Comments on: What is Twitter to Me? http://lukewarmtapioca.com/2008/05/30/what-is-twitter-to-me/ lukewarmtapioca.com Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:58:39 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Jeff Lindsay http://lukewarmtapioca.com/2008/05/30/what-is-twitter-to-me/#comment-135 Jeff Lindsay Fri, 30 May 2008 07:21:00 +0000 http://lukewarmtapioca.com/2008/05/30/what-is-twitter-to-me#comment-135 I'd argue you have it backwards there at the end. It's the big picture people don't see. The big picture is where the ideal of Twitter lives. Scaling a platform is such a tiny detail compared to the implications of how this changes the way we relate and communicate with each other. I’d argue you have it backwards there at the end. It’s the big picture people don’t see. The big picture is where the ideal of Twitter lives. Scaling a platform is such a tiny detail compared to the implications of how this changes the way we relate and communicate with each other.

]]> By: Scott Cropper http://lukewarmtapioca.com/2008/05/30/what-is-twitter-to-me/#comment-136 Scott Cropper Fri, 30 May 2008 07:21:00 +0000 http://lukewarmtapioca.com/2008/05/30/what-is-twitter-to-me#comment-136 I completely GET what you are saying in a way that I haven't before when thinking about Twitter. I would call us casual friends due to the fact that we've never really spent much time together except for the occasional chat at your or my work place and mostly about cycling or websites. Without Twitter, if we were to bump into each other it would be a tad awkward at first and result in, as you stated, one of those "So, how are things?" conversations. But with Twitter things are completely different because you don't have to catch up since you already have an idea on what the other person has been up to. This allows you to get more value out of talking with someone you haven't seen in a while and makes all types of friendships more meaningful and/or useful. I completely GET what you are saying in a way that I haven’t before when thinking about Twitter. I would call us casual friends due to the fact that we’ve never really spent much time together except for the occasional chat at your or my work place and mostly about cycling or websites. Without Twitter, if we were to bump into each other it would be a tad awkward at first and result in, as you stated, one of those "So, how are things?" conversations. But with Twitter things are completely different because you don’t have to catch up since you already have an idea on what the other person has been up to. This allows you to get more value out of talking with someone you haven’t seen in a while and makes all types of friendships more meaningful and/or useful.

]]> By: Britt http://lukewarmtapioca.com/2008/05/30/what-is-twitter-to-me/#comment-137 Britt Fri, 30 May 2008 07:21:00 +0000 http://lukewarmtapioca.com/2008/05/30/what-is-twitter-to-me#comment-137 Jeff: That's what I was trying to emphasize. Hrm. Maybe a rewording is in order. Scott: That's what I've found : ) Jeff: That’s what I was trying to emphasize. Hrm. Maybe a rewording is in order.

Scott: That’s what I’ve found : )

]]> By: Britt http://lukewarmtapioca.com/2008/05/30/what-is-twitter-to-me/#comment-138 Britt Fri, 30 May 2008 07:21:00 +0000 http://lukewarmtapioca.com/2008/05/30/what-is-twitter-to-me#comment-138 Jeff, I reworded the postscript a bit. I think it more clearly states my thoughts, which are completely inline with yours. Jeff, I reworded the postscript a bit. I think it more clearly states my thoughts, which are completely inline with yours.

]]> By: Jeff Lindsay http://lukewarmtapioca.com/2008/05/30/what-is-twitter-to-me/#comment-139 Jeff Lindsay Fri, 30 May 2008 07:21:00 +0000 http://lukewarmtapioca.com/2008/05/30/what-is-twitter-to-me#comment-139 Yes, well done. I think the whole post is great. I love this reflective "what is the significance of what I do" type stuff. Yes, well done. I think the whole post is great. I love this reflective "what is the significance of what I do" type stuff.

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