Comments on: What happens when you can’t keep up with your popularity?

By: On switching costs and online tools. -- Hoover’s Business Insight Zone

On switching costs and online tools. -- Hoover’s Business Insight Zone — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:08:15 +0000

[...] of y’all know I’m a fairly heavy Twitter user/addict. Like a lot of Twitter users, I’ve been frustrated by the service’s very, very, VERY patchy availability over the past few months. Earlier today [...]

By: Social media: the right tool for the job. -- Hoover’s Business Insight Zone

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:38:06 +0000

[...] What happens when you can’t keep up with your popularity? [...]

By: Tim Walker

Tim Walker — Tue, 27 May 2008 18:54:25 +0000

Thanks for following me, KK, and for your comment.

If you approach it from the wrong angle or see just a few random tweets, Twitter indeed can look stupid. But it takes flight when the community on it gets going, and especially when you start making genuine *friends* there — people who you look forward to “seeing” as much as your pals in the office.

Stick with it for a little while, is my advice. Make sure you’re following a good mix of people. You may find that it grows on you more than you would imagine.

By: KK

KK — Fri, 23 May 2008 20:41:03 +0000

First, a disclaimer: Please know that I am not going to bash Twitter. However, I will say that I honestly don’t get it. I signed up for the service long ago (hey, I’m hip and informed), but I just can’t seem to use the darn thing. I literally have nothing to say that can be said that briefly. And apparently most others don’t, either. I’m sure there are some inspired 140-count conversations going on somewhere, but the ones I review seem terribly banal. Do I really need a post that tells me Xknowl28 is ready for the weekend? Maybe I’m just less curious about my fellow man than others…
But, I *so* want to get it, so I’ll keep giving it a shot. I just signed up to follow you, by the way. No pressure. :)

By: Tris Hussey

Tris Hussey — Thu, 22 May 2008 14:11:51 +0000

Thanks for the link Tim. I got many more comments on my post on FriendFeed than I did with the post, but people did read it.

It doesn’t matter as much to me that the commentary and discussion is on FF vs my blog, it’s more that I want to make sure people read, then start commenting.

Like I said in the post, we’re just at the beginning here and working out how to fit the pieces together.