Comments on: Still not on Twitter, and more

By: walt

walt — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:48:26 +0000

Francesco, the difference is that, the three previous times I tried to quit Twitter, the process failed at the last step. This time, apparently, it’s at least taken me off the list of participants. We shall see.

Mark: Well, the environmental issue’s been complex for a while. As for the “spurious marketing” thing…there sure was an interesting dustup at LISNews, one to which I almost contributed (but chickened out). Your post and the “30 reasons” are part of a major Kindle/Ebooks essay slated for the April Cites & Insights, so I’ll check back on the comment stream… It’s fair to say that, if you entirely missed the actual point of the essay, you’re not the only one.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:57:39 +0000

That link was posted in the comments of my “spurious e-books” post last night. It is interesting, and as complex as I thought. Actually the article leaves it a bit simplistic still.

What I find interesting is that that post–a toss-off for me–has turned into one of my most popular posts based on comments. Sometimes I forget how the web works and need a reminder now and again.

I guess unintentionally taking on a (or more) trade organizations is one way to get that reminder.

By: Francesco

Francesco — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:00:05 +0000

Hi Walt,
for me has been the same. Even if I have not posted anymore on twitter since last december (and written that I was tired of this service) , three people have started following me on twitter in the last days. This leads to this consideration: why following a person which does not post and explicitly declare that he will not do anymore? In the net seems that sometimes is more important to collect contacts and links than evaluating them and making a kind of selection.
Instead, It seems that I could delete my account regularly (note that Twitter mantains the account for some days before deleting).
Best regards
Francesco, librarian (Rome – Italy)