Re: [Laconica-dev] ReTweet
Tweet and retweet were in a boat. Tweet jumped out... who was left? On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 10:07 AM, Steve Remington skinnymo...@gmail.comwrote: Has anyone ever looked into the retweet feature? Personally I think the feature is stupid but others do seem to like it. Steve ___ Laconica-dev mailing list Laconica-dev@laconi.ca http://mail.laconi.ca/mailman/listinfo/laconica-dev
Re: [Laconica-dev] ReTweet
On Aug 30, 2009, at 7:07 AM, Steve Remington wrote: Has anyone ever looked into the retweet feature? Personally I think the feature is stupid but others do seem to like it. Steve Steve, Are you talking about the redent standard? http://status.net/trac/ticket/939 I have an experimental branch on which I implemented a very basic redent button using the generic recycling symbol: http://gitorious.org/~meitar/laconica/meitar/commits/redent-button It's a small patch and, as I often find really cool things in others' notices, I like being able to pre-fill a new notice of my own with the content from another. I haven't had time to Ajax-ify (that's a word, right?) the button yet, though. Other than that, what other sort of thing do you think would make such a feature more useful? Cheers, -Meitar Moscovitz Personal: http://maymay.net Professional: http://MeitarMoscovitz.com ___ Laconica-dev mailing list Laconica-dev@laconi.ca http://mail.laconi.ca/mailman/listinfo/laconica-dev
Re: [Laconica-dev] ReTweet
Yes that's the feature. Where I am we Grunt, not tweet or dent haha So maybe I could establish a regrunt standard. A generic recycling symbol would work perfectly and/or rg Steve On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 10:19 AM, Mr. Meitar Moscovitz meit...@gmail.comwrote: On Aug 30, 2009, at 7:07 AM, Steve Remington wrote: Has anyone ever looked into the retweet feature? Personally I think the feature is stupid but others do seem to like it. Steve Steve, Are you talking about the redent standard? http://status.net/trac/ticket/939 I have an experimental branch on which I implemented a very basic redent button using the generic recycling symbol: http://gitorious.org/~meitar/laconica/meitar/commits/redent-buttonhttp://gitorious.org/%7Emeitar/laconica/meitar/commits/redent-button It's a small patch and, as I often find really cool things in others' notices, I like being able to pre-fill a new notice of my own with the content from another. I haven't had time to Ajax-ify (that's a word, right?) the button yet, though. Other than that, what other sort of thing do you think would make such a feature more useful? Cheers, -Meitar Moscovitz Personal: http://maymay.net Professional: http://MeitarMoscovitz.com -- Steve Remington President/CEO Skinny Moose Media, LLC www.skinnymoose.com st...@skinnymoose.com skype: sremington1 ___ Laconica-dev mailing list Laconica-dev@laconi.ca http://mail.laconi.ca/mailman/listinfo/laconica-dev
Re: [Laconica-dev] ReTweet
Steve Remington a écrit : Has anyone ever looked into the retweet feature? Personally I think the feature is stupid but others do seem to like it. Hi! I don't plan to be offensive or anything, but I'm still wondering why we have to find new terms to express old ideas like posting, forwarding or bouncing some informations (think about e-mails). If I think about accessibility, I guess most of the people won't understand the tweet/dent/grunt/whatsoever, when they'll understand post/forward/bounce quite fast. My two cents as a question: Does interoperability reside only in the code or the language used is to be considered too? That's all, Folks. :) ___ Laconica-dev mailing list Laconica-dev@laconi.ca http://mail.laconi.ca/mailman/listinfo/laconica-dev
Re: [Laconica-dev] ReTweet
Fabien, No offense taken. I think it is a marketing thing. Same product rewrapped to appeal to the consumer (user). For instance. My site is targeting hunters in North America. A lot of them hunt Moose, Elk, Deer, Bear, etc. The name of my site is called MooseGrunt, because sometimes moose actually grunt. So to target hunters in general we call it grunting. Most hunters have a complex about tweeting as it sounds kinda queer. Not to offend... Hunters want to GRUNT and drink a 12 pack rather than Tweet and flitter around. As insane and self gratifying that may be, and even being politically incorrect, it's the truth and I am online to make money. My business has been affecting by marketing to my users and listening to what the users want, no matter how stupid it may sound. But I need to put food on the table and executing small repackaging techniques can actually go a lng way. Steve On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 10:35 AM, Fabien Basmaison fabien.basmai...@gmail.com wrote: Steve Remington a écrit : Has anyone ever looked into the retweet feature? Personally I think the feature is stupid but others do seem to like it. Hi! I don't plan to be offensive or anything, but I'm still wondering why we have to find new terms to express old ideas like posting, forwarding or bouncing some informations (think about e-mails). If I think about accessibility, I guess most of the people won't understand the tweet/dent/grunt/whatsoever, when they'll understand post/forward/bounce quite fast. My two cents as a question: Does interoperability reside only in the code or the language used is to be considered too? That's all, Folks. :) ___ Laconica-dev mailing list Laconica-dev@laconi.ca http://mail.laconi.ca/mailman/listinfo/laconica-dev -- Steve Remington President/CEO Skinny Moose Media, LLC www.skinnymoose.com st...@skinnymoose.com skype: sremington1 ___ Laconica-dev mailing list Laconica-dev@laconi.ca http://mail.laconi.ca/mailman/listinfo/laconica-dev
Re: [Laconica-dev] ReTweet
Mr. Meitar Moscovitz a écrit : I strongly prefer the recycling symbol over the sequence of letters with esoteric references. I never liked RT for retweet, and I dislike RD for redent. In my branch[0], I use the term repeat, so when you hover over the recycling symbol button the tooltip you're presented with is Repeat this notice. Despite the branch name, the term redent doesn't appear in the code. I think that's service-neutral and clear enough for most people to understand. What do you think? Well, if you consider accessibility, the recycle icon is really nice, but you can't type it easily from any keyboard or phone, etc. F for forward or B for bounce (depending if you add content or not) is only one symbol and just a key press from any device. It's a lot let sexy, I admit (though I like B quite a lot). :) If it's service generated (like the button you mentioned), I agree it's nice, but it's inconsistent if people don't use the website as their interface (which is the goal of such a service). I don't know if it's the right place to talk about this, let me know if it is not. Thanks! ___ Laconica-dev mailing list Laconica-dev@laconi.ca http://mail.laconi.ca/mailman/listinfo/laconica-dev
Re: [Laconica-dev] ReTweet
Mr. Meitar Moscovitz a écrit : I strongly prefer the recycling symbol over the sequence of letters with esoteric references. I never liked RT for retweet, and I dislike RD for redent. In my branch[0], I use the term repeat, so when you hover over the recycling symbol button the tooltip you're presented with is Repeat this notice. Despite the branch name, the term redent doesn't appear in the code. I think that's service-neutral and clear enough for most people to understand. What do you think? Well, if you consider accessibility, the recycle icon is really nice, but you can't type it easily from any keyboard or phone, etc. F for forward or B for bounce (depending if you add content or not) is only one symbol and just a key press from any device. It's a lot let sexy, I admit (though I like B quite a lot). :) If it's service generated (like the button you mentioned), I agree it's nice, but it's inconsistent if people don't use the website as their interface (which is the goal of such a service). I don't know if it's the right place to talk about this, let me know if it is not. Thanks! ___ Laconica-dev mailing list Laconica-dev@laconi.ca http://mail.laconi.ca/mailman/listinfo/laconica-dev
