Comments on: Twitter Doing Damage Control On False Follow Limit Rumor http://www.stoptwitterspam.com/blog/2008/08/twitter-damage-control-on-false-follow-limit-rumor/ Let's keep Twitter spam free! Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:36:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Vicki Brown http://www.stoptwitterspam.com/blog/2008/08/twitter-damage-control-on-false-follow-limit-rumor/comment-page-1/#comment-563 Vicki Brown Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:00:59 +0000 http://www.stoptwitterspam.com/blog/?p=313#comment-563 I have been watching the Twitter official blog ever since July 22, the day I first heard that popular Twitter users were unable to follow new people. In that time, Twitter has publicly addressed the issue ONCE, on August 7, with a largely "rah rah" post that mentions "there are bugs while we find our way". No apologies to the peoplee who were angry and upset. No real responses. No real answers. > And all of this points to a need for Twitter to improve their communications about these follow limits. This bothers me more than anything else. I thought Twitter cared about the community. But lately, the people running Twitter seem to be making ill-considered, bad decisions, ignoring the fallout, and then falling back on "well, there were a few bugs". "Mixed signals". The signal I see is "we know what we're doing, we don't have to tell you what we're doing, and we don't care if you don't like it." I still like (and use) Twitter. But I'm not a fan of the people _running_ Twitter at this point. I think they've lost direction. I have been watching the Twitter official blog ever since July 22, the day I first heard that popular Twitter users were unable to follow new people. In that time, Twitter has publicly addressed the issue ONCE, on August 7, with a largely “rah rah” post that mentions “there are bugs while we find our way”. No apologies to the peoplee who were angry and upset. No real responses. No real answers.

> And all of this points to a need for Twitter to improve their communications about these follow limits.

This bothers me more than anything else. I thought Twitter cared about the community. But lately, the people running Twitter seem to be making ill-considered, bad decisions, ignoring the fallout, and then falling back on “well, there were a few bugs”.

“Mixed signals”. The signal I see is “we know what we’re doing, we don’t have to tell you what we’re doing, and we don’t care if you don’t like it.”

I still like (and use) Twitter. But I’m not a fan of the people _running_ Twitter at this point. I think they’ve lost direction.

]]> By: Nathan http://www.stoptwitterspam.com/blog/2008/08/twitter-damage-control-on-false-follow-limit-rumor/comment-page-1/#comment-562 Nathan Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:19:02 +0000 http://www.stoptwitterspam.com/blog/?p=313#comment-562 Douglas Adams said it best: Nothing travels faster than the speed of light with the possible exception of bad news, which follows its own laws. People are always looking for the bad angle, and that's what gets around the fastest. Add to that a few situations that follow the rumor line, and you have yourself a wildfire. These fires are difficult to put out, as well, since the few that have the anecdotal evidence are going to be the most vocal about it. I've said it before, the controversy that surrounds Twitter and all of its goings on is really a testament to the usefulness and potential of the system. If Twitter wasn't something that people really believed in, all of these little issues would be minor annoyances at most, and barely get mentioned, if at all. Douglas Adams said it best: Nothing travels faster than the speed of light with the possible exception of bad news, which follows its own laws.

People are always looking for the bad angle, and that’s what gets around the fastest. Add to that a few situations that follow the rumor line, and you have yourself a wildfire. These fires are difficult to put out, as well, since the few that have the anecdotal evidence are going to be the most vocal about it.

I’ve said it before, the controversy that surrounds Twitter and all of its goings on is really a testament to the usefulness and potential of the system. If Twitter wasn’t something that people really believed in, all of these little issues would be minor annoyances at most, and barely get mentioned, if at all.

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