Comments on: Think Twitter Sucks? You’re Wrong, Here’s Why.

By: favome

favome — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 18:38:32 +0000

For me Twitter is just an advertising medium, and very annoying one I might add. 99% of all links are affiliate links. People tweet about ebooks and iPads they try to sell to other marketers, selling something else. There is almost no “regulars” on Twitter. Granted, Twitter is often the first one to report about disasters, etc., but how often do we have “the end of the world”?:)

By: Ian

Ian — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:03:35 +0000

Twitter is for people with an overinflated sense of importance.
Get over yourselves . . . NO ONE is that important!!!
Why would I care to read a running commentary of every moment of your life – minute to minute thoughts, what movie or TV program you just watched, or what you had to eat for breakfast, lunch, dinner – WHY, WHY, WHY.
Twitter is a soapbox for people to shout from – unfortunately no one really cares what you have to say, they only care about what they have to say – it’s a pointless social utility for people with an overinflated sense of importance; egomaniacs, if you will.
I’ll say it again, Get over yourselves . . . NO ONE is that important!!!

By: Trony

Trony — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 17:18:08 +0000

still think it sucks…

By: Lone Wolf

Lone Wolf — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:51:03 +0000

Think Twitter doesn't suck? Your wrong. Here's why. There are too many idiots on it. "I'm putting the lid down." "I'm dropping my pants." "I'm sitting down." Do these people want to have a stalker? Is that why they do that? Or are they just idiots? The biggest problem is the 140 character limit. That is not enough to say anything meaningful. Youtube has a limit of 500 characters for comments on videos and sometimes thats not enough. A normal blogs, email and instant massaging can do the same thing as twitter but your not limited to 140 characters and they can do it better. Thats not to say that Twitter can't be good. They need to increase the limit to at leas a 1000 characters but normal blogs, email and instant massaging will still do the same thing but better. After a while all those who love twitter will see its huge flaws and twitter will die. But of course by that time Google would have bought it for a billion dollars. Lone Wolfs last blog post..Short Story: Ten Feet Behind Her

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:44:04 +0000

One of the many reasons I find Twitter unsatisfactory is their lack of customer service. They are unresponsive to a major degree. For example, if you have log-in problems, you have to submit a support request. To submit a support request, you have to log-in. Does anyone else see the problem here?

If you send an email to the address provided – support @…. – you get a robo-mail telling you how you need to have a ‘strong’ password and sending you to their password troubleshooting page. That then leads to the forums and support pages which can only be accessed by logging-in. If you send another e-mail, you just get the same robo-mail.

One of my acquaintances who has to use it for his job put it rather succinctly: “Twitter is run by twits who tweet”. After my experience, I have to agree.

By: mieke

mieke — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:18:39 +0000

“The problem with twitter is that the service is down more often than it is up. Imagine if you wanted to write a blog entry and your server said “not now — I’m overcapacity yet again.” Then 10 minutes later, same thing; 30 minutes later, same again.”

I AGREE COMPLETELY!!! This was posted in 2008, well I just started using Twitter 2 days ago. Can’t get a simple profile setup due to issues pointed out to them months ago. STILL NOT FIXED.

I’m done with this service, Twitter Sucks!!!!

By: random

random — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:39:03 +0000

Twitter sucks.

By: Steve Morrison

Steve Morrison — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 17:44:04 +0000

Use LinkedIn. Much better than twacker or whatever it’s called.

By: My

My — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 02:06:19 +0000

I just don’t understand Twitter. It seems like it’s facebook status updates….and thats it?

I guess I’m just a few years too old.

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By: Kyle Weiss

Kyle Weiss — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:51:45 +0000

Right. Considering the 300,000 jobs of writers et al out there, if I got a $2000 freelance job after wasting my time checking in like a house-arrest inmate? Jobs have been and always will be secured by proper networking and more personal meetings.

Twitter isn’t a professional’s tool, it’s a toy. It will get old, and people will move on. Twitterphiles may love the “Me me me me,” next step in a world where self-importance rules all, but that’s why Twitter too, will be replaced.

I would never use twitter to hire for my business, and I write. If you get hired by it, good for you. It isn’t something I’d hold my breath over, jobseekers.

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By: Simon Slade

Simon Slade — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:44:17 +0000

@ Mark They have improved the service alot now and it seems to be up more than it is down (was the opposite not long ago). I think the extra funding they got from VCs probably helped them out and also got a couple more hamster’s to help power their servers

- Simon Slade

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:28:10 +0000

The problem with twitter is that the service is down more often than it is up. Imagine if you wanted to write a blog entry and your server said “not now — I’m overcapacity yet again.” Then 10 minutes later, same thing; 30 minutes later, same again.

Ultimately, a 140 character thought becomes a struggle against the system that is twitter.com.

Imagine if you went to Google to search for something only to find out it was down. Not once in a blue moon, but daily, hourly. Just how long will you use something like that?

Using twitter is an act of pure frustration. I am ready to jump ship for anything more reliable.

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By: Barbara Ling (aka Owlbert)

Barbara Ling (aka Owlbert) — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:41:56 +0000

ARGH! Yet another super batch of excellent ideas on which I need to followup…but would appreciate a wee bit more time in the day to do so! ARGH!

Ah well, ’tis life – I’m off to learn more about Twitter too.

Barbara Ling (aka Owlbert)
http://www.twitter.com/owlbert

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By: Neal

Neal — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:33:37 +0000

I love twitter. I just started using i-lights in connection with twitter and it rocks. We are encouraging members of our kayak club to sign up for twitter accounts. Twitter will allow us to communicate weather cancellations or spontaneous midweek excursions. I also started using Jott, will let you voice post to your Twitter account. Those who fail to take advantage of Twitter are missing the boat.

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By: William

William — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 05:05:45 +0000

always knew u had it in ya… using the right tools helps put you in the right place.
Will