Comments on: Twitter upgrades to state of uber borkage http://codebastardredgrave.com/2008/05/22/twitter-upgrades-to-state-of-uber-borkage/ Sex gonzo photojournalist CodeBastard Redgrave blogging straight from her SecondLife Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:58:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Marx Dudek http://codebastardredgrave.com/2008/05/22/twitter-upgrades-to-state-of-uber-borkage/#comment-11320 Marx Dudek Tue, 27 May 2008 17:01:05 +0000 http://codebastardredgrave.com/2008/05/22/twitter-upgrades-to-state-of-uber-borkage/#comment-11320 Funny, reading this again reminded me that I hadn't checked my twits today. going to their website informs the that "Twitter Is Over Capacity". Wheee. Funny, reading this again reminded me that I hadn’t checked my twits today. going to their website informs the that “Twitter Is Over Capacity”. Wheee.

]]> By: Gwyneth Llewelyn http://codebastardredgrave.com/2008/05/22/twitter-upgrades-to-state-of-uber-borkage/#comment-11316 Gwyneth Llewelyn Tue, 27 May 2008 14:53:19 +0000 http://codebastardredgrave.com/2008/05/22/twitter-upgrades-to-state-of-uber-borkage/#comment-11316 Ah, so that's why I don't get <i>any</i> pings from Twitter on Gtalk... I was wondering what I did wrong this time! Hmm. Well. Twitter can't keep up with the growing demand, because their business model is based on selling profiles, and I'm sure an explosive growth in users doesn't mean an exponential growth in revenue, so... they might simply lack funding to do any upgrades. Tough, but that's how things are! Ah, so that’s why I don’t get any pings from Twitter on Gtalk… I was wondering what I did wrong this time!

Hmm. Well. Twitter can’t keep up with the growing demand, because their business model is based on selling profiles, and I’m sure an explosive growth in users doesn’t mean an exponential growth in revenue, so… they might simply lack funding to do any upgrades. Tough, but that’s how things are!

]]> By: Madame Maracas http://codebastardredgrave.com/2008/05/22/twitter-upgrades-to-state-of-uber-borkage/#comment-11108 Madame Maracas Thu, 22 May 2008 17:30:01 +0000 http://codebastardredgrave.com/2008/05/22/twitter-upgrades-to-state-of-uber-borkage/#comment-11108 I don't know from backbone coding but I do know from customer usability. There are a number of things that I find frustrating about Twitter usage-wise and performance-wise. Usage: I'd like to be able to SORT my followers and followed by alpha/name or whether or not I'm following them (yet) or not. DUH. Poking through the list to find the one that just followed me to figure out if they are a spammer, random follow or someone I want to follow is tedious above one page full of folks. I only have about 4 pages of followers, I cannot begin to imagine what higher volume folks go through with this. Performance: 500 errors, incompletely rezzing pages (no previous/next buttons, truncated pages, etc.), seeing that cute it's broken we know it page more than once a week, much less once an hour or 5 minutes. And yes new follower notification, sheesh. This is a nifty application and I really enjoy it when it lets me do so, I'd hate to find that it drowned in its own success, but that does seem to be the issue here, sadly. I guess either they'll buck up and get it right or someone else will come along and do it better and we'll all migrate and Twi8tter will become the BetaMax of social media. Would be sad. I don’t know from backbone coding but I do know from customer usability. There are a number of things that I find frustrating about Twitter usage-wise and performance-wise.

Usage: I’d like to be able to SORT my followers and followed by alpha/name or whether or not I’m following them (yet) or not. DUH. Poking through the list to find the one that just followed me to figure out if they are a spammer, random follow or someone I want to follow is tedious above one page full of folks. I only have about 4 pages of followers, I cannot begin to imagine what higher volume folks go through with this.

Performance: 500 errors, incompletely rezzing pages (no previous/next buttons, truncated pages, etc.), seeing that cute it’s broken we know it page more than once a week, much less once an hour or 5 minutes. And yes new follower notification, sheesh.

This is a nifty application and I really enjoy it when it lets me do so, I’d hate to find that it drowned in its own success, but that does seem to be the issue here, sadly. I guess either they’ll buck up and get it right or someone else will come along and do it better and we’ll all migrate and Twi8tter will become the BetaMax of social media. Would be sad.

]]> By: CodeBastard Redgrave http://codebastardredgrave.com/2008/05/22/twitter-upgrades-to-state-of-uber-borkage/#comment-11102 CodeBastard Redgrave Thu, 22 May 2008 15:58:31 +0000 http://codebastardredgrave.com/2008/05/22/twitter-upgrades-to-state-of-uber-borkage/#comment-11102 @rheta *giggles* baby, mobile web interface is for the rich! i is poor! i cant afford a blackberry, a iphone, or any data plan on a GPRS phone. this is way too expensive for me. this is why i must use the SMS interface ;) but point taken, tho, the mobile web interface must be drawing more ressources than the SMS forwarding thing, i was just pointing how unreliable it is ;) @rheta *giggles* baby, mobile web interface is for the rich! i is poor! i cant afford a blackberry, a iphone, or any data plan on a GPRS phone. this is way too expensive for me. this is why i must use the SMS interface ;) but point taken, tho, the mobile web interface must be drawing more ressources than the SMS forwarding thing, i was just pointing how unreliable it is ;)

]]> By: Rheta Shan http://codebastardredgrave.com/2008/05/22/twitter-upgrades-to-state-of-uber-borkage/#comment-11092 Rheta Shan Thu, 22 May 2008 11:39:38 +0000 http://codebastardredgrave.com/2008/05/22/twitter-upgrades-to-state-of-uber-borkage/#comment-11092 Ah yes… see what happens when you suddenly try to play with the big boys. They had a nice little thing going and then success comes and ruins it all :). Seriously, and although I’m not with you on all points (I don’t use the SMS forwarding, I prefer the mobile web interface), I agree with the rant <i>en soi</i>. There is something interesting to be learned out of the observation how, again, and again, startup companies whose business goal is wide adoption of their service fail to provide for said adoption technically, I’m sure — for historians trying to reconstruct the habits of the migratory tech adopter flocks of the eraly 21st century. As for the common (or garden variety) user, it’s suffer (by staying) — or suffer (by quitting). Maybe masochism is our greatest common character trait ? Hmmmm… Ah yes… see what happens when you suddenly try to play with the big boys. They had a nice little thing going and then success comes and ruins it all :).

Seriously, and although I’m not with you on all points (I don’t use the SMS forwarding, I prefer the mobile web interface), I agree with the rant en soi. There is something interesting to be learned out of the observation how, again, and again, startup companies whose business goal is wide adoption of their service fail to provide for said adoption technically, I’m sure — for historians trying to reconstruct the habits of the migratory tech adopter flocks of the eraly 21st century.

As for the common (or garden variety) user, it’s suffer (by staying) — or suffer (by quitting). Maybe masochism is our greatest common character trait ? Hmmmm…

]]> By: Washu http://codebastardredgrave.com/2008/05/22/twitter-upgrades-to-state-of-uber-borkage/#comment-11082 Washu Thu, 22 May 2008 02:12:48 +0000 http://codebastardredgrave.com/2008/05/22/twitter-upgrades-to-state-of-uber-borkage/#comment-11082 I am fairly new to Twitter, and I have been getting nothing but problems. This is not a very good first impression for me. I use a program called Snitter to tweet. Going thru this application seems to make it even laggier for me. More than half the time, I get an error that my tweet couldn't be sent. It then shows up a minute later. This can cause a lot of problems... I could send the same tweet over and over until I realize that it was sent. Another problem, when I run thru Snitter, I have to load the webpage as well, just to make sure that I haven't missed a tweet. Is this Snitter or Twitter? I don't know. I seem to get half the overnight messages when I log in in the morning. This morning, I was sent a @reply from 2 days ago! On top of this, I seem to get more spam followers than real people. Who knows if something could be done about that.. but I am a bit tired of it. Lets cross our fingers that it will get better! I would miss your tweets! I am fairly new to Twitter, and I have been getting nothing but problems. This is not a very good first impression for me.
I use a program called Snitter to tweet. Going thru this application seems to make it even laggier for me. More than half the time, I get an error that my tweet couldn’t be sent. It then shows up a minute later. This can cause a lot of problems… I could send the same tweet over and over until I realize that it was sent.
Another problem, when I run thru Snitter, I have to load the webpage as well, just to make sure that I haven’t missed a tweet. Is this Snitter or Twitter? I don’t know. I seem to get half the overnight messages when I log in in the morning. This morning, I was sent a @reply from 2 days ago!
On top of this, I seem to get more spam followers than real people. Who knows if something could be done about that.. but I am a bit tired of it.
Lets cross our fingers that it will get better! I would miss your tweets!

]]> By: GoSpeed Racer http://codebastardredgrave.com/2008/05/22/twitter-upgrades-to-state-of-uber-borkage/#comment-11081 GoSpeed Racer Thu, 22 May 2008 02:09:36 +0000 http://codebastardredgrave.com/2008/05/22/twitter-upgrades-to-state-of-uber-borkage/#comment-11081 Quite simply Twitter is not scaling fast enough. I just signed up 2 weeks ago and the number of glitches and outages are annoying. Quite simply Twitter is not scaling fast enough. I just signed up 2 weeks ago and the number of glitches and outages are annoying.

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