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Twitter Gets a Tweak

Posted by samzenpus on from the now-141-characters dept.

crimeandpunishment writes "Twitter is going multimedia. The text-messaging site has a new look with a new push. There's a new pane, making it easier for users to check out photos and videos (and in doing so, come back to the site more frequently and stay there longer, which of course means more advertising revenue). Twitter co-founder Biz Stone says, 'We are still figuring out all the new possibilities.' The new look is expected to roll out around the world over the next few days."

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  1. heh by Pojut · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I'll tweak your twit!

    But seriously though...I use Twitter primarily to follow people (game developers, musicians, etc), and many of these updates make that even easier to do. Overall, pretty happy with what's been done.

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    Living With a Nerd
    1. Re:heh by zombieChan51 · · Score: 3, Insightful

      That's about the sane reason to use twitter. I like following people who are working on projects or movies or something intresting and I can keep myself updated. Following someone who is just going to Tweet how their day was doesn't seem all that intresting.

    2. Re:heh by Eponymous+Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Why Twitter rather than RSS? I user a news reader to follow people but I can definitely see the trend is to using Twitter rather than RSS for announcing updates. Since Twitter is closed and RSS is open, this is a little disturbing to me.

  2. Re:I'm confused by NiceGeek · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Twitter probably looked at all the 3rd party sites like TwitPic, Twitvid, etc and saw there was a demand.

  3. Re:Facebook vs. Twitter by D+Ninja · · Score: 2, Insightful

    how is this any different than a facebook status?

    The answer from a semantic standpoint - nothing. The real answer is - Twitter is public by default, while Facebook is private by default (well...security/privacy concerns aside). This changes how people interact. For example, if I want to interact with developers that would otherwise not be interested in work that I am doing, Twitter provides a potential avenue. I can also specifically choose to follow only those people or organizations who I care to learn more about.

  4. Re:Facebook vs. Twitter by Eponymous+Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Facebook used to be private by default, but I don't think that's the case any more.

  5. Re:Facebook vs. Twitter by eloki · · Score: 3, Insightful

    No, the short difference is that friend relationships on Facebook are symmetric but on Twitter they're asymmetric. Just this minor difference changes the usage dynamic. People can be interested in my updates without my being forced to see their updates.