Comments on: Imagine Twitter without links

By: Rav Casley Gera

Rav Casley Gera — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:01:20 +0000

Ken, seeing as this page is still the top result on Google for 'twitter without links' i thought I should mention that I have had some success using the Twitter filter Chrome extension to filter our links on Twitter, and then later on each day to look at all the link tweets together.

By: Kevin Sablan

Kevin Sablan — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:05:26 +0000

No worries. I can empathize with your irritation.

Your original post never said people shouldn't share links on Twitter, so I have to disagree with you about being a hypocrite. It looks to me like you practice what you preach.

By: Rav Casley Gera

Rav Casley Gera — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:57:00 +0000

P.S. If you look at my own twitter you'll notice I'm a complete hypocrite, as I do share links myself…

By: Rav Casley Gera

Rav Casley Gera — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:53:11 +0000

Thanks! I set that services page up recently, I'm delighted it works for you. So much better than a page full of badges, buttons and widgets, dontcha think?

Just read my comment back - sorry it seemed so irritable! People have been sharing a lot of particularly irritating links today....!

I'll subscribe to your delicious too.

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By: Kevin Sablan

Kevin Sablan — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:43:45 +0000

Rav, thanks for the comment. I think the majority of Twitter users live somewhere in that middle ground that you refer to. One great thing about Twitter is that, like the telephone, there is no "right" way to use it. People choose if they want to share and/or look for links. Your idea of filtering out links would be a great feature to have in every Twitter client, just as many provide URL previews. I'm all for anything that can help filter the stream for each user's particular needs. I'm also a huge fan of Delicious for discovering and sharing links, and use it on a daily basis. I just added ravcasleygera to my network. By the way, your services page is a wonderful example of giving me all the information I was looking for in one simple and organized page.

By: ksablan

ksablan — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:25:09 +0000

Thanks for stopping by, Paul. You make a great point about the important role links play in conversations on Twitter. I love the taxi analogy.

By: Paul Balcerak

Paul Balcerak — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:37:35 +0000

I think this is what the anti-Twitter/newspaper/Old Media crowd think Twitter actually is. Twitter would be ridiculous and a complete waste of time without links. Non-users don't seem to get that it's not about talking about your lunch; it's about sharing and directing people to information. It's a taxi to where you actually want to go, that's all.