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A couple of new LWN featuresA couple of new LWN featuresPosted Apr 27, 2009 17:52 UTC (Mon) by mikov (subscriber, #33179)Parent article: A couple of new LWN features
What's the point of using Twitter here, really? How is it different/better from an RSS feed, except of course the (unnecessary) message length limitation?
I am not complaining, just asking.
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A couple of new LWN features Posted Apr 27, 2009 18:23 UTC (Mon) by Los__D (guest, #15263) [Link]
Without knowing much (okok, anything) about Twitter, I would expect that it is easier for someone already using Twitter to just add another Twitter feed than starting to use RSS for the sake of a single website.
- Just like it is easier for me (and probably you) to add another RSS feed, than starting to use Twitter.
A couple of new LWN features Posted Apr 27, 2009 18:33 UTC (Mon) by man_ls (subscriber, #15091) [Link] Why, you get to follow Jake Edge! Let us hope our esteemed grumpy editor joins this nonsensical 2.0 troupe soon. I want to follow Corbet!
A couple of new LWN features Posted Apr 27, 2009 19:25 UTC (Mon) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]
That sounds kind of creepy if you read it without knowing what 'follow'
means in twitspeak.
Following Corbet Posted Apr 27, 2009 20:54 UTC (Mon) by man_ls (subscriber, #15091) [Link] Hmmm, true. Still, you have to admit that "reading Corbet's feed" does not sound much better either unless you know a bit of rssspeak.
Following Corbet Posted Apr 28, 2009 0:02 UTC (Tue) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]
All it means is that you're secretly intercepting Jon's breakfasts and
practicing divination on them. Not creepy at all.
A couple of new LWN features Posted Apr 28, 2009 2:50 UTC (Tue) by jordanb (guest, #45668) [Link]
"Follow" on twitter means *exactly* that creepy thing.
Twitter is for stalkers and for people who get off on being stalked.
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