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Leslie Poston

Community, @replies, #fixreplies and Change

by Leslie Poston on May 26, 2009

When Twitter changed its feature set to exclude a favorite opt-in feature (See All @ Replies), Twitter erupted. As one of the people affected, I wanted to get my thoughts on paper. I started a bit of a back and forth via email with colleague Alexander Howard about that change and the other changes Twitter made (email notifications, indexed search and URL tracking). In the spirit of Slate and other magazines, I thought we’d post our discussion about it here.

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First Look: FriendFeed Beta Takes Some Twitter Features To Heart

April 7, 2009

Big news yesterday included the rollout of the new FriendFeed beta, coupled with a day full of Fail Whales, Unscheduled Maintenance Caterpillars, Just Chill Ice Cream Cones and Backwards Birds for Twitter. The two big questions of the day were what was causing Twitter to have such spotty service, and whether or not FriendFeed was [...]

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Let Twitter and the Internet Help You Get Your Vote On and Fight Fraud

November 4, 2008

If you are looking for the latest in election news today, on this momentous occasion, look no further than your Twitter stream or the internet. Several interactive, real time sites have sprung up to help report the vote, prevent voter fraud and generally keep you updated on the election results as they happen. TwitterVoteReport gives [...]

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Stop Twitteriocy Before It Starts At Your Company

October 1, 2008

The importance of being real has never been more apparent than right now. Even when television first brought political candidates and Hollywood stars into our living room, there was still a glass wall separating us. Computers in the home brought the world closer still, especially once the Internet became widely used, but it still seemed [...]

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