Conversation threads would be a definite benefit in Twitter, although I can't see how they'd implement it now without everything going crazy. I stopped using T

Conversation threads would be a definite benefit in Twitter, although I can't see how they'd implement it now without everything going crazy. I stopped using Twitter because the signal-to-noise ratio became too much for me to handle. At one point, I disabled Growl (a system-wide notifier for OS X) for Twitterific but it was still getting on my nerves. I don't know about a temp-IM feature--it's not what Twitter is about, and it's quite a tough crowd to deal with given the ubiquity of the more standard instant messaging protocols and online tools like chatterous, meebo or mibbit (assuming I spelt all those right). What I'd like to see is Twitter for groups: I have 2 twitter followers who are working with me on something. Let me make a private group and Twitter away.