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Twitter's behavior in the past year has given me pause. However, as to the claim that it's not yet and never will be mainstream: Oprah has not done shows on Fac
by sabat 16y ago
Twitter's behavior in the past year has given me pause. However, as to the claim that it's not yet and never will be mainstream: Oprah has not done shows on Facebook [edit: to my knowledge, anyway; don't watch Oprah myself]. Celebrities don't talk to their fanbase on Facebook. We don't go looking for instant news on Facebook (or on Google) -- good recent example for the Bay Area: http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23sanbrunofire http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23sanbrunofire
Twitter is as mainstream as Facebook. Or darn close.
- bmelton 16y agoWe don't go looking for instant news on Facebook (or on Google) I don't know if it's related to Google Instant, or preference to Git's servers, or if it's just a part of their strategy to be trending more things real time, but I posted my first public git repo last night. Shortly after, I was concerned that the name I made up on the spot might have been taken by somebody before me, and (worried that) they might be overly litigious, so I went and googled for the project name, only to find my hours-old project the #4 Google result for the term. I was shocked and dumb-founded (and very, very tired), but it was 100% awesome to see that technology could even be that much faster than expected. We live in very fantastical times.
- yesbabyyes 16y agoWe live in very fantastical times. We do, indeed. I'm not sure how Github announces additions/changes to Google, but if you notify Google of new/updated content, we're pretty close to that being instantaneous. Of course, as a programmer and nerd I'm always frustrated we're not quite there yet. I'd like to type in a query into Google, click on sort by newest, and see everything new streaming in.