Comments on: Twitter Agonistes http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/04/23/twitter-agonistes/ Sat, 20 Apr 2013 10:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Planck Launch One Week Away | Cosmic Variance | Discover Magazine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/04/23/twitter-agonistes/#comment-51715 Planck Launch One Week Away | Cosmic Variance | Discover Magazine Fri, 08 May 2009 03:55:44 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/04/23/twitter-agonistes/#comment-51715 [...] from the European Space Agency (ESA). You can also follow the mission using any number of those newfangled methods the young folk seem to be getting into - see Andrew Jaffe’s post over at Leaves on the Line [...] [...] from the European Space Agency (ESA). You can also follow the mission using any number of those newfangled methods the young folk seem to be getting into – see Andrew Jaffe’s post over at Leaves on the Line [...]

]]> By: Is Twitter Just a Big Ego Trip? « iblogo http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/04/23/twitter-agonistes/#comment-51714 Is Twitter Just a Big Ego Trip? « iblogo Wed, 06 May 2009 13:10:42 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/04/23/twitter-agonistes/#comment-51714 [...] Carroll, “Twitter Agonistes,” Discover, April 23, [...] [...] Carroll, “Twitter Agonistes,” Discover, April 23, [...]

]]> By: Andrew S http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/04/23/twitter-agonistes/#comment-51713 Andrew S Sun, 03 May 2009 10:50:41 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/04/23/twitter-agonistes/#comment-51713 The real problem with twitter is that it's a centralized service controlled by a single company. It's sort of like what AOL mail or Compuserve mail were back before they joined the real internet. Twitter is a walled garden and a single point of failure. The real problem with twitter is that it’s a centralized service controlled by a single company. It’s sort of like what AOL mail or Compuserve mail were back before they joined the real internet. Twitter is a walled garden and a single point of failure.

]]> By: ptah http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/04/23/twitter-agonistes/#comment-51712 ptah Fri, 01 May 2009 07:37:39 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/04/23/twitter-agonistes/#comment-51712 "But the claim that Twitter is nothing but mindless inanities is just as wrong as the analogous claim for blogs — in fact it’s precisely the same claim, five years later. " And - just as with blogs - it is false to say that Twitter is NOTHING BUT mindless inanities. However - just as with blogs - it is MOSTLY mindless inanities. “But the claim that Twitter is nothing but mindless inanities is just as wrong as the analogous claim for blogs — in fact it’s precisely the same claim, five years later. ”

And – just as with blogs – it is false to say that Twitter is NOTHING BUT mindless inanities.

However – just as with blogs – it is MOSTLY mindless inanities.

]]> By: mk http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/04/23/twitter-agonistes/#comment-51711 mk Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:58:19 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/04/23/twitter-agonistes/#comment-51711 @ James... Ah, "onewhinesmanship" I think is better! Go with it. And thanks to ChrisG for playing along! ;^} @ James…

Ah, “onewhinesmanship” I think is better! Go with it.

And thanks to ChrisG for playing along! ;^}

]]> By: James http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/04/23/twitter-agonistes/#comment-51710 James Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:57:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/04/23/twitter-agonistes/#comment-51710 ChrisG: I'm not judging. I just want a nice name for it. ChrisG: I’m not judging. I just want a nice name for it.

]]> By: ChrisG http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/04/23/twitter-agonistes/#comment-51709 ChrisG Sun, 26 Apr 2009 19:59:55 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/04/23/twitter-agonistes/#comment-51709 Oh, just a reminder that Twitter isn't always about "What I had for dinner" http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8018017.stm Oh, just a reminder that Twitter isn’t always about “What I had for dinner”

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8018017.stm

]]> By: ChrisG http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/04/23/twitter-agonistes/#comment-51708 ChrisG Sun, 26 Apr 2009 19:58:25 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/04/23/twitter-agonistes/#comment-51708 @James Last I checked, when someone posted something on the internet, they are inviting a reply. @James

Last I checked, when someone posted something on the internet, they are inviting a reply.

]]> By: James http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/04/23/twitter-agonistes/#comment-51707 James Sun, 26 Apr 2009 05:41:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/04/23/twitter-agonistes/#comment-51707 How about "onewhinesmanship"? How about “onewhinesmanship”?

]]> By: James http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/04/23/twitter-agonistes/#comment-51706 James Sun, 26 Apr 2009 05:39:50 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/04/23/twitter-agonistes/#comment-51706 @mk: That's pretty good. I also like James's Law. :) I guess we'd have to make it into a law first. @mk: That’s pretty good. I also like James’s Law. :) I guess we’d have to make it into a law first.

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