Comments on: Twitter’s #fixreplies Boo-Boo http://theappslab.com/2009/05/14/twitters-fixreplies-boo-boo/ Driving Innovation Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:43:00 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jake http://theappslab.com/2009/05/14/twitters-fixreplies-boo-boo/comment-page-1/#comment-7115 Jake Fri, 15 May 2009 09:18:32 +0000 http://theappslab.com/?p=2904#comment-7115 It's always been the way you describe, as long as you're following Fox. Plus, with search, as long as the update is public, anyone on Twitter can see your updates.<br><br>The feature was pretty erudite, e.g. I follow you, you tweet @billycripe, whom I don't follow, I don't see that update by default. The discovery piece came into play when I set my account to see all @replies. Then, I see your tweet @billycripe and think, I know Billy, I should follow him, etc.<br><br>The new implementation is tough to understand, and I wonder how they plan to account for clients like TweetDeck, Tweetie, etc.<br><br>Anyway, Twitter's not for everyone, even though they're trying hard to be just that. It's always been the way you describe, as long as you're following Fox. Plus, with search, as long as the update is public, anyone on Twitter can see your updates.

The feature was pretty erudite, e.g. I follow you, you tweet @billycripe, whom I don't follow, I don't see that update by default. The discovery piece came into play when I set my account to see all @replies. Then, I see your tweet @billycripe and think, I know Billy, I should follow him, etc.

The new implementation is tough to understand, and I wonder how they plan to account for clients like TweetDeck, Tweetie, etc.

Anyway, Twitter's not for everyone, even though they're trying hard to be just that.

]]> By: bex http://theappslab.com/2009/05/14/twitters-fixreplies-boo-boo/comment-page-1/#comment-7113 bex Fri, 15 May 2009 06:32:00 +0000 http://theappslab.com/?p=2904#comment-7113 This is not cool...<br><br>"First, we're making a change such that any updates beginning with @username (that are not explicitly created by clicking on the reply icon) will be seen by everyone following that account. This will bring back some serendipity and discovery and we can do this very soon."<br><br>That means if I'm Fox news, I can tweet:<br><br>"@cnn gets it wrong again... <a href="http://fox.com/cnn-sucks%22" rel="nofollow">http://fox.com/cnn-sucks"</a><br><br>And a million folks will see it in their timeline... <br><br>Stop the merry-go-round, I want to get off. This is not cool…

“First, we're making a change such that any updates beginning with @username (that are not explicitly created by clicking on the reply icon) will be seen by everyone following that account. This will bring back some serendipity and discovery and we can do this very soon.”

That means if I'm Fox news, I can tweet:

“@cnn gets it wrong again… http://fox.com/cnn-sucks“

And a million folks will see it in their timeline…

Stop the merry-go-round, I want to get off.

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