Comments on: Nobody likes a Qwitter

By: Paul Nicholson

Paul Nicholson — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:42:18 +0000

Margie – Yes, that was me and my wife who won the costume contest the other night!

Jim – TweetDeck groups are awesome when tied to your desktop, but check this out as an alternative…
http://paulnich.blogspot.com/2008/10/twitter-groups-done-right-aka-i-hate.html

By: Margie

Margie — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:21:07 +0000

Morning! I really appreciate the comments, fellas!

Paul — okay, good point. I didn’t really stop to think about Qwitter as a commercial app. And hey, did you win the Preds costume contest the other night? Did I make that up?

Jim — Tweet Deck groups?! YAY! I’ve never tried it, but I’m honored to be taking up space in your cool people column. I’ll give it a try today! I do still go to Twitter.com, mostly out of habit. I’m also using the TwitterFon iPhone app. I like that a lot.

By: Jim Reams

Jim Reams — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:14:55 +0000

There are some especially high-volume people I would like to quit following, but since Qwitter came out, I won’t (hurt feelings).

I recently started using Tweet Deck. It let’s you create groups. I have my window with everyone and my window with the smaller group of people I’m most interested in keeping up with (You’re in that group, Margie. Promise.) I love it.

As far as people unfollowing me, I don’t care. I don’t even look at that number now that I don’t go to twitter.com very often any more.

By: Paul Nicholson

Paul Nicholson — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:34:40 +0000

I think it is very useful, particularly for those who are trying to monetize Twitter or use it for commercial purposes. If you suddenly lose 20% of your subscribers after Tweeting a new coupon code, you want to know it quickly. The “when” is important too. Though not all are quitting because of the listed Tweet, it at least gives you a ball-park for when, which can be useful.

Is it useful for random personal Tweeters? meh, kinda. I like it.
But it is immensely useful for those of us trying to form commercial applications and outlets around Twitter.