Tweeting Too Hard is digg for self-important tweets(tweetingtoohard.com)

47 pointsby thomasvor 17 Jahren18 comments

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Tweeting Too Hard is digg for self-important tweets

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18 comments

ScottWhighamvor 17 Jahren

I quit reading when I saw "okay... the poop is coming out". Suddenly "tweetingtoohard" took on new meaning.

jfarmervor 17 Jahren

Heh. Pretty sure it's a reference to this: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/4/23/

Everestvor 17 Jahren

ha for your revenue model you can charge people who want their tweet to be removed from your site.

I say this only half-jokingly.

tptacekvor 17 Jahren

It should cost a dollar an upvote. Incentivize people to get their tweets removed early.

Tichyvor 17 Jahren

I think something like that could be built upon twollars.

briansmithvor 17 Jahren

That's the GetSatisfaction/RipOffReport business model.

tezzavor 17 Jahren

As someone who does not use Twitter, and cannot see why I would ::

I feel like a person who, caught unawares, has to take refuge[1] when the tide comes in. You then just have to wait while the sea rages and eventually recedes.

it is amazing to watch the swirling currents of Twitter news around HN/Slashdot/Regular Press.

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[1] http://www.flickr.com/photos/7765409@N06/3483551927/

tptacekvor 17 Jahren

Thank you for providing the obligatory comment about the Twitter fad. Now we have something to use to vote whether we like Twitter or not.

tdavisvor 17 Jahren

But that's not what voting is supposed to be for!!1

tptacekvor 17 Jahren

I voted you up so now we can have another meta-vote on what voting is for.

tdavisvor 17 Jahren

I voted you up because I am thoroughly confused now and it just seemed like the right thing to do.

JeremyBanksvor 17 Jahren

Is it just me or does this tangent feel a bit like Reddit?

tdavisvor 17 Jahren

Is it just me or does it feel like people here spend way too much time wondering if something feels like reddit?

I had the unfortunate necessity of reading some reddit comments recently, and believe me, nothing on HN feels remotely like reddit. When it does, I'll be sure to sound the alarm bells, I promise.

JeremyBanksvor 17 Jahren

I don't usually say so, it's just that chains of "I voted you up because..." can be found in almost every large discussion on Reddit.

tptacekvor 17 Jahren

I just voted you up as an expression of how much I don't like Reddit.

treypvor 17 Jahren

actually, TTH uses the purported Hacker News algorithm, so i'm not sure if Digg would be the best comparison. http://www.seomoz.org/blog/reddit-stumbleupon-delicious-and-...

jrockwayvor 17 Jahren

I'd like to think that these tweets are actually parodying the "real" Twitter, but sadly I know better than that. Oh the world... what an interesting place you are...

asdf333vor 17 Jahren

oh man this site is too funny