Comments on: On Twitter, downtime and my lack of updates… http://www.christinawarren.com/2008/05/24/on-twitter-downtime-and-my-lack-of-updates/ I need a funny tagline Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:18:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Thejesh GN http://www.christinawarren.com/2008/05/24/on-twitter-downtime-and-my-lack-of-updates/comment-page-1/#comment-544 Thejesh GN Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:11:56 +0000 http://www.christinawarren.com/?p=53#comment-544 Hey Christina, Great post. I had similar thoughts on twitter. BTW you are right in the fact that twitter is very addictive and my biggest online community is now on twitter. Hey Christina,
Great post. I had similar thoughts on twitter.

BTW you are right in the fact that twitter is very addictive and my biggest online community is now on twitter.

]]> By: Shashib http://www.christinawarren.com/2008/05/24/on-twitter-downtime-and-my-lack-of-updates/comment-page-1/#comment-539 Shashib Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:54:26 +0000 http://www.christinawarren.com/?p=53#comment-539 Christina, Can't wait to meet grant and take more pictures. Great post. I was under the impression the world has changed and there were no stalkers anymore . oh well , me and my dreams :) Shashi Christina,

Can't wait to meet grant and take more pictures. Great post. I was under the impression the world has changed and there were no stalkers anymore . oh well , me and my dreams :)

Shashi

]]> By: The War of the Tweets « Thoughts, Raves & Outright Beatings http://www.christinawarren.com/2008/05/24/on-twitter-downtime-and-my-lack-of-updates/comment-page-1/#comment-524 The War of the Tweets « Thoughts, Raves & Outright Beatings Mon, 26 May 2008 06:16:56 +0000 http://www.christinawarren.com/?p=53#comment-524 [...] my hard-core libertarian stances, I’d normally agree with this person’s argument.  In fact, one of the things I like about WordPress is that my blockage of obnoxious posters [...] [...] my hard-core libertarian stances, I’d normally agree with this person’s argument.  In fact, one of the things I like about WordPress is that my blockage of obnoxious posters [...]

]]> By: Micah Baldwin http://www.christinawarren.com/2008/05/24/on-twitter-downtime-and-my-lack-of-updates/comment-page-1/#comment-523 Micah Baldwin Sun, 25 May 2008 19:49:56 +0000 http://www.christinawarren.com/?p=53#comment-523 Wow, Ms. Christina, you go silent for weeks and then bam! So there are three distinct topics you covered: 1) Twitter's TOS battle - unforgivable. Not that it occurred, but that all sides allowed to to spiral out of control. Ev's blog post that uses "we have no pr people...waaaah!" as an excuse doesnt alleviate the issue. It is one of common sense and decency. Rule #1: If customer is pissed, assume customer has a blog. Rule #2: action is better than perceived inaction. It was the fact that twitter didnt seem to "care" that was the crux of the issue. 2) Twitter as a community. Twitter is not a community. Twitter is a communication medium. It would not be surprising or groundbreaking if the conversations occurring at Twitter moved to FriendFeed or Pownce or the Next Next Cool thing. The only thing that makes Twitter interesting from a community standpoint is that the rapid nature of the communication allows for increased familiarity. Copy that somewhere else, and everyone will move. Hello Friendster. So, for Twitter to survive, it has to make the community feel welcome - therefore see point #1. 3) How cool it is to have met me. yeah, I couldnt agree more. (This old douchebag still has it. Bam!) Wow, Ms. Christina, you go silent for weeks and then bam!

So there are three distinct topics you covered:

1) Twitter's TOS battle - unforgivable. Not that it occurred, but that all sides allowed to to spiral out of control. Ev's blog post that uses "we have no pr people...waaaah!" as an excuse doesnt alleviate the issue. It is one of common sense and decency. Rule #1: If customer is pissed, assume customer has a blog. Rule #2: action is better than perceived inaction. It was the fact that twitter didnt seem to "care" that was the crux of the issue.

2) Twitter as a community. Twitter is not a community. Twitter is a communication medium. It would not be surprising or groundbreaking if the conversations occurring at Twitter moved to FriendFeed or Pownce or the Next Next Cool thing. The only thing that makes Twitter interesting from a community standpoint is that the rapid nature of the communication allows for increased familiarity. Copy that somewhere else, and everyone will move. Hello Friendster.

So, for Twitter to survive, it has to make the community feel welcome - therefore see point #1.

3) How cool it is to have met me. yeah, I couldnt agree more.

(This old douchebag still has it. Bam!)

]]> By: LISA! http://www.christinawarren.com/2008/05/24/on-twitter-downtime-and-my-lack-of-updates/comment-page-1/#comment-522 LISA! Sun, 25 May 2008 19:36:45 +0000 http://www.christinawarren.com/?p=53#comment-522 U 2 r giant suck faces and i love it! i'm so glad your absence was caused by soppiness rather than a trip to rehab... although apparently you can find love even in rehab... well at least until you sober up and realize you're making out with an emotionally unstable and needy actress headed on a downward spiral... but hizzah! you rock and i'm sooooooo happy for you and your use of comic life! re: twitter. i'm still totally in love with it, but i agree that as your number of followers increases (which is awesome, but..) you have less time to actually follow people you actually know and iCelebs that often post cool and interesting things. i think the main problem i'm facing is whether or not to follow people back. when you get 20+ followers a day, it takes so much time to look at their tweets, check their blog, and make sure they aren't lame twitterspam. but, if you don't add people, then they are unable to DM you, which is kinda lame because sometimes i miss the @ comments (especially lately because of the"giant fail". i noticed that you've added quite a significant chunk of your followers and also regularly @ them replies. how are you finding this? too demanding? or do you set aside some time for this and just do an hour of this and then walk away from your computer... PS I love that you are in love. Aww. U 2 r giant suck faces and i love it! i'm so glad your absence was caused by soppiness rather than a trip to rehab... although apparently you can find love even in rehab... well at least until you sober up and realize you're making out with an emotionally unstable and needy actress headed on a downward spiral...

but hizzah! you rock and i'm sooooooo happy for you and your use of comic life! re: twitter. i'm still totally in love with it, but i agree that as your number of followers increases (which is awesome, but..) you have less time to actually follow people you actually know and iCelebs that often post cool and interesting things. i think the main problem i'm facing is whether or not to follow people back. when you get 20+ followers a day, it takes so much time to look at their tweets, check their blog, and make sure they aren't lame twitterspam. but, if you don't add people, then they are unable to DM you, which is kinda lame because sometimes i miss the @ comments (especially lately because of the"giant fail". i noticed that you've added quite a significant chunk of your followers and also regularly @ them replies. how are you finding this? too demanding? or do you set aside some time for this and just do an hour of this and then walk away from your computer...

PS I love that you are in love. Aww.

]]> By: Saul Colt http://www.christinawarren.com/2008/05/24/on-twitter-downtime-and-my-lack-of-updates/comment-page-1/#comment-521 Saul Colt Sun, 25 May 2008 12:58:10 +0000 http://www.christinawarren.com/?p=53#comment-521 Christina, Grant Congrats on finding love! saul Christina, Grant

Congrats on finding love!

saul

]]> By: Linda Sherman http://www.christinawarren.com/2008/05/24/on-twitter-downtime-and-my-lack-of-updates/comment-page-1/#comment-519 Linda Sherman Sun, 25 May 2008 00:09:38 +0000 http://www.christinawarren.com/?p=53#comment-519 Christina, It's great to hear from you. Thank you so much for including me in your top of mind short list of people you have met on Twitter. You are certainly on mine. I agree that the "block" function should be sufficient for nasty or ill-intentioned people. I appreciate receiving warning DM's from Twitter pals about these folks. I do take time to check people out before I follow them back. I usually look at their profile and their blog. If I spot a mean tweet on their profile, I stop there. I created a set of Twitter follow request e-mail folders. One is for profiles to come back to later when they are further developed. Time allowing, I'll drop them some advice in a DM. It's amazing how few people think of leaving a thoughtful comment on a blog in order to get attention for a follow-back consideration. I am very cautious on Facebook because I feel that people I friend have access to my friends. That's because new friends can approach my trusted friends with me sitting there as a reference. There is one other category of cyber aggravation and that is someone posing as being or owning a brand. On MySpace I was very appreciative of their ability to react to a request to take down a site that was misappropriating a brand that I represented. For this they required legal documents showing ownership of the brand. The requests were reasonable and reaction time was not bad at all. I would like to introduce you to @vvanpetten who includes cyber bullying in a blog for parents of teens called <a href="http://www.vanessavanpetten.com/2008/03/15/6-things-you-need-to-know-about-cyberbullying/" rel="nofollow">Teens Today</a>. Christina, It's great to hear from you. Thank you so much for including me in your top of mind short list of people you have met on Twitter. You are certainly on mine.

I agree that the "block" function should be sufficient for nasty or ill-intentioned people. I appreciate receiving warning DM's from Twitter pals about these folks. I do take time to check people out before I follow them back. I usually look at their profile and their blog. If I spot a mean tweet on their profile, I stop there. I created a set of Twitter follow request e-mail folders. One is for profiles to come back to later when they are further developed. Time allowing, I'll drop them some advice in a DM. It's amazing how few people think of leaving a thoughtful comment on a blog in order to get attention for a follow-back consideration. I am very cautious on Facebook because I feel that people I friend have access to my friends. That's because new friends can approach my trusted friends with me sitting there as a reference.

There is one other category of cyber aggravation and that is someone posing as being or owning a brand. On MySpace I was very appreciative of their ability to react to a request to take down a site that was misappropriating a brand that I represented. For this they required legal documents showing ownership of the brand. The requests were reasonable and reaction time was not bad at all.

I would like to introduce you to @vvanpetten who includes cyber bullying in a blog for parents of teens called Teens Today.

]]> By: Mike Doe http://www.christinawarren.com/2008/05/24/on-twitter-downtime-and-my-lack-of-updates/comment-page-1/#comment-518 Mike Doe Sat, 24 May 2008 23:11:57 +0000 http://www.christinawarren.com/?p=53#comment-518 Hey Christina, Great post! Wish I had some deep thoughts to add on your twitter commentary, but, uh, that's not so much my thing. All I can add is "Amen, Sista" and my own hopes that Twitter gets its act together ASAP. As for FilmGirl.tv, I'll be glad to give my two cents on any "demos" you've done so far. Just gimme the word. Great to see you posting again! Hey Christina,

Great post! Wish I had some deep thoughts to add on your twitter commentary, but, uh, that's not so much my thing. All I can add is "Amen, Sista" and my own hopes that Twitter gets its act together ASAP.

As for FilmGirl.tv, I'll be glad to give my two cents on any "demos" you've done so far. Just gimme the word.

Great to see you posting again!

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