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[phoebe ayers]

On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 10:16 AM,  <kellyaquinn at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've found this to be true also. I've even been on discussion lists where people actually complain when we finally do get a discussion going because it clogs up their in-box!
>
> I'm a Twitter fan, but it is almost impossible to follow a discussion on it. The 140 character limit aside, you can't easily see the messages people reply to unless you are following both people. Hash tags help, but you have to rely on people to use them.
> Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

Incidentally, the alternative service http://identi.ca offers an "in
context" feature where you can see who/what people were replying to.
It makes it easier to have a whole conversation, since it's threaded.
Posts to identica can be mirrored on Twitter.

-- Phoebe

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