On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 3:10 PM, Andrew Badera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Isn't that the point of Twitter to begin with? >
Maybe the people you know. But I suspect that many users are thinking mostly about their followers. They want to advertise something. This mechanism allows you to advertise but for a price -- namely, that you look at other people's tweets as well. Amir > > > On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 3:09 PM, Amir Michail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 3:07 PM, Andrew Badera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > But what would be the motivation for someone to script this to begin >> > with? I >> > guess I'm having a hard time understanding the value proposition. >> > >> >> In order for your tweet selection to be shown to k people, you need to >> correctly answer the CAPTCHA for ~k tweet selections. >> >> This is all a mechanism to get people to look at each other's tweet >> selections. >> >> Amir >> >> > >> > >> > >> > On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 3:05 PM, Amir Michail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> >> On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 3:03 PM, Andrew Badera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > But then what are you enforcing with the CAPTCHA? Aren't you just >> >> > making >> >> > it >> >> > more difficult, more hurdles to leap, for people to engage with you? >> >> > >> >> >> >> The CAPTCHA is used to get people to look at your tweet selection >> >> carefully. Without it, people could just post their tweet selection >> >> and use a script to automatically look at other people's tweet >> >> selections. >> >> >> >> Amir >> >> >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 2:58 PM, Amir Michail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 2:56 PM, Andrew Badera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> >> wrote: >> >> >> > How would that get you MORE followers -- you're asking people to >> >> >> > read >> >> >> > your >> >> >> > tweets, then you check to see if they did? >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> If they like your tweet selection, they might consider following >> >> >> you. >> >> >> >> >> >> Amir >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 2:54 PM, Amir Michail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 2:52 PM, Andrew Badera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> >> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> > ... and then? >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> > I'm thinking of jumping off the Empire State Building tomorrow >> >> >> >> > with >> >> >> >> > Jeb >> >> >> >> > Corliss ... >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> > Beside the apparent randomness of your post, was there an >> >> >> >> > underlying >> >> >> >> > question? >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Do you think it would work? Is it worth building to try it out? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Amir >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> > On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 2:44 PM, Amir Michail >> >> >> >> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> >> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> I'm thinking of building this service using the twitter API: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> * you submit a selection of your tweets that you are >> >> >> >> >> particularly >> >> >> >> >> proud of >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> * you also submit a CAPTCHA to check whether someone looking >> >> >> >> >> at >> >> >> >> >> your >> >> >> >> >> selection really looked at it carefully >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Example: such a CAPTCHA might ask the user to select the tweet >> >> >> >> >> in >> >> >> >> >> your >> >> >> >> >> selection that satisfies a particular criterion. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Your tweet selection will be shown to k people provided that >> >> >> >> >> you >> >> >> >> >> correctly answer the CAPTCHAs in ~ k selections. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> You could have people use tags to facilitate search/browsing >> >> >> >> >> of >> >> >> >> >> tweet >> >> >> >> >> selections. Moreover, these tags could be used to improve a >> >> >> >> >> service >> >> >> >> >> such as http://b4utweet.com. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Amir >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> > > >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> http://b4utweet.com >> >> >> >> http://chatbotgame.com >> >> >> >> http://numbrosia.com >> >> >> >> http://twitter.com/amichail >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> http://b4utweet.com >> >> >> http://chatbotgame.com >> >> >> http://numbrosia.com >> >> >> http://twitter.com/amichail >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> http://b4utweet.com >> >> http://chatbotgame.com >> >> http://numbrosia.com >> >> http://twitter.com/amichail >> > >> > >> > > >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> http://b4utweet.com >> http://chatbotgame.com >> http://numbrosia.com >> http://twitter.com/amichail > > > > > -- http://b4utweet.com http://chatbotgame.com http://numbrosia.com http://twitter.com/amichail
