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Twitter is no more suitable to having conversations than SMS are. This is a case of trying to force a use case on a platform that isn't designed for it. Edit:
by entity345 8y ago
Twitter is no more suitable to having conversations than SMS are.
This is a case of trying to force a use case on a platform that isn't designed for it.
Edit: It's getting very tiring to receive downvotes at every comment.
- benj111 8y agoAgreed, but showing messages in order? That's doable isn't it? I'd be annoyed if my text messages started displaying out of order.
- carc1n0gen 8y agoUsed to happen to me all the time around 2007. And yes it was very annoying.
- smrtinsert 8y agoThis still happens today - actually I get a lot of dropped and reordered messages in a very well covered area. People don't realize it because a lot of the time we unconsciously design our text messages to be disposable. The only reason I know is because I'm going through a big project and the big stakeholders are frequently communicating via text messages as well as phone and email. I've considered moving us to WhatsApp but we're nearing the end so its not that annoying, we just know to use it less.
- jtbayly 8y agoMine do on a regular basis on my iPhone. And "annoyed" doesn't even begin to touch it.
- retSava 8y agoSMS can be chained seamlessly to form longer messages. SMS is frequently between two parties, twitter is the opposite. I'd say SMS is very good for (asynch electronic) conversations between two people, twitter for one-way short thoughts that are fire-and-forget. But then, can we really call it a conversation when potentially twitter user base is included in the event? It's more like lotsa people on a town square, shouting. Including the town idiots.