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16 Mar 2009 01:23

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Politics, Tech: Yo Kevin Rose, where’s our WeFollow follow request?

  • 5,862 number of followers that the Digg founder’s new Twitter guide has, including big names such as Google and the New York Times … and us. source
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14 Mar 2009 17:40

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Politics, Tech: Our biggest criticism of Twitter: Marketing “experts”

  • Twitter is actually great. Don’t listen to the haters who claim that all people ever do with Twitter is tweet about how they’re going to use the bathroom. It’s a great, versatile communication tool, and has largely taken the place of the chat rooms of Internet past. (Sorry, mIRC. We were good friends back in the day.) We’ve even made some good friends through Twitter. But we do have one problem with the site: Its overuse as a social marketing tool.
  • Twitter is actually great. Don’t listen to the haters who claim that all people ever do with Twitter is tweet about how they’re going to use the bathroom. It’s a great, versatile communication tool, and has largely taken the place of the chat rooms of Internet past. (Sorry, mIRC. We were good friends back in the day.) We’ve even made some good friends through Twitter. But we do have one problem with the site: Its overuse as a social marketing tool.
  • Social marketers must die. We agree, Twitter’s a great promotional tool. We use it ourselves to tell people about our latest updates. And it tells people when we’ve last trashed on U2. And we even chat with them! But then there’s users like @MikeKlingler and @DiyanaAlcheva. Both of whom have over 15,000 followers. Both of whom followed us today. Both of whom we’ll never actually communicate with. For the love of God, stop ruining a good thing!
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14 Mar 2009 13:31

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Tech: We’re one of the cool kids with the Facebook redesign (finally)

The front page redesign is up. In case you’re wondering, I’m probably not going to any of my five invited events. source
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13 Mar 2009 10:03

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Music, Politics: Trent Reznor brings on the Chris Cornell trash-tweeting

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08 Mar 2009 21:06

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Tech: When it comes to Twitter, forget Failwhale. It’s all about Failbird.

Check out this amazing Failwhale-inspired Twitter illustration by Martin Gee. It’s neato. source
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07 Mar 2009 20:59

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Offbeat, Tech: Read this guide to meeting women on Twitter, pathetic moron

This is the stupidest thing we’ve ever seen. Ever. And Scott McKay is a stupid douchebag. source
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06 Mar 2009 16:28

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Tech: “I think” Twistori is a pretty cool idea

See that? Content filters! Simple design! Fun concept! Take that, Twitter haters! source
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03 Mar 2009 10:25

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Tech: Facebook + Twitter: They almost merged. Almost.

  • It became pretty clear it wasn’t going to happen. The deal would have to be done with Facebook stock. And then you have to figure out how much the stock is worth.
  • Peter Thiel • Facebook board member and a co-founder of Paypal. Thiel confirmed a proposed merger of Facebook and Twitter, which only fell apart because nobody knew how much Facebook’s stock was really worth. Structurally, it makes sense: status updates are essentially tweets. • source
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26 Feb 2009 10:22

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Offbeat, Tech: Dear Twitter user: Why would you do this to yourself?

OK, Failwhale is cute. But not tattoo-worthy. May we suggest never wearing shorts? source
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07 Feb 2009 11:01

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U.S., World: It was a secret trip to Iraq – until a Congressman used Twitter

Rep. Peter Hoekstra, who’s on the House Intelligence Committee, screwed up. source
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