I find this idea of tracking conversations in twitter interesting. From the Twitter site:
"Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?" That does say "communicate" but it doesn't say converse. It's based on answering one question. Twitter has morphed from being a simple status updater to being a global chat program. The "limitations" we're talking about are outside of Twitter's focus. It's not a forum, it's not a chat app. It's a status feed. Since Facebook was mentioned, think about the fact that they have two separate tools for communication and status (status and the wall). Sure, I can see the "wall-to-wall" conversation thread, but that's separate from the status. Now, that does not mean the API doesn't create opportunities for third parties to adapt to the usage, or even that Twitter might not enable features to adapt to the usage, but in regards to the original purpose of twitter, conversing wasn't it. I'm not sure the folks at Twitter expected the use of replies and direct messages to overtake the basic tweeting as a primary usage. Just my $0.02. -- Lance E. Leonard Evermind Media Group, LLC [EMAIL PROTECTED] 314.809.4662 http://www.evermindmedia.com ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
