Comments on: Do you like the idea of Identi.ca? http://www.ghacks.net/2008/07/22/do-you-like-the-idea-of-identica/ A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:34:36 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Mosey http://www.ghacks.net/2008/07/22/do-you-like-the-idea-of-identica/#comment-424838 Mosey Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:10:06 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=5501#comment-424838 Am signed on to Twitter, but only remember to visit and twit once every two weeks or so and catch up with people I'm following. No one I know in RL uses Twitter (Facebook ftw!) so I think it's actually quite a niche. Am signed on to Twitter, but only remember to visit and twit once every two weeks or so and catch up with people I’m following. No one I know in RL uses Twitter (Facebook ftw!) so I think it’s actually quite a niche.

]]> By: MK http://www.ghacks.net/2008/07/22/do-you-like-the-idea-of-identica/#comment-418536 MK Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:47:44 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=5501#comment-418536 Twitter is useful if you have friends in the same field. Some of my programming question got answered by twit, even though I never know that person before. So in a way, it helps me build relationship with other programmers. Innovation is fine, like Plurk. But if all Identi.ca doing is ripping off Twitter completely, then that's cheating. Twitter is useful if you have friends in the same field. Some of my programming question got answered by twit, even though I never know that person before. So in a way, it helps me build relationship with other programmers.

Innovation is fine, like Plurk. But if all Identi.ca doing is ripping off Twitter completely, then that’s cheating.

]]> By: Transcontinental http://www.ghacks.net/2008/07/22/do-you-like-the-idea-of-identica/#comment-417323 Transcontinental Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:54:07 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=5501#comment-417323 I have no interest for whatever form of social networks, period! As far as cheating is concerned, I'm afraid it's one of the characteristics of today's world : no honor, just doing it if it may be done. Rather sad, but that's for less than one-half of the planet, so I remain optimistic. I have no interest for whatever form of social networks, period!

As far as cheating is concerned, I’m afraid it’s one of the characteristics of today’s world : no honor, just doing it if it may be done. Rather sad, but that’s for less than one-half of the planet, so I remain optimistic.

]]> By: darkkosmos http://www.ghacks.net/2008/07/22/do-you-like-the-idea-of-identica/#comment-416904 darkkosmos Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:58:52 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=5501#comment-416904 Even though you won't believe it, most of the internet doesn't use any micro blogging service. (not even 1 or 2 times a time) Although I don't see whats wrong with it, if the whole system was like this we would be all using apple computers right now together with netscape with yahoo as our start page. Even though you won’t believe it, most of the internet doesn’t use any micro blogging service. (not even 1 or 2 times a time) Although I don’t see whats wrong with it, if the whole system was like this we would be all using apple computers right now together with netscape with yahoo as our start page.

]]> By: Rarst http://www.ghacks.net/2008/07/22/do-you-like-the-idea-of-identica/#comment-416726 Rarst Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:53:52 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=5501#comment-416726 Hm, I don't use (and don't understand need to) twitter so my opinion is close to unbiased. Of course there are some examples of alternative product grabbing success from main one. But there is no value, no idea and no worth in exact replication of anything. Nothing is perfect, new products sell because they solve problems old ones failed to. Making a copy in the niche were original failed makes two failures instead of one. Hm, I don’t use (and don’t understand need to) twitter so my opinion is close to unbiased.

Of course there are some examples of alternative product grabbing success from main one.

But there is no value, no idea and no worth in exact replication of anything. Nothing is perfect, new products sell because they solve problems old ones failed to.

Making a copy in the niche were original failed makes two failures instead of one.

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