Comments on: Twitter Client Request http://alexking.org/blog/2007/03/25/twitter-client-request Alex King's blog - software, photography, sports, etc. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:16:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: Alex http://alexking.org/blog/2007/03/25/twitter-client-request#comment-55203 Alex Mon, 26 Mar 2007 13:59:25 +0000 http://alexking.org/blog/2007/03/25/twitter-client-request#comment-55203 I've been thinking more about #2 - I think if the tools treated this consistently, the usage would adjust accordingly. I’ve been thinking more about #2 - I think if the tools treated this consistently, the usage would adjust accordingly.

]]> By: Alex http://alexking.org/blog/2007/03/25/twitter-client-request#comment-55193 Alex Mon, 26 Mar 2007 01:43:23 +0000 http://alexking.org/blog/2007/03/25/twitter-client-request#comment-55193 <blockquote>For #1, Twitter already does this. If @username is not a shared friend, it’s not in your update feed. (This is new functionality — it appeared last week.)</blockquote> And here I thought my friends were becoming more thoughtful in their tweeting behavior. ;)

For #1, Twitter already does this. If @username is not a shared friend, it’s not in your update feed. (This is new functionality — it appeared last week.)

And here I thought my friends were becoming more thoughtful in their tweeting behavior. ;)

]]> By: Craig Hockenberry http://alexking.org/blog/2007/03/25/twitter-client-request#comment-55192 Craig Hockenberry Mon, 26 Mar 2007 01:11:03 +0000 http://alexking.org/blog/2007/03/25/twitter-client-request#comment-55192 For #1, Twitter already does this. If @username is not a shared friend, it's not in your update feed. (This is new functionality -- it appeared last week.) For #2, there is too much entropy in @ for this to be truly successful. For example, @craig would be a useless link, but @chockenberry would work. In Twitterrific, that's the reason that double-clicking on the tweet takes you to the with_friends page -- there's usually enough context there to figure out who @ is and what they are talking about. -ch For #1, Twitter already does this. If @username is not a shared friend, it’s not in your update feed. (This is new functionality — it appeared last week.)

For #2, there is too much entropy in @ for this to be truly successful. For example, @craig would be a useless link, but @chockenberry would work. In Twitterrific, that’s the reason that double-clicking on the tweet takes you to the with_friends page — there’s usually enough context there to figure out who @ is and what they are talking about.

-ch

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