[backstage] BBC News instant messages on twitter

2007-01-11 Thread Gordon Joly
Just started with twitter.com It is being flooded by BBC News instant messages, for example: BBC News Former Ethiopian ruler Mengistu Haile Mariam is sentenced to life in prison on genocide charges. http://tinyurl.com/ybqlts Why is the BBC using a (commercial) third party to make a

Re: [backstage] BBC News instant messages on twitter

2007-01-11 Thread Marcus Williams
On 11/01/2007 09:45, Mario Menti wrote: That's my fault... but twitter limits messages to 160 characters overall (so alerts work via SMS), and I wanted to provide a URL with the headlines. The original BBC URLs are way too long. If someone can suggest a better alternative I'm all ears :-)

Re: [backstage] BBC News instant messages on twitter

2007-01-11 Thread Tom Loosemore
On 11/01/07, Mario Menti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/11/07, Gordon Joly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why is the BBC using a (commercial) third party to make a short URL? And then giving them (tinyurl.com) free advertising? That's my fault... but twitter limits messages to 160 characters overall

Re: [backstage] BBC News instant messages on twitter

2007-01-11 Thread Gordon Joly
At 10:05 + 11/1/07, Tom Loosemore wrote: On 11/01/07, Mario Menti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/11/07, Gordon Joly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why is the BBC using a (commercial) third party to make a short URL? And then giving them (tinyurl.com) free advertising? That's my fault... but

Re: [backstage] BBC News instant messages on twitter

2007-01-11 Thread Gordon Joly
At 09:45 + 11/1/07, Mario Menti wrote: On 1/11/07, Gordon Joly mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why is the BBC using a (commercial) third party to make a short URL? And then giving them (http://tinyurl.comtinyurl.com) free advertising? That's my fault... but twitter