A Hot Twitter Debate on TechCrunch
I follow an RSS feed on TechCrunch but lately it has been getting VERY old because every other post seems to be about Twitter. Apparently, I wasn’t the only one who noticed…in fact, it sounds like more than a handful of readers have pelted TechCrunch about it.
Today, they decided to defend themselves. Interesting read and you should check it out:
Why We Often Write About Twitter And Will Continue To Do So
The funny thing is in the comments. Flaming comments on both end of the Twitter spectrum. I think I’m beginning to understand why I’m part of a Twitter-Bashing movement. It’s not because I don’t see some value in Twitter…I definitely do. It’s more because of the people who abuse it with annoying tweets coupled with the staunch defensiveness that Twitter Nation insists that it is the most brilliant advancement in technology since the Apple IIe.
Anyway, check the comments out on their post. One of my favorites is from mikeb:
“Twitter is simply an AOL chatroom from 1997 that uses text messages. Being able to share a link to a group of friends, or strangers, or have a remote online meeting is nothing new. In 2001, we had 80 person dev meetings via Yahoo IM.
Just like chatrooms, the vast majority of traffic is crap. Now it is just crap via Blackberries and a lot more people happen to be online these days.
It only gets hyped for the reasons you mentioned (i.e. Evan Williams, etc ), IMHO.”
I can only hope that something else “hot” comes around soon so bloggers at TechCrunch and other media start focusing on something else!!
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hector
You know, the same thing was said about Facebook a year ago. When you have to say every 15 minutes, there are going to be some repetitious elements. Get over it.
MasterBasher
Sure, you’re right - they did say the same things about Facebook. But Facebook’s growth has come from 30+-year-old parents showing off pix of their kids and more recently, signing up their parents so they can keep up with all the fun on the community. Oh yeah, and those glorious viral nuggets like ‘25 things’. Twitter gets its buzz from internet ‘gurus’ talking about how important it is and celebrities getting a shot to their egos by updating their creepy fans with snippets throughout the day.
I do think the micro blogging breaking news aspect and the appropriate use of surveying a group of followers or passing along an interesting article / blog post will give Twitter staying power. Younger gens will continue to love it as group SMS-type messaging…at least until the next hot thing comes along in 6 months.
No way Twitter becomes Facebook. If anything, they become part of each other (which is already happening). Different apps, different uses, different audiences. But Twitter Nation, at best, will be a subset of Facebook Nation. That’s if Facebook stays ‘cool’. Remember MySpace? Wasn’t it the cool kid on the block at one time?
I wonder what we’ll all be touting or bashing a year from now…