http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/10/20/twitter-is-inventing-trans-media/ This can all be made better. Ready? Begin. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:00:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/10/20/twitter-is-inventing-trans-media/comment-page-1/#comment-23372 All a’Twitter « In The Crowd Mon, 30 Oct 2006 00:36:16 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/10/20/twitter-is-inventing-trans-media/#comment-23372 [...] That said, the most significant difference has nothing to do with the technology. It’s the way that Twitter is actually used, which has more to do with who is using it and what they believe it’s for than with what it can do. I tried to describe this to friends at dinner the other night, and after a few minutes of my stuttering and throwing out random examples somebody said, “So it’s like LiveJournal for text.” That’s really the best explanation I’ve heard, although Twitter isn’t limited to SMS. It’s moblogging LJ-style for people (myself included) who probably would not otherwise blog things that inconsequential or personal or random. Check out the public timeline and you’ll see what I mean. It’s also compulsively addictive, in the same way so many social software services create a kind of positive feedback loop. [...] [...] That said, the most significant difference has nothing to do with the technology. It’s the way that Twitter is actually used, which has more to do with who is using it and what they believe it’s for than with what it can do. I tried to describe this to friends at dinner the other night, and after a few minutes of my stuttering and throwing out random examples somebody said, “So it’s like LiveJournal for text.” That’s really the best explanation I’ve heard, although Twitter isn’t limited to SMS. It’s moblogging LJ-style for people (myself included) who probably would not otherwise blog things that inconsequential or personal or random. Check out the public timeline and you’ll see what I mean. It’s also compulsively addictive, in the same way so many social software services create a kind of positive feedback loop. [...]

]]> http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/10/20/twitter-is-inventing-trans-media/comment-page-1/#comment-22043 Blaine Sat, 21 Oct 2006 19:03:08 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/10/20/twitter-is-inventing-trans-media/#comment-22043 Thanks for the great writeup, Chris. I think you've nailed down what makes twitter interesting. Hopefully we'll be able to follow up and surpass expectations! Thanks for the great writeup, Chris. I think you’ve nailed down what makes twitter interesting. Hopefully we’ll be able to follow up and surpass expectations!

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