like Hillarygale suggested, is it true that these things can't fall out of favor? I can see both your points, but the analogy still seems a little awkward to me because we've seen a number of internet services "jump the shark" when the community moves elsewhere. If Twitter is a service like you suggest, or a medium like Hillarygale suggested, is it true that these things can't fall out of favor?

]]> http://cecily.info/2008/12/12/is-twitter-the-media/comment-page-1/#comment-860 Cecily Walker Fri, 12 Dec 2008 07:34:00 +0000 http://cecily.info/?p=1609#comment-860 I can see both your points, but the analogy still seems a little awkward to me because we've seen a number of internet services "jump the shark" when the community moves elsewhere. If Twitter is a service like you suggest, or a medium like Hillarygale suggested, is it true that these things can't fall out of favor? I can see both your points, but the analogy still seems a little awkward to me because we've seen a number of internet services "jump the shark" when the community moves elsewhere. If Twitter is a service like you suggest, or a medium like Hillarygale suggested, is it true that these things can't fall out of favor?

]]> http://cecily.info/2008/12/12/is-twitter-the-media/comment-page-1/#comment-184 misterjt Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:47:24 +0000 http://cecily.info/?p=1609#comment-184 This is interesting because I'm not sure I think of twitter as a product. I think of twitter as the phone company. Tweetdeck and twhirl are products that allow me access to twitter and I switch back and forth between them but I'm never not using twitter. I honestly don't think about it doing more than it does currently because, ignoring downtime and such, it does exactly what I need it to do -- communicate with the 100 or so people I'm connected to via the service any time I want to. This is interesting because I'm not sure I think of twitter as a product. I think of twitter as the phone company. Tweetdeck and twhirl are products that allow me access to twitter and I switch back and forth between them but I'm never not using twitter. I honestly don't think about it doing more than it does currently because, ignoring downtime and such, it does exactly what I need it to do — communicate with the 100 or so people I'm connected to via the service any time I want to.

]]> http://cecily.info/2008/12/12/is-twitter-the-media/comment-page-1/#comment-859 misterjt Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:47:00 +0000 http://cecily.info/?p=1609#comment-859 This is interesting because I'm not sure I think of twitter as a product. I think of twitter as the phone company. Tweetdeck and twhirl are products that allow me access to twitter and I switch back and forth between them but I'm never not using twitter. I honestly don't think about it doing more than it does currently because, ignoring downtime and such, it does exactly what I need it to do -- communicate with the 100 or so people I'm connected to via the service any time I want to. This is interesting because I'm not sure I think of twitter as a product. I think of twitter as the phone company. Tweetdeck and twhirl are products that allow me access to twitter and I switch back and forth between them but I'm never not using twitter. I honestly don't think about it doing more than it does currently because, ignoring downtime and such, it does exactly what I need it to do — communicate with the 100 or so people I'm connected to via the service any time I want to.

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