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MG Siegler
Does anyone else find Twitter basically useless when Replies are disabled?
remove "when Replies are disabled"... - Louis Gray
I'm sticking around, but I've found it almost useless since IM was disabled. But re: replies, just use summize.com - tamera
@louis - ha. come on, don't kick em while they're down. literally. - MG Siegler
@replies still come in via twhirl it seems... i still wish i could check a replies tab from a (non-iPhone) mobile. - Andy Sternberg from twhirl
What's Twitter? - Mike Wills
It's like someone amputated my right arm while I have a maddening itch on my right hand that I can't possibly scratch. - Mark Dykeman
ditto what Louis said. - AJ Kohn
It depends on how many people follow you ;) I mean REALLY follow you :D - Lora Lufark
Not totally useless. I'm using Summize, today. http://summize.com/search... - Harry Hoover
Pretty much useless - Shey
I just use Summize, like Harry. - Jordan Hofker
Just Created a new imaginary friend for tracking twitter - Mike Wills
not totally useless, but definitely not as fun. esp if you haven't checked it for a few hours and want to catch up. - edythe
Pretty useless in light of FF. - Thomas Hawk
I'm routing a Summize search on my Twitter ID to FriendFeed so lack of replies in Twitter has minimal impact on me. - Mike Doeff
Didn't notice, to be honest. But that's probably because I'm just pushing out my shit and no one is listening :/ - Dominic Jones from twhirl
Yes. That and the API limits make me wish the marketing behind pownce, jaiku or plurk could help them compete... - Tony from Alert Thingy
@mike - yeah i love how twitter tells you to use another service to make up for their problems. - MG Siegler
totally - Sarah Perez
I like twitter better without the replies. I hate being contacted on twitter. I'm on facebook people.... there is absolutely nothing worse then losing followers because some prick wants to pick a bone with you. - NoahDavidSimon
It's like talking with a megaphone to audience wearing headsets. - Nir Ben Yona from twhirl
@mark dykeman: ha. ;) - edythe
Indeed, it is useless. - Scott Jarkoff
Heck, I find it useless without a rss feed for 'x with friends'. I'm getting a partial feed from ?service=twitter rss feed from friendfeed ... - Ashton
Hell yes - Corvida
Summize.com helps:) - Igor Poltavskiy
Very very useless. But at least we have Summize... The API limit is actually more important to me, since I like my Twhirl. - Voyagerfan5761
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! replies are a *core* feature of conversations... doh! No replies, no convo...no twitter... lameO - Susan Beebe
The combination of no tracking and no replies (without Summize) has really moved Twitter from conversation to broadcast. And I really miss the conversation. - Rick Turoczy
its like have a road suddenly with a oneway sign only ..well u get the idea correct ? - Peter Dawson
Back when I was using Twitter regularly, I was on mobile Twitter. Mobile Twitter didn't have its own Replies page (it sent you to the full client), so I got in the habit of using Tweetscan - later Summize - to see replies. Now I use Slandr, but I rarely tweet anyway so I don't get replies. - Ontario Emperor from fftogo
@rick - exactly. i make that point in my post on it here http://venturebeat.com/2008... - MG Siegler