Comments on: Twitter communities http://www.theawesomeweb.co.uk/blog/twitter-communities/ Registered in England and Wales. Company Number 6971536. © 2010 The Awesome Web Company. Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:06:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jenny http://www.theawesomeweb.co.uk/blog/twitter-communities/comment-page-1/#comment-90 Jenny Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:48:24 +0000 http://www.jenny-bee.net/2008/03/05/twitter-communities/#comment-90 Sorry about the delay in these comments appearing btw - wordpress forgot to tell me about them. hashtags are great for identifying topics but not quite what I mean here. Twitterpacks is much closer to what I'm proposing - shame the functionality isn't available on Twitter though. Sorry about the delay in these comments appearing btw – wordpress forgot to tell me about them.

hashtags are great for identifying topics but not quite what I mean here.

Twitterpacks is much closer to what I’m proposing – shame the functionality isn’t available on Twitter though.

]]> By: Dave Briggs http://www.theawesomeweb.co.uk/blog/twitter-communities/comment-page-1/#comment-89 Dave Briggs Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:57:58 +0000 http://www.jenny-bee.net/2008/03/05/twitter-communities/#comment-89 Try here: http://twitterpacks.pbwiki.com/ Try here:

http://twitterpacks.pbwiki.com/

]]> By: Benjamin http://www.theawesomeweb.co.uk/blog/twitter-communities/comment-page-1/#comment-88 Benjamin Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:20:05 +0000 http://www.jenny-bee.net/2008/03/05/twitter-communities/#comment-88 Another thought is Jeremiah Owyang's fairly famous post: <a href="http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2007/12/11/some-conversations-have-shifted-to-twitter/" rel="nofollow"> Some Conversations have shifted to Twitter</a> - there are some good keys into members of various different twitter sub-communities who introduce themselves there. Hope that helps (sorry if there was a problem with my previous comment :s) -Benjamin Another thought is Jeremiah Owyang’s fairly famous post:
Some Conversations have shifted to Twitter – there are some good keys into members of various different twitter sub-communities who introduce themselves there.

Hope that helps (sorry if there was a problem with my previous comment :s)

-Benjamin

]]> By: Benjamin http://www.theawesomeweb.co.uk/blog/twitter-communities/comment-page-1/#comment-87 Benjamin Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:55:17 +0000 http://www.jenny-bee.net/2008/03/05/twitter-communities/#comment-87 I think what you are hitting on here is the fact that twitter would benefit from additional social networking applications - specifically ones that enable you to find like-minded, or at least like-interested, people. Applications like Facebook contain this kind of metadata on users. Once someone manages to wedge this open and combine it with real-time communications tools like twitter, life will get very interesting! I think what you are hitting on here is the fact that twitter would benefit from additional social networking applications – specifically ones that enable you to find like-minded, or at least like-interested, people.

Applications like Facebook contain this kind of metadata on users. Once someone manages to wedge this open and combine it with real-time communications tools like twitter, life will get very interesting!

]]> By: Julius http://www.theawesomeweb.co.uk/blog/twitter-communities/comment-page-1/#comment-86 Julius Wed, 05 Mar 2008 14:11:07 +0000 http://www.jenny-bee.net/2008/03/05/twitter-communities/#comment-86 I think it's a great idea. I use http://terraminds.com/twitter/ and http://tweetscan.com/index.php Both could be defined as a push method to find twit pals with similar interests. I completely agree there should be an easier way to connect people such as Stumble does. Cheers Julius I think it’s a great idea.

I use http://terraminds.com/twitter/

and http://tweetscan.com/index.php

Both could be defined as a push method to find twit pals with similar interests.

I completely agree there should be an easier way to connect people such as Stumble does.

Cheers
Julius

]]> By: Tim Beadle http://www.theawesomeweb.co.uk/blog/twitter-communities/comment-page-1/#comment-85 Tim Beadle Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:38:34 +0000 http://www.jenny-bee.net/2008/03/05/twitter-communities/#comment-85 Jenny, Would hashtags (http://www.hashtags.org/) do the trick? It requires that everyone follows (and is followed by) the hashtags Twitter user, but apart from that it would seem to do what you want. Cheers, Tim Jenny,

Would hashtags (http://www.hashtags.org/) do the trick? It requires that everyone follows (and is followed by) the hashtags Twitter user, but apart from that it would seem to do what you want.

Cheers,

Tim

]]> By: alan p http://www.theawesomeweb.co.uk/blog/twitter-communities/comment-page-1/#comment-84 alan p Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:27:01 +0000 http://www.jenny-bee.net/2008/03/05/twitter-communities/#comment-84 Ooo...you mean like Yahoo Groups, or is that too Web 1.0 to be relevant ;-) Ooo…you mean like Yahoo Groups, or is that too Web 1.0 to be relevant ;-)

]]> By: Chris Hambly http://www.theawesomeweb.co.uk/blog/twitter-communities/comment-page-1/#comment-83 Chris Hambly Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:13:53 +0000 http://www.jenny-bee.net/2008/03/05/twitter-communities/#comment-83 I have seen some people (those with a large list of followers) using self categories at the start of their messages. I've seen things like: :london :SxSW :coders Etc... so yes, I think people could welcome it, targeting just the niche you want to hear for that specific tweet would certainly reduce noise on the main channel. The other thing is that I feel filters would be good, so I could filter out say "killer app" or "nice".. you know reducing noise about things you do not want to hear. Just some thoughts for ya. Chris I have seen some people (those with a large list of followers) using self categories at the start of their messages. I’ve seen things like:

:london
:SxSW
:coders

Etc… so yes, I think people could welcome it, targeting just the niche you want to hear for that specific tweet would certainly reduce noise on the main channel.

The other thing is that I feel filters would be good, so I could filter out say “killer app” or “nice”.. you know reducing noise about things you do not want to hear.

Just some thoughts for ya.

Chris

]]> By: Steve http://www.theawesomeweb.co.uk/blog/twitter-communities/comment-page-1/#comment-82 Steve Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:10:33 +0000 http://www.jenny-bee.net/2008/03/05/twitter-communities/#comment-82 I think it's a cool idea... do hashtags provide some of that functionality? They don't seem to be that widely used, but could be v. useful for tracking topics... Sx I think it’s a cool idea… do hashtags provide some of that functionality? They don’t seem to be that widely used, but could be v. useful for tracking topics…

Sx

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