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Re: Should Tech Blogs Shut Up About Twitter?

Gerald Weber — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 17:37:48 -0000

Let me give you my 2 cent. No blogs should not shut up about Twitter. Twitter is the future and is also very exciting. More Twitter please. :-)

Re: Should Tech Blogs Shut Up About Twitter?

Hokes — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:07:55 -0000

I complained about this to friend few month ago too, and I just stopped read Mashable for a while. Probably sick from that. And after a long time I found this article today, and Im relieved that lots of reader also think exactly what I thought. Information about new things include about twitter is fine, but too much twitter make me sick...

Re: Should Tech Blogs Shut Up About Twitter?

Hokes — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:07:55 -0000

Re: Should Tech Blogs Shut Up About Twitter?

JMV — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 15:06:39 -0000

I love the daily emails, don't get me wrong. But I want to throw in another vote for being twittered-out. Why not start a Twitter newsletterâ€¦ and then have a separate Mashable newsletter for web news with only the most significant Twitter news in it?

Today's entry about the guy who destroyed his brand in minutes made me feel like I was back in high school, everyone gossiping about everyone else. I don't mean any disrespect, but when you are looking at some of these Twitter stories from an outsider's perspective (I don't use itâ€¦ yet), it can seem quite silly.

Just my 2c. Keep up the good work.

Re: Should Tech Blogs Shut Up About Twitter?

Alex "MWYS" Newman — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 02:50:06 -0000

I am sick to death of hearing about twitter.

I would love it if you never mentioned it again and focused some attention on some of the other interesting stuff that is happening outside that particular goldfish-bowl.

Hey, you asked. :)

Re: Should Tech Blogs Shut Up About Twitter?

jorge — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:21:32 -0000

man when i come to this site i want to know new things
all i hear is about twitter its like if twitter pays mashable ..

Re: Should Tech Blogs Shut Up About Twitter?

Jeremy — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:52:19 -0000

It's too much
already. Twitter is
for people who want
attention, are
lonely, and have
nothing better to
do. There are very
few legitimate uses
for the service, and
it's gotten far more
attention than is
warranted. Please
stop posting ten
stories a day about
Twitter nonsense.

Re: Should Tech Blogs Shut Up About Twitter?

Michael — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:15:18 -0000

I have long thought you all pay a little too much attention
to twitter in your writing.

As tech blog writers, you may jump on every new bit of
twitter news you hear, but as a user I'm interested only in
what you find to be the best, most useful tools and news
concerning the platform.

At times, this blog feels like its a blog about twitter,
with a few exceptions. I think microblogging, though not
necessarily on the twitter platform, has a great future.
But until that future comes, I don't need to hear every bit
of that development on a blog which is supposed to cover a
wide variety of topics. In this case, those other topics
could get croweded out.

Thanks very much for seeking feedback from your readerss.
I stop by every day and will continue to do so.

Re: Should Tech Blogs Shut Up About Twitter?

Craig Huffstetler — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:21:35 -0000

They need to cover
it less unless they
have something new
to say. Objectively
and tactically, or
potential new ways
to use Twitter. I
will go beyond this
and extend this to
social media.

All of this may be a
topic of buzz, but
enough buzzing is
enough. Marketers
need to learn how to
utilize social media
for business. It's
starting to become a
loud bee without
tactic, without
clear objectives.

And bees don't
necessarily do
anything but buzz
around before being
swatted.

A great post on this
(just the tip of the
Iceberg) was made by
Peter Kim today @
http://www.beingpeterkim.co...

Re: Should Tech Blogs Shut Up About Twitter?

Zachary Collins — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:33:39 -0000

I love Twitter! I am beggining to create applications for it and I love hearing about new applications and developments.

Twitter ROCKS!

Re: Should Tech Blogs Shut Up About Twitter?

Scott — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:21:27 -0000

There is nothing twitter does that Facebook, FriendFeed, or even simple RSS
doesn't do better. Twitter will never be adopted by the vast majority of
technology users as Facebook has, it's just not friendly or useful enough *on
its own*, and it has so much spam vs good content that most people don't have
time to sift through it.

And yes, I've used twitter. I've had a profile since June 2007. I've followed
some of the "industry's best" to see what it's all about.

Re: Should Tech Blogs Shut Up About Twitter?

AnthonyF. — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:49:35 -0000

Tough Crowd... How was it when we went from telegraph to telephone? Any new tech will get buzz untill over saturation happens. I think we have a ways to go. Only us, the early adapters are annoyed right now...

Re: Should Tech Blogs Shut Up About Twitter?

DreamBank — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:11:40 -0000

Frothing excitement about Twitter aside, we've been surprised by how much traffic it's driving to our site, both via our meagre group of followers and other people twittering about DreamBank.

Re: Should Tech Blogs Shut Up About Twitter?

mediaczar — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:50:49 -0000

People will only stop blogging about Twitter when Twitter stops bringing them the
traffic... Until then it's a pretty good indicator of where the traffic's coming
from. Like writing stories about Digg (I'm still planning on one or two of those)

Re: Should Tech Blogs Shut Up About Twitter?

Kevin — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 11:56:34 -0000

Well, twitter is useful in many ways...and exploring about it on tech blogs wont harm anyone. So keep it up...

Re: Should Tech Blogs Shut Up About Twitter?

Matt Hardwick — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 08:32:18 -0000

It annoys me when I see people slating twitter, especially the comment that it's â€œjust for lazy bloggersâ€. Sorry but that is a load of bollocks. I thought twitter was a pile of poo for ages, but then actually gave it a go during the US elections (needed a (very)quick and easy microblogging service) and twitter seemed like the obvious choice, I enjoyed using it so much that I stuck with it.
You only get crap on there if you choose to follow idiots who only ever post crap, and MOST bloggers use it to inform people of new blog posts, or for snippets between real blog posts (what twitter was designed for). I suggest if you find bloggers that are using it instead of a blog then they are not worth reading and you just donâ€™t follow them? Simple?
I would hazard a guess that many of these "haters" have a Facebook, and update their statuses; twitter is just a dedicated website for status updates really. Indeed my twitter updates my Facebook status.
I don't know why everyone gets so worked up about it. If you don't like it, don't use it... but seriously give it a go first, because it is good! I have made new (business and personal) contacts, chatted to friends on there, followed well known people I like, get updates from companies and most of all, alerts to when blogs post stories I am interested in.
Like I said in my earlier comment though, there is a hell of a lot about twitter on Mashable, but thatâ€™s the nature of the web â€“ if they are the only people in the social media world actually doing anything â€“ what is a social media blog to do?

Re: Should Tech Blogs Shut Up About Twitter?

Anands — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 08:16:13 -0000

Finally some sense has creeped into the tech blogging world. Get this geeks

"Twitter is a platform for guys with no lives to crib about what's up with their lives"

Re: Should Tech Blogs Shut Up About Twitter?

Guest — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 05:03:10 -0000

As someone who doesn't see the added value of using Twitter (no really), you'd think it
would vote less. But apparently this is hot, so that justifies the extended coverage.
I just pull the Mashable feed through Yahoo Pipes to get rid of the Twitter
crap. Works as a blaze.

Re: Should Tech Blogs Shut Up About Twitter?

Andrei — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 04:24:02 -0000

I hate twitter, so please stop. It's the most useless thing on the web.

Re: Should Tech Blogs Shut Up About Twitter?

thisandthat — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 04:21:33 -0000

twitter will disrupt google with the approach towards perfect realtime data. people are creating their own personalization filters through the feedback of their networks. sad thing is it doesn't seem like the twitter folks have any idea how disruptive it is, or if so they don't seem to be harnessing it

this is what you should be writing about, or figuring out. it will be an incredible waste if they don't figure out how to take advantage. or someone else will eat their lunch

Re: Should Tech Blogs Shut Up About Twitter?

Robert Andrews — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 03:31:16 -0000

Answer: for the love of god, yes.

Re: Should Tech Blogs Shut Up About Twitter?

Ricky Martin — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 03:20:30 -0000

Yawwwwnnn.

I am bored. Twitter is great, but Mashable has somehow presumed that everyone visiting here prays Twitter.

I for one have had more of TW here than i can digest.

Pls us some break from TW praise that we can be loyal fans of Mashable !!!

Re: Should Tech Blogs Shut Up About Twitter?

spinmeister — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 02:13:42 -0000

I can't tell you what's right or wrong, since that is entirely your business
bet to make. But I've started to immediately delete mashable twitter RSS entries.
Twitter may be the most vibrant thing at the moment, but it deserves only x%
of my daily intake, where x is well under 5%. And a few days ago, for the first
time in a long time, the thought of unsubscribing from Mashable actually crossed
my mind.

The other time was when Mark 'Rizzn' H. started to insert neocon
language/commentary into what I had appreciated as a technology / marketing /
business blog.

For me it's all about signal to noise ratio in what I take in.

Re: Should Tech Blogs Shut Up About Twitter?

OM — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 02:01:07 -0000

I love your website, but I've learned to skip these Twitter posts.

Re: Should Tech Blogs Shut Up About Twitter?

Rohit — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:44:42 -0000

Agreed that Twitter is the "next big thing", and deserves some attention, but then it shouldn't be that every new thing related to it gets on Mashable. Just the important ones should come. There are probably hundreds of Twitter apps, and a little google search might help. So just ease down a bit and just post a little less about Twitter, there are more interesting things in the social world to write about isn't it? ;)