Comments on: Please kill the replies feature Twitter, it really sucks

By: Sam Hamilton

Sam Hamilton — Fri, 29 May 2009 22:33:08 +0000

If you are tired of facebook or twitter but want a way to connect with artists and musicians then you should check out http://www.putiton.com

If you are tired of facebook or twitter but still want to connect with your friends then pick up the phone…

By: Ernst-Jan Pfauth

Ernst-Jan Pfauth — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 08:22:58 +0000

yeah there are ways to get passed it, Twitstat is one of them, but doesn’t it make more sense if Twitter fixed it?

By: Ernst-Jan Pfauth

Ernst-Jan Pfauth — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 08:21:57 +0000

that just doesn’t make sense. If I want to grab a beer with Jeroen, David, you, I have to send three separate messages to make sure it ends up in your reply tab. I’m surprised they still get away with that.

By: David Petherick

David Petherick — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 07:55:31 +0000

The replies feature is not just an ‘ego-button’ – it’s the ability to hear what people are saying to you, and what they are asking you. This is a fairly fundamental element of why people use twitter in the first place.

I’m still amazed that twitter are not developing mobile tools, and instant awareness, search and ‘alerting’ services to monetise their platform, but are content to let other developers create services. The removal of free SMS alerts in certain countries was an opportunity to introduce charged services which was simply thrown away – along with the goodwill of many customers who loved this way to keep in touch.

A company that discards revenue opportunities, and provides many others with revenue streams, but has none of its own, makes me scratch my head.

By: Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten

Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 07:30:03 +0000

Yeah, it looks like a reply is only a reply if the message STARTS with @username. If @username is casually mentioned in the tweet Twitter doesn’t consider it a reply but just name dropping.

Took me a while to get used to that too…

By: Jeroen Mirck

Jeroen Mirck — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 07:20:35 +0000

My problem with Twitter is the missing replies with your name further on in the message (and not @atthebeginning). Twitstat.com has a mobile application that shows you quite accurately all replies, but also those messages in which you are also mentioned: the ‘Ego-button’. Just follow this link: http://www.twitstat.com/m/index.php?mode=ego