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Re: Woofer: The 1400 Character Anti-Twitter

tiggerm — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:51:39 -0000

Woofer? hmmm i can't really see myself signing up for woofer, what am i gonna say for 1400 charactors!!? LOL, i dont think i talk that much in a day!! although some peeps may say otherwise LOL, idk, everyones got their opinion, i like twitter, although if twitter extended out to 160 charcators that would be cool. 1400?!?!?!?! it makes me laugh!!! LOL

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CoachDebra — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:59:00 -0000

If twitter and woofer had a baby, would it be a birddog?

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Caitlin — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:21:48 -0000

This is pretty entertaining. I love a good quality spoof, Woofer is the perfect name for the larger and much more vocal micro blog. Twitter has little tiny tweets, and well, Woofs have clearly a larger connotation. I like that they have 'characters' number.

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Todd — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:22:47 -0000

A great idea. I kind of hope this takes off so our society can be good at something besides conciseness and efficiency for once

http://whowhatwherewheny.wo...

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Blogs Marketing — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:54:32 -0000

It's very blah! - don't love it and it requires to type a minimum of 1400 characters - It's a great marketing tactic though - they're driving a hell of a lot of traffic to shuffletime..good times.

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codygee — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:15:45 -0000

Oh my gosh people, you guys take this way too seriously. Read the article, have a laugh. Nobody is impressed at your ability to take apart a joke concept and tell us why it won't work. It's called a PARODY.

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Natalie — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:20:04 -0000

I heart your "PDF" instead of PHD use.

I hate that they are just copying twitter. Be a little creative peeps

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CoachDebra — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:13:19 -0000

Moby Dick anyone? Hey being long-winded can turn you into a classic!

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Nick — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:51:35 -0000

Quite possibly one of the funniest posts on the web! Nice work!!

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Mellyjelly5 — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:05:06 -0000

this post was too long for me to read.

haha

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sohel — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:27:33 -0000

This sucks ...

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Vickie Siculiano — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:39:17 -0000

Woofers and tweeters. Pretty funny - what about the midrange for those in between and and subwoofers for even more characters. Kitchy and cute - I like!

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iHouse — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 05:54:09 -0000

..or Trustler (trustler.com )

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Chris Murray — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 05:49:35 -0000

I don't have time to read blogs(yes, yes I read this one), and sure as hell don't have time to write one! 140 characters is just enough for me to vent my anger when using Microsoft and Adobe products all day. I have nothing else to say. How many characters was that? ;0)

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Donagh Mc Sweeney — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 05:32:07 -0000

I feel a lawsuit coming on!

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Σχολή Χορού — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 05:26:40 -0000

Nothing compares to the original, but people in woofer really tried to copy the whole twitter project. Even the look and feel is 90% twitter.

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fla030 — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 05:17:49 -0000

I use posterous.com if I want to post more than 140 characters, post picstures, videos or links. Posterous rocks!

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BaronToler — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 04:54:07 -0000

HAHA! That's what happens when someone spends their day processing nothing more than <140 character "half-thoughts". I swear twitter is dumbing down our world. Regardless of all the hype Mashable and Twitcrunch spew. Unless you're writing in Haiku... Twitter makes people truncate thoughts. I applaud the makers of Woofer. Even if it is a joke... the English language should be respected, embraced and utilized.

RT@Shakespeare @Hemingway Twitr TxtSpk?!? I rite MidSumr Nite Dreem. 1 up ur 4 whom bell tolz. http:// somestupidurlshortener.com/...

Yeah... that sh*t is ***TOTALLY*** intellectual and classical thinking right? I dread the day high-school english lit consists of reading tweets and writing like that. <140 characters is NOT the way to go.

Twitter is GREAT for promoting your product announcements, sales, etc. Its pretty useless for transmitting truly meaningful thoughts and conversation.

P.S. Take a look at thinkexist.com. It is a wonderful quotation resource. Using twitter <140 character standards...roughly half of the world's "great quotes" can not even be disseminated by tweets. If you want to tweet a quote AND attribute the quote to the author...the percentage drops to about 25%. Therefore, the arbitrary limitations of Twitter, which are so beloved by the bleeding-edge herd, effectively reduce the illuminated wisdom of the world by up to 75%. Backwards is NOT the way we should be going with technology. Onwards. Upwards. Outwards.... (plug for http://extropy.org)

P.P.S. (in reply to Sikku's remark below "Dats too much.... Above all people will feel bored while reading all the 1400 characters all the time...")

Hmmm. I assume that's why noooooooobody has ever bothered to read any of these:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/b...

"The effort required to creating a lasting work of art, which will influence individuals and society for years to come, will always outweigh the short-term benefits of pandering to the fickle zeitgeist. Take the long view. It ALWAYS wins in the end game. " - me

Hmmm. I guess even that is too "boring", eh? 113 characters too long to post as a Tweet.

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Curt Milnes — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 04:43:30 -0000

That's interesting, but it's too much effort to type up 1400 characters. Bleh >_<

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Narenubi — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 04:07:59 -0000

Writing in 140 characters is difficult, and elaborating in 1400 chars is a pain.

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Money-Era — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:10:11 -0000

I like the approach, smart market move leveraging on Twitter buzz. I actually think Woofer potentially can be monetized in more ways than Twitter http://www.money-era.com/ca...

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Peter Montgomery — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 01:56:38 -0000

A Bit Of Fun

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Katelyn — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 01:46:16 -0000

I like woofer a lot more than Shuffletime, to be perfectly honest. Shuffletime seems to be this company's answer to Stumble Upon, which I find humorous because it's unlikely that anyone will find the Shuffletime website without Stumble Upon. At least Woofer is an improvement to Twitter...

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Erika Fletcher — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 01:36:30 -0000

Oh, absolutely. I'm a Tumblr addict, lol.

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Ryan Lalonde — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 01:32:18 -0000

This is fun to play around with. I don't believe it will be popular for too long tho.