Comments on: Twitter Lists for whole countries? It just won’t work. http://thenextweb.com/2009/11/04/twitter-lists-countries-work/ International technology news, business & culture Sat, 26 May 2012 03:08:29 +0200 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: randomhuman http://thenextweb.com/2009/11/04/twitter-lists-countries-work/#comment-445054 randomhuman Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:23:29 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=31220#comment-445054 It's not a single Irish list they've built, but one for each county. These might be good if they were comprehensive, but I had a look at the Clare list (where I am) and found only one genuine twitterer and several commercial outfits that were of no interest to me. One of them was even spamming in CAPS! It’s not a single Irish list they’ve built, but one for each county.

These might be good if they were comprehensive, but I had a look at the Clare list (where I am) and found only one genuine twitterer and several commercial outfits that were of no interest to me. One of them was even spamming in CAPS!

]]> By: Another brilliantly stupid idea of Twitter Lists – Country Lists http://thenextweb.com/2009/11/04/twitter-lists-countries-work/#comment-445044 Another brilliantly stupid idea of Twitter Lists – Country Lists Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:04:36 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=31220#comment-445044 [...] Even the guys at The Next Web are having a hard time seeing any real value to the whole idea. While it’s certainly interesting to see what everyone in a particular area is talking about, this isn’t the way to do it. All the company will have produced is a list of the people who are attention-seeking enough to want to be on it. What about all the other people out there in your state or county who aren’t on the list? Don’t they have something interesting to say? [...] [...] Even the guys at The Next Web are having a hard time seeing any real value to the whole idea. While it’s certainly interesting to see what everyone in a particular area is talking about, this isn’t the way to do it. All the company will have produced is a list of the people who are attention-seeking enough to want to be on it. What about all the other people out there in your state or county who aren’t on the list? Don’t they have something interesting to say? [...]

]]> By: Twitter Listen für alle http://thenextweb.com/2009/11/04/twitter-lists-countries-work/#comment-444990 Twitter Listen für alle Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:15:15 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=31220#comment-444990 [...] Erste Meldungen von Listen, die für ganze Länder automatisiert erstellt werden machen bereits die Runde, einen Twitter Benutzer mit Listen für die einzelnen County’s in Irland gibt es bereits. [...] [...] Erste Meldungen von Listen, die für ganze Länder automatisiert erstellt werden machen bereits die Runde, einen Twitter Benutzer mit Listen für die einzelnen County’s in Irland gibt es bereits. [...]

]]> By: Harvey http://thenextweb.com/2009/11/04/twitter-lists-countries-work/#comment-444981 Harvey Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:38:05 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=31220#comment-444981 Sounds pointless Sounds pointless

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