Comments on: Is the New Twitter Homepage a Mistake? http://www.bivingsreport.com/2009/is-the-new-twitter-homepage-a-mistake/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:15:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Todd Zeigler http://www.bivingsreport.com/2009/is-the-new-twitter-homepage-a-mistake/comment-page-1/#comment-297725 Todd Zeigler Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:08:30 +0000 http://www.bivingsreport.com/2009/is-the-new-twitter-homepage-a-mistake/#comment-297725 @Ryan Roberts - I really think the lack of retention has more to do with the design of the site once users logged in, not the non-logged in page. @Mark Nutter - I'm less worried about spam than having too many people focused on becoming trending topics instead of just tweeting more naturally. Of course, the easy solution to that is to simply unfollow people using Twitter overtly for marketing. @Ryan Roberts – I really think the lack of retention has more to do with the design of the site once users logged in, not the non-logged in page.

@Mark Nutter – I’m less worried about spam than having too many people focused on becoming trending topics instead of just tweeting more naturally. Of course, the easy solution to that is to simply unfollow people using Twitter overtly for marketing.

]]> By: Todd Zeigler http://www.bivingsreport.com/2009/is-the-new-twitter-homepage-a-mistake/comment-page-1/#comment-314265 Todd Zeigler Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:08:00 +0000 http://www.bivingsreport.com/2009/is-the-new-twitter-homepage-a-mistake/#comment-314265 @Ryan Roberts - I really think the lack of retention has more to do with the design of the site once users logged in, not the non-logged in page. @Mark Nutter - I'm less worried about spam than having too many people focused on becoming trending topics instead of just tweeting more naturally. Of course, the easy solution to that is to simply unfollow people using Twitter overtly for marketing. @Ryan Roberts – I really think the lack of retention has more to do with the design of the site once users logged in, not the non-logged in page.

@Mark Nutter – I’m less worried about spam than having too many people focused on becoming trending topics instead of just tweeting more naturally. Of course, the easy solution to that is to simply unfollow people using Twitter overtly for marketing.

]]> By: jeff http://www.bivingsreport.com/2009/is-the-new-twitter-homepage-a-mistake/comment-page-1/#comment-297724 jeff Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:06:42 +0000 http://www.bivingsreport.com/2009/is-the-new-twitter-homepage-a-mistake/#comment-297724 twitter is lame and boring. there i said it. twitter is lame and boring. there i said it.

]]> By: jeff http://www.bivingsreport.com/2009/is-the-new-twitter-homepage-a-mistake/comment-page-1/#comment-314264 jeff Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:06:00 +0000 http://www.bivingsreport.com/2009/is-the-new-twitter-homepage-a-mistake/#comment-314264 twitter is lame and boring. there i said it. twitter is lame and boring. there i said it.

]]> By: Mark Nutter http://www.bivingsreport.com/2009/is-the-new-twitter-homepage-a-mistake/comment-page-1/#comment-297723 Mark Nutter Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:04:20 +0000 http://www.bivingsreport.com/2009/is-the-new-twitter-homepage-a-mistake/#comment-297723 I don't think it's a mistake at all. They understand where the true value of Twitter lies, and that's in search. Just because it will encourage spammers to game the system isn't a reason not to try to figure out how to leverage search. Google has to deal with more spammers and gamers than any other service out there but that hasn't stopped them from becoming a huge company based on search. Twitter really has a tiger by the tail here: a stream of the public consciousness which provides them better data about what's currently popular than google could ever hope to. The trick is going to be providing the right tools to parse this data so people can consume it in useful ways. I don’t think it’s a mistake at all. They understand where the true value of Twitter lies, and that’s in search. Just because it will encourage spammers to game the system isn’t a reason not to try to figure out how to leverage search. Google has to deal with more spammers and gamers than any other service out there but that hasn’t stopped them from becoming a huge company based on search.

Twitter really has a tiger by the tail here: a stream of the public consciousness which provides them better data about what’s currently popular than google could ever hope to. The trick is going to be providing the right tools to parse this data so people can consume it in useful ways.

]]> By: Mark Nutter http://www.bivingsreport.com/2009/is-the-new-twitter-homepage-a-mistake/comment-page-1/#comment-314263 Mark Nutter Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:04:00 +0000 http://www.bivingsreport.com/2009/is-the-new-twitter-homepage-a-mistake/#comment-314263 I don't think it's a mistake at all. They understand where the true value of Twitter lies, and that's in search. Just because it will encourage spammers to game the system isn't a reason not to try to figure out how to leverage search. Google has to deal with more spammers and gamers than any other service out there but that hasn't stopped them from becoming a huge company based on search. Twitter really has a tiger by the tail here: a stream of the public consciousness which provides them better data about what's currently popular than google could ever hope to. The trick is going to be providing the right tools to parse this data so people can consume it in useful ways. I don’t think it’s a mistake at all. They understand where the true value of Twitter lies, and that’s in search. Just because it will encourage spammers to game the system isn’t a reason not to try to figure out how to leverage search. Google has to deal with more spammers and gamers than any other service out there but that hasn’t stopped them from becoming a huge company based on search.

Twitter really has a tiger by the tail here: a stream of the public consciousness which provides them better data about what’s currently popular than google could ever hope to. The trick is going to be providing the right tools to parse this data so people can consume it in useful ways.

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]]> By: Ryan Roberts http://www.bivingsreport.com/2009/is-the-new-twitter-homepage-a-mistake/comment-page-1/#comment-297718 Ryan Roberts Fri, 31 Jul 2009 08:10:03 +0000 http://www.bivingsreport.com/2009/is-the-new-twitter-homepage-a-mistake/#comment-297718 I don't think it's a mistake. Isn't it something like 60% of people signing up to Twitter never come back? It's a very high figure whatever it is. The problem Twitter face is convincing people to stay and build up their profile, until they start following people and getting followers it's next to useless and this probably puts off many people. By using the homepage to show the vast scale of conversation and trend discussion happening on Twitter they reveal to new visitors what they could be involved with and exactly what is going on. I don't think this was clear enough before. I don’t think it’s a mistake. Isn’t it something like 60% of people signing up to Twitter never come back? It’s a very high figure whatever it is.

The problem Twitter face is convincing people to stay and build up their profile, until they start following people and getting followers it’s next to useless and this probably puts off many people.

By using the homepage to show the vast scale of conversation and trend discussion happening on Twitter they reveal to new visitors what they could be involved with and exactly what is going on. I don’t think this was clear enough before.

]]> By: Ryan Roberts http://www.bivingsreport.com/2009/is-the-new-twitter-homepage-a-mistake/comment-page-1/#comment-314262 Ryan Roberts Fri, 31 Jul 2009 08:10:00 +0000 http://www.bivingsreport.com/2009/is-the-new-twitter-homepage-a-mistake/#comment-314262 I don't think it's a mistake. Isn't it something like 60% of people signing up to Twitter never come back? It's a very high figure whatever it is. The problem Twitter face is convincing people to stay and build up their profile, until they start following people and getting followers it's next to useless and this probably puts off many people. By using the homepage to show the vast scale of conversation and trend discussion happening on Twitter they reveal to new visitors what they could be involved with and exactly what is going on. I don't think this was clear enough before. I don’t think it’s a mistake. Isn’t it something like 60% of people signing up to Twitter never come back? It’s a very high figure whatever it is.

The problem Twitter face is convincing people to stay and build up their profile, until they start following people and getting followers it’s next to useless and this probably puts off many people.

By using the homepage to show the vast scale of conversation and trend discussion happening on Twitter they reveal to new visitors what they could be involved with and exactly what is going on. I don’t think this was clear enough before.

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