Comments on: The scramble to catch up to Twitter (and its fail whale) http://onlinemediacultist.com/2008/07/24/the-scramble-to-catch-up-to-twitter-and-its-fail-whale/ Web producer, writer, online media cultist. That's how I roll. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:05:07 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Eric Berlin http://onlinemediacultist.com/2008/07/24/the-scramble-to-catch-up-to-twitter-and-its-fail-whale/comment-page-1/#comment-1631 Eric Berlin Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:15:50 +0000 http://onlinemediacultist.com/2008/07/24/the-scramble-to-catch-up-to-twitter-and-its-fail-whale/#comment-1631 You bring up great points about communities boiling down to the people who make them up. Twitter got in early and gained traction, and FF has done a remarkable job of bridging together disparate communities. <br><br>And thanks for the add! :-) You bring up great points about communities boiling down to the people who make them up. Twitter got in early and gained traction, and FF has done a remarkable job of bridging together disparate communities.

And thanks for the add! :-)

]]> By: Daniel W. http://onlinemediacultist.com/2008/07/24/the-scramble-to-catch-up-to-twitter-and-its-fail-whale/comment-page-1/#comment-1630 Daniel W. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:12:04 +0000 http://onlinemediacultist.com/2008/07/24/the-scramble-to-catch-up-to-twitter-and-its-fail-whale/#comment-1630 I guess the fundamental reason why anyone would join any of these networks/services is the people you follow. Firing 140 character messages into a void doesn't hold a great deal of appeal, which is how I view Pownce and Jaiku right now. <br><br>Twitter contains people that I like to communicate with, and that I like to listen to. The problem is, it's just becoming too unstable to really bother with. <br><br>FriendFeed is a great aggregator, but seems to depend on the services it's aggregating for its success. I'd love to know how much of their content is aggregated, versus posted straight into the service.<br><br>If nothing else, this post has prompted me to add you on FriendFeed. I guess the fundamental reason why anyone would join any of these networks/services is the people you follow. Firing 140 character messages into a void doesn't hold a great deal of appeal, which is how I view Pownce and Jaiku right now.

Twitter contains people that I like to communicate with, and that I like to listen to. The problem is, it's just becoming too unstable to really bother with.

FriendFeed is a great aggregator, but seems to depend on the services it's aggregating for its success. I'd love to know how much of their content is aggregated, versus posted straight into the service.

If nothing else, this post has prompted me to add you on FriendFeed.

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