Comments on: Twitter Alternatives? http://evilrouters.net/2008/11/27/twitter-alternatives/ im in ur datacentrz configurin' ur routerz Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:46:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: jeremy http://evilrouters.net/2008/11/27/twitter-alternatives/comment-page-1/#comment-338 jeremy Thu, 27 Nov 2008 07:15:06 +0000 http://evilrouters.net/2008/11/27/twitter-alternatives/#comment-338 <p>Hey Blaise,</p> <p>The lack of real alternatives (especially when it comes to SMS support) is why I've stuck around this long. I'd be happy if they'd just bring back IM support -- I'd guess nearly everyone who uses the service with SMS has at least one mobile IM client on their phone.</p> <p>Unfortunately, I don't see IM support coming back anytime soon. I understand Twitter just turned down an offer from Facebook, who likely would have kept SMS support as well as bringing back IM support.</p> <p>Oh well...</p> Hey Blaise,

The lack of real alternatives (especially when it comes to SMS support) is why I’ve stuck around this long. I’d be happy if they’d just bring back IM support — I’d guess nearly everyone who uses the service with SMS has at least one mobile IM client on their phone.

Unfortunately, I don’t see IM support coming back anytime soon. I understand Twitter just turned down an offer from Facebook, who likely would have kept SMS support as well as bringing back IM support.

Oh well…

]]> By: Blaise Alleyne http://evilrouters.net/2008/11/27/twitter-alternatives/comment-page-1/#comment-337 Blaise Alleyne Thu, 27 Nov 2008 06:21:24 +0000 http://evilrouters.net/2008/11/27/twitter-alternatives/#comment-337 <p>I'm in the same boat as you. I don't think there are any real alternatives, in terms of SMS support. I use Twitter and Identi.ca, updating both through ping.fm, but Identi.ca has even worse SMS support (it's some email crap, so you get a message that says "you have a new email, reply with r to read" or something insane like that). Identi.ca doesn't have the power to negotiate the kind of deal Twitter had. If Twitter can't negotiate a good deal with Canadian carriers, I'm not sure who can...</p> <p><em>sigh</em></p> I’m in the same boat as you. I don’t think there are any real alternatives, in terms of SMS support. I use Twitter and Identi.ca, updating both through ping.fm, but Identi.ca has even worse SMS support (it’s some email crap, so you get a message that says “you have a new email, reply with r to read” or something insane like that). Identi.ca doesn’t have the power to negotiate the kind of deal Twitter had. If Twitter can’t negotiate a good deal with Canadian carriers, I’m not sure who can…

sigh

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