I wonder whether we need to wait for Google Wave?
We have found the 140-character limit a little too limiting at times on Twitter and have been switching the discussion to MCG on JISCMail.
Advantages of Twitter:
forces people to be v brief;
quick-fire responses possible
format encourages more informal responses that can be more inspiring or thought-provoking;
format encourages quick sharing of links.
Disadvantage of Twitter:
Can't 'thread' conversations
can't easily see what someone else said whom you don't follow
difficult/impossible/too time-consuming to save a record of discussions so can go back to refer to things.
140 characters too limiting for decent discussion.
Janet
Janet E Davis
--- On Sat, 25/7/09, Nick Poole wrote:
...
> I am not sure whether the MCG is on Twitter, but it would
> be extremely useful to know how many of you are habitually
> using Twitter and whether this would be a useful information
> channel in future?...
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