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Re:How we use IRC at Last.fm by wheels on Friday January 09, 2009 @04:20AM (#426418)
I've heard a number of people say that, but I get the sense that they're not heavy Twitter or IRC users.

Fundamental to IRC is the concept of rooms. Twitter is a web of one to many relationships.

"Conversations" on Twitter are much more segmented and have less depth. I see the Twitter concept as a much more broadcast oriented sort of thing rather than a real conversation facilitator.

Re:How we use IRC at Last.fm by anthonyrubin on Friday January 09, 2009 @11:18AM (#426719)
It shouldn't take much imagination to see how ircd might be used to implement Twitter.