Comments on: We Need Social Network Networks http://www.news.software.coop/we-need-social-network-networks/290/ Updates seen at the co-operative for Software Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:51:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: MJ Ray http://www.news.software.coop/we-need-social-network-networks/290/comment-page-1/#comment-2731 MJ Ray Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:23:23 +0000 http://www.news.software.coop/we-need-social-network-networks/290/#comment-2731 In theory, it's less overhead for people to follow someone on twitter than to subscribe to a mailing list and it offers an easier feedback channel. In practice, I didn't find comparisons of take-up rates for email announcement subscriptions and twitter subscriptions/follows, so I didn't argue against adding twitter-announcing to blogs. I also find that emails work best with a very different "voice" to short-message/microblog services, but my evidence on that is weak too. If you've got hard numbers, please link them here! In theory, it’s less overhead for people to follow someone on twitter than to subscribe to a mailing list and it offers an easier feedback channel. In practice, I didn’t find comparisons of take-up rates for email announcement subscriptions and twitter subscriptions/follows, so I didn’t argue against adding twitter-announcing to blogs.

I also find that emails work best with a very different “voice” to short-message/microblog services, but my evidence on that is weak too.

If you’ve got hard numbers, please link them here!

]]> By: Dave http://www.news.software.coop/we-need-social-network-networks/290/comment-page-1/#comment-2726 Dave Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:20:13 +0000 http://www.news.software.coop/we-need-social-network-networks/290/#comment-2726 What does Twitter offer beyond XMPP (Jabber)? Why not just just have people subscribe to announce@example.org ? What does Twitter offer beyond XMPP (Jabber)? Why not just just have people subscribe to announce@example.org ?

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