But they never tweet the punctuation! Maybe they haven't gotten the hang of URL-encoding. - Morton Fox
It seems like the coders that actually don't suck, never get involved with stuff like this. I could think of very very very evil things to code for spamming social media. Haven't seen any of these things pop up, though >:) - Rahsheen Porter
“For those of you who need a way for private messaging, you can start a private Room on FF for private interactions. Not the most convienant way to go about it, but it could work for the time being.”
how about good ole fashioned IM. I pretty much have Adium open all the time. There are plenty of backchannels if you really need 'em. TXT/SMS / IRC / etc. - Brian Daniel Eisenberg
True, but I think that this method is intersting for those who really want to communicate privately on FF. I think the point of not having a DM system is to promote the social factor. Stop hiding, yo. - Andrew Dobrow
Yeah, I hear ya Andrew. Friendfeed and Twitter are like sloooow IRC for me. - Brian Daniel Eisenberg
Brian: And that's a great comparison. I've been calling Twitter a "social instant messenger" pretty much since I first explored it. Except some people use it as a social Away message. - Andrew Dobrow
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