Twitter

I've noticed something on Twitter for a while but only looked into it today. Many people have profiles on various networks and because names are not always available, they have to settle for alternate names. This means it's not always obvious if it's someone you talk to on one network, with their alternate ID.

Yesterday I had an encounter with some random stranger on Twitter that I thought I'd share. It led me to writing this post about why people use social networks. What is their aim, value does it have and what does it say about them?

A few days ago Twitter sent what has been widely interpreted as a "fuck you" announcement to third party application developers who create applications which allow Twitter users to talk with their friends. They claim it's about a unified user experience. They also claim that it only applies to new applications, not existing ones. The thing is, there are logical errors here which don't add up.