In advance of a panel discussion I'm taking part in today at The Marker I decided to survey my twitter and Facebook peeps to see what they had to say about twitter; here are some of the best answers.
If you could change/add one feature on twitter, what would it be?
Jim Woods: Threading conversations rather than having to use hashtags. That would make it easier to archive and feed specific discussions.
Raanan Avidor: better Following and Followers management
Pirocho Piro: Hashtag whatever you like without sacrificing your 140 char limit
Eyal Rofe: RT Button
Virginie De Bel-air: being able to click on a hashtag the same way you can click on a @name
@alphonseha: Have Twitter filter your tweets the way you want it a la FB. Rather than having to use the limited Tweetdeck functions
@YaelBeeri: see conversation threads (including multiple participants)
@cc_chapman:Threaded conversations. Pownce use to do this really well. Followed closely by Groups functionality.
@yuvals: The ability to search only in my friends' tweets.
What would u say is the biggest misconception about twitter?
Kim Bayne: Myth: You should follow everyone who follows you. Not true. You can't possible engage in meaningful conversations and relationships that way
Nikos Anagnostou: That one should reply to the question "What are you doing?"
@baratunde: biggest twitter misconception: that it's a bunch of people talking about what they had for lunch.
@saritamar: that it's stupid, but that's what people told me about Facebook 18 months ago.
@almondjoi: that celebs make best twits. Not true. Best tweets come from regular ppl who engage followers.
@gathrme: biggest misconception is that all Twitter users are narcissists talking about mundane personal stuff. BTW: Taking a shower now.
@eyalrofe: That it is a "conversation" platform. Twitter, in my opinion, is more like a "share the situation" platform.
@HilzFuld: Misconception? That you can use it like Facebook and be passive about it, that is why 80% try it and give up.
If a million people r following u & u are only following 3. Cool or fool?
@JoelyRighteous: I'd go with 'Tool'
Oren Magnezy: Well, Let me quote Paris Hilton: "Look bored but never boring".
Thomas J Hoehn: The ratio shouldn't be too skewed one way or the other. Neither one to one, nor one to zero.
Itay Hazan: fool. fame hype. it attracts attention to figures that were made in the old media, and does not empower the people.
@deeped: Fool. Twitter is more to listen than to talk. Even in the digital world you still have to have two ears but only one mouth.
@didic: Cool if you're engaged with your followers. Tool if you're only broadcasting
What's the best revenue model for twitter?
@h3lge: having no model is 'nuff. Bunch other companies build busmodels relying on twitters api. They'll all pay twitter sooner or later.
@dotmad: Getting purchased by Google/FB.
@tzumi_monster: it should find me a girlfriend and charge a commission when I get married.
Ahuvah: they should have a "pro" account like flickr - where you can tweet a specific amount per day or month but if you want to exceed that # you need to pay for a pro account. i'd pay.
Laurant Weill: Contextual advertising (from the one that doesnt like ad biz model!). They have the critical mass, hyperlinks, tracking and keywords history
Shay Rachmani: Free account is now limited to 70 chars, while 140 chars become paid service
Benjamin Chelli: the search tool could be a paying service => professional will have to pay to browse info
What's the #1 thing you like most about Twitter?
@shiribiri: it's easy and simple and quick (that can be counted as one thing, can't it?)
@FireAphis: I like the most about Tweeter that I can write whatever I feel without any obligations on being relevant of comprehensible.
@WorldMate @blonde20 You mean except you?
@Rafim the fact that you never know what to expect when you send a twit. who is going to respond. what will he say. that's great!
@HilzFuld the surrounding industry and the endless possible ways to tweet
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