Ten Things Twitter is Not

Re:Ten Things Twitter is Not by riffic on Tuesday May 05, 2009 @11:46PM (#595151)

Twitter is not a public utility. People should really be looking into OpenMicroBlogging, and decentralization/federation with systems you set up and control, such as Laconica. This allows you to control the namespace, and downtime becomes your own problem.

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Re:Ten Things Twitter is Not by sharkbrainguy on Wednesday May 06, 2009 @12:06AM (#595164)

   ... and downtime becomes your own problem.

I think I can see what you're getting at here, but this sure doesn't sound like something most people want to get into

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Re:Ten Things Twitter is Not by riffic on Wednesday May 06, 2009 @12:36AM (#595198)

well, not for individuals. But as far as organizations/agencies, relying on twitter as a utility is ludicrous.

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Re:Ten Things Twitter is Not by lacker on Wednesday May 06, 2009 @11:14AM (#595889)

It's not ludicrous. The twitter competitors like laconica aren't really an alternative, because the users you are trying to reach are all using twitter.

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