And in 15 years we also maybe arrive at features available on IRC and usenet ten years ago like crosspost elimination (better aggregation), watch and kill filter plus scoring ... *sigh* it is not that the information is not there.
Threading has been done in usenet, and all the problems around it are solved as well, devs just would have to look back into the specs and go on from there instead of reinventing everything. :)
Alexander Williams
· 1 year ago
You know, I've been saying this for a while. Hell, these things are already well documented with RFCs and reference implimentations! There's no reason each ensuing generation has to suck so hard.
If Twitter had even the basic functionality of IRC, it'd be inherently federated and distributed. We'd get nice crosspost elimination on FriendFeed if they'd just go check the UUCP RFCs. And so on. Why, why, why?
Oh, wait -- it's because the Web 2.0 generation think they're the first ones to ever invent a network service. The Eternal September, come 'round again.
It is already so complicated that, I am tired of adding this and that...I may just give up...First it was simple, now getting more and more complicated.
Jesse Stay
· 1 year ago
Great article Mark. I agree with you on the FriendFeed competition - this is the main reason a lot of people use FriendFeed. And you're right, it is wishful thinking to think Twitter will be Federated. I'll keep wishing though ;-) Thanks for sharing!
Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins
· 1 year ago
You and me both - It'll be a boon to Twitter and the world the day they decide to federate it.
Dave
· 1 year ago
I have no clue what anybody finds so special about Twitter except it's a buzzword. I tried it last year and was immediately bored by it. It's more boring than Myspace or Facebook.
I've avoided internet buzzwords since the late 90's and the dot com crash. Plus, I'm not sure I'm ready to be a "Twit" and "Tweet". Lame...
Michael
· 1 year ago
This is pretty huge, I don't expect this to kill the @username usage but I do expect to see a heck of a lot more conversations on Twitter in the future.
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Threading has been done in usenet, and all the problems around it are solved as well, devs just would have to look back into the specs and go on from there instead of reinventing everything. :)
If Twitter had even the basic functionality of IRC, it'd be inherently federated and distributed. We'd get nice crosspost elimination on FriendFeed if they'd just go check the UUCP RFCs. And so on. Why, why, why?
Oh, wait -- it's because the Web 2.0 generation think they're the first ones to ever invent a network service. The Eternal September, come 'round again.
I've avoided internet buzzwords since the late 90's and the dot com crash. Plus, I'm not sure I'm ready to be a "Twit" and "Tweet". Lame...