drew olanoff commented on 'Time for Twitter to Ditch Trending Topics'
People want silliness. That's what interests them. That's what pulls them in. Ever go to Google and see their live search results? Its quite enthralling. And silly. And shows realtime.
View ArticleKatie Paine commented on 'Time for Twitter to Ditch Trending Topics'
Thanks for the quote! I totally agree, and I'd be willing to take it a step further and suggest that Twitter is too important as both a business tool and a human experience to be cluttered up with such...
View ArticleSherry Kerr commented on 'Time for Twitter to Ditch Trending Topics'
Trending Topics has become worthless because of the spammers who type the listed terms into a tweet and add their website. Thus their spammy crap appears in every Trending Topics search result. Twitter...
View ArticleBarbaraKB commented on 'Time for Twitter to Ditch Trending Topics'
Begin appealing to Twitter that ##hashtags## no longer trend? Biggest abuse found there esp. for spammers.
View ArticleMichael Sippey commented on 'Time for Twitter to Ditch Trending Topics'
I'm with Drew. The medium is what people make of it...and this is what they're (in aggregate) making of Twitter. For folks that have the skills, the APIs and search tools are so easy to use that it's...
View ArticleNick Wade commented on 'Time for Twitter to Ditch Trending Topics'
@drew - I have, and I learned that there is a snuggie for dogs (I blame Drew's cancer). But I also learned of a great number of useful queries. I also learned that Google elides a great deal of...
View ArticleJames S. Walker commented on 'Time for Twitter to Ditch Trending Topics'
Not sure I'd ditch trending topics. What if I'm curious about major topics that may not have infiltrated my circle?
View Articledrew olanoff commented on 'Time for Twitter to Ditch Trending Topics'
People want silliness. That's what interests them. That's what pulls them in. Ever go to Google and see their live search results? Its quite enthralling. And silly. And shows realtime.
View ArticleKatie Paine commented on 'Time for Twitter to Ditch Trending Topics'
Thanks for the quote! I totally agree, and I'd be willing to take it a step further and suggest that Twitter is too important as both a business tool and a human experience to be cluttered up with such...
View ArticleSherry Kerr commented on 'Time for Twitter to Ditch Trending Topics'
Trending Topics has become worthless because of the spammers who type the listed terms into a tweet and add their website. Thus their spammy crap appears in every Trending Topics search result. Twitter...
View ArticleBarbaraKB commented on 'Time for Twitter to Ditch Trending Topics'
Begin appealing to Twitter that ##hashtags## no longer trend? Biggest abuse found there esp. for spammers.
View ArticleMichael Sippey commented on 'Time for Twitter to Ditch Trending Topics'
I'm with Drew. The medium is what people make of it...and this is what they're (in aggregate) making of Twitter. For folks that have the skills, the APIs and search tools are so easy to use that it's...
View ArticleNick Wade commented on 'Time for Twitter to Ditch Trending Topics'
@drew - I have, and I learned that there is a snuggie for dogs (I blame Drew's cancer). But I also learned of a great number of useful queries. I also learned that Google elides a great deal of...
View ArticleJames S. Walker commented on 'Time for Twitter to Ditch Trending Topics'
Not sure I'd ditch trending topics. What if I'm curious about major topics that may not have infiltrated my circle?
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