Comments on: Twitter's weakening pulse

The digital natives who love Twitter are getting restless as company engineers try to save the patient from flatlining.

[contrapuntist]

I have giving FriendFeed a try. Like any service, there are some nice things about it, but my preference these days is Plurk. Although it still has a small following, it has a really nice interface. Some Plurk regulars seem to have permanently converted to sticking with Plurk.

And, since I started using it, Plurk engineers are constantly adding new features. For example, early this week a decent search function was finally added. I tend to agree that Twitter won't go away, but usership will fall. That has already begun.

[MrMe003]

no no.. just use jaiku.com. has here before twitter.. now it is google project.

:) every finnish users follow me at mobiili.jaiku.com =)

[EricEggertson]

Good post, Dan. I love Twitter's simplicity, but mostly I like being able to see what the people who use it have to say.

If I had to follow them to some other platform, I'm sure I'd be able to handle the switch, but I'd rather not.

[EmilySwanson]

Great post Dan, Twitter's outages last night had me gnashing my teeth and tearing my hair. I still prefer it to FriendFeed for its simplicity, and I am rooting for them. I agree that Twitter as a concept is here to stay, I do hope that the idea isn't completely co-opted by Facebook, etc. One thing that i like about Twitter is its independence from those services.