Twitter posts (or "tweets") are limited to 140 characters, so they're not going to replace full-fledged announcements. Rather, most of the time, they'll just be headlines with a URL which points to...you guessed it...the plugin repository, the main site, this list, various blogs, etc.
So, I wouldn't worry about news being distributed exclusively via Twitter. You just might find out about something a little bit sooner if you use the service. In fact, even if you don't have a Twitter account, you can still subscribe to an RSS or Atom feed of the updates via your favorite feed reader. I don't know how much automation is currently in place or planned, but it might be nice to set it up to auto-announce new additions to the plugin repository, new posts at planet.jquery.com, etc. - jason On Apr 30, 8:05 am, "Rick Faircloth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, Rey... > > First, a disclaimer... I'm not a Twitter user, so I don't "get it", as I've > heard Twitter users say of no-users. :o) > > That being said, I wanted to ask why another source of info, beyond the > jquery.com site, the ton of individual plug-in sites, doc sites, etc, is > needed. > > It seems that we're spreading the sources of info even thinner, rather than > deeper. > > I was surprised to see the Twitter accounts starting up. > > So, I'm hoping to understand the desired benefits of using Twitter. I know > you stated > below that you hope to "maximize the reach of announcements about upcoming > jQuery & > jQuery UI updates and releases." How does Twitter do that better than the > mailing list? > And will the mailing list continue to be adequate for this of us who don't > "Twitter"? > > Can you clue me in? > > Rick > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rey > > Bango > > Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 12:02 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [jQuery] Re: [ANNOUNCE] New Twitter Account for jQuery & jQuery UI > > Projects > > > Hi Lee, > > > Yep. Some things will continue to be double posted but we'll eventually > > get to full separation. :) > > > Rey > > > Lee Hinde wrote: > > > On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 8:10 PM, Rey Bango <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Eventually, we'll be posting unique stuff to each account respectively > > >> but > > >> initially, we'll be posting to both to ensure that everyone is aware of > > >> the > > >> two accounts. > > > >> You can expect to see a stop to the double postings in about a week. By > > >> then, we hope that everyone will know that about both Twitter accounts. > > > >> Thanks for your patience. > > > >> Rey... > > > >> Lee Hinde wrote: > > > >>> On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 12:05 PM, Rey Bango <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>>> In an effort to maximize the reach of announcements about upcoming > > >> jQuery & > > >>>> jQuery UI updates and releases, the team has created a new Twitter > > >> account: > > >>>> http://twitter.com/jquery > > > >>>> and > > > >>>> http://twitter.com/jqueryui > > > >>>> I urge you to follow the accounts, along with the mailing list, for > > >> updates > > >>>> and news. > > > >>> Please splain the benefit of two accounts if you're posting the same > > >>> info to both? > > > > Looks like it's already branched. Thanks for the service...
