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jducoeur ([personal profile] jducoeur) wrote2008-12-05 12:07 pm

Back on the silly microblog

In case anybody cares: I've gotten myself back onto Twitter again. I've actually had an account there for ages, but haven't checked it since their IM integration broke months ago. (It's been at "we'll fix it Real Soon Now" ever since, and I can't be bothered to go to their website.)

But in my business, Twitter is kind of expected (you're not anybody in social media these days if you're not on the thing), so I finally downloaded a decent client (Twhirl), and I'm up and running again. I still think it's essentially a toy, but it's one of the few services in approximately the same space as CommYou. (That is, easy semi-realtime conversation.) It serves as a good constant reminder to me of what I'm trying to do better.

Anyway: I have my usual handle over there; feel free to friend me...
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[personal profile] laurion 2008-12-05 09:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Exactly. The real advantage over the Wall is that twitter is not a walled garden: you can send and receive posts almost anywhere, with a plethora of clients, IM integration, and SMS capability. FB's Wall requires you to go into FB and scroll through everything. It's a Push V. Pull approach.