Re:Twitter's debt assigned 'junk' status
by jeffwass on Friday November 14, 2014 @10:42AM
(#8607613)
How is that different from email? Are your back&fortu tweets with the author public or private?
(I'm not on twitter, if that helps frame my question).
Re:Twitter's debt assigned 'junk' status
by UweSchmidt on Saturday November 15, 2014 @04:04AM
(#8611260)
problems:
- finding someone's email
- not knowing if they will reply or if it bothers them
- they would have to put in effort just for one person
On Twitter the guy's profile stated he wrote the library and is working in the same field. Helping me gave him the chance to plug his current work and skill.
Re:Twitter's debt assigned 'junk' status
by icegreentea on Friday November 14, 2014 @12:33PM
(#8608336)
The back and worth is public.
Twittered the author, he twittered back, telling me that there's a bug, and here's the workaround, and invited me (and all his followers) to try that new product that replaces the thing I was using.
So it's a unique communication tool which found a sweet spot with opt-in, brevity, low involvement, and publicity.
(It's can also be anywhere from crappy to decent as a social network, a news aggregator, a blog site ... but I wouldn't bother with these aspects)