Hi BoD, Facebook has features like groups that Twitter doesn't provide. Facebook is probably a lot easier to use for this task and there is already a Java Posse group, but personally I'm not interested in most of the other stuff Facebook offers so I only visit the site to add another friend. My main problem with Facebook and other similar sites is that I have to actually visit them to use their service. Twitter works a bit different by providing their full set of functionality through an API, which makes it access ubiquitous for me.
The other reason is that for me conversations tend to happen on Twitter, at least as far as I can see it. As I said, if this doesn't make any sense for you, I'm totally fine with just ignoring my message, because my experience in convincing people about Twitters advantages, or at least their model as a communication and information distribution platform have been sobering. Cheers, Oliver On Nov 19, 3:26 pm, BoD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Isn't your idea equivalent to a facebook group? (there is one for the > Java Posse:http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=5031101622) > Then you can use facebook's status updates instead of twitter's. > > BoD > > twitter wrote: > > Hi, > > > for the ones of you already using Twitter you probably know that it > > can be a very powerful tool, if you follow the right people, like > > minded persons that you share interests with. But the one problem I've > > seen over time is to find these people efficient enough. Because I'm > > mostly developing in the SAP enterprise space, I see them more as my > > posse and it is interesting to find new people on Twitter and pull > > them into this affinity group to enlarge its power. > > > Just about two weeks ago I've setup a page in my wiki (http:// > > tinyurl.com/sapaffinitygroup) where all SAP affiniados can put in > > there name and Twitter account, so when someone new comes in it is > > easier to find all the relevant people on Twitter and by that connect > > to the group. The idea got some good response and now I think it could > > make sense for the JavaPosse affiniados too. A lot of you guys and > > gals probably have their own wiki running so there should be many > > places where a list like this could grow, but I would be willing to > > setup a page like this (and actually have just done it:http://tr.im/18th). > > If this makes any sense to you at all, feel free to put your name in > > there and maybe follow people from the list, you think may share some > > interest with you. If not, well discuss it here or flame me for being > > stupid or even better just ignore it :) > > > If this works out, the list will grow over time and will hopefully a > > nice resource to connect people on Twitter, an opportunity that > > Twitter has sharply missed over the last two years. It is just plain > > hard to find like minded people and maybe this is one way this problem > > can be tackled. > > > Just an idea and a place to start. Please let me know what you think. > > > Cheers, > > Oliver (@oliver) > > > On Nov 18, 10:43 pm, kibitzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Well, I was already following @joeracer but now I can follow @dickwall > >> and @cquinn as well! Consider yourselves fake-stalked. And Tor, c'mon, > >> get on Twitter! I mean hey, @netbeans is there... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
