Today's TechCrunch article, Making the Switch from Twitter to Jaiku, got me thinking about all of the annoying Twitter problems lately. I hate to even say lately, it seems like Twitter always has problems! I haven't signed up for Jaiku yet, but it looks like something I would like better than Twitter. The design is better, there's more features, the only drawback is the network is smaller. Of course Twitter is more popular. This is my biggest annoyance with Web 2.0 technologies, it's hard to switch from one to another, it's even hard to stick to one you like with so much new stuff always coming out. At some point I'm going to get a bit overloaded with all of this stuff. I like this stuff but there's just so much to manage too.
Between Twitter or Jaiku, this is not something I see myself managing two different environments either. I bet in the long run I'll probably just stick with Twitter but it's similar to my problem with MySpace...I hate using things just because everybody else is doing it...even if I that there's things about it I don't like.
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Info Gal & Wiki Warrior
I read that article too, and it got me thinking.
I think it's a real shame that Twitter seems so unstable. So far I haven't gotten too upset, but it does seem to throw error pages at me more regularly.
I've not signed up for Jaiku (or even opened the page to see what they offer) but I might give it a look. Like you, it's moving the network that bothers me.
Well, I already caved and created an account. You can find me with the usual name :)
You know, the cat page errors are cute for a little bit and then you realize what they are, error pages! Yesterday Twitter lost at least two of my posts and Twitter posts aren't something you're usually compelled to recreate.
Of course I know Twitter is experiencing huge growth right now, but while they're trying to fix all of these outages, Jaiku actually has a product with features I'm interested in.
Funny, I didn't see the article you mentioned but saw a reference to Jaiku and looked at it today and had the same thoughts you did. Twitter has been VERY unresponsive. At least 6 of my tweets didn't go through over the last 24 hours, but I, too, hate the thought of moving. We'll see how things shape up.