Twitter: Are the 'Why?' and 'How?' pages for real?
I'm assuming they're being a bit facetious here. They have a series of quotes that it puts underneath the text such as:
"Twitter is the first thing on the web that I've been excited about in ages." Jason Kottke, Blogger
"When I first started doing it, I thought, 'geez, not another website to worry about updating and checking', but now I'm glad I did it." point_chevalier, livejournaller
"Twitter is the telegraph system of Web 2.0." Nicholas Carr, Author and Technologist
Seriously, who are these nobodies and are these quotes meant to be positive and get you using it?
How about:
"I really like Twitter." Jeff Barr, Amazon.com, Senior Manager
Thanks, Jeff. Or even:
"Twitter is on its way to becoming the next killer app." TIME Magazine
Oooh, so Time magazine say it's got the potential to be important.
Check out the 'Why?' page:
Why? Because even basic updates are meaningful to family members, friends, or colleagues—especially when they’re timely.
* Eating soup? Research shows that moms want to know.
* Running late to a meeting? Your co–workers might find that useful.
* Partying? Your friends may want to join you.
Um...
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I'm probably still going to join up because Brooner likes it and I trust him.
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Oh well.
explain it to me pls.
I don't see the point in twitter
it seems to be based on the faulty assumption that other people care about what someone is doing, maybe that is at the core of all social networking sites but atleast with others there is enough going on to distract from this realisation, with twitter there is no avoiding it no one cares
I'm a bit confused also.
However, I see people's Facebook saying things like 'updated with Twitter' and this interests me. The idea of being able to remotely control a bunch of other '2.0' sites from one site would be good. I guess it doesn't do that, though.
Then don't use it?
You can thank me later. The rest of the internet already has.
Theo, I'm amking soup tonight!
*Theo, I am king soup tonight
Do I look like your mother?
Twitter makes me angry
It seems to be used by a lot of techies to exchange links
It's very link heavy which I like, I only use it to promote my blog though. I have no need to tell people what I had for my lunch or my thoughts on Michelle Obamas outfit.
Most likely it's old copy that'd not been updated in a long time.
Twitter has reached the point where if you're going to use it, you will, why/how pages are pretty irrelevant.
For twitter's target audience, even 6 months ago, those quotes are extremely relevant and from well respected people. The original audience of twitter was web geeks, if you don't recognise the names quoted then that's not you.