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Okay, I'll rephrase: the feature-set and API won't suck. But I'm still skeptical re: the user-interface. If it still has adverts in message windows I'll be sticking with WM4.7
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W3bbo
Work hard; increase production; prevent accidents, and be happy.
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Why don't you just Twitter?
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I'd be happy if they just fixed the cut/paste smiley bug I reported.
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W3bbo
Work hard; increase production; prevent accidents, and be happy.
eagle wrote:Why don't you just Twitter?
- I value my time
- I'm not prone to obnoxious fads
- I don't care about anyone so much that I'd read microblogs
- WM4.7 works fine, why replace it?
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ZippyV
Fired Up
Twitter is for internet wannabes.
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ScanIAm
This is an...
eagle wrote:Why don't you just Twitter?
I'm always amazed when I hear adult males say that word. -
It's everything we wish Messenger was...
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ScanIAm
This is an...
eagle wrote:It's everything we wish Messenger was...
Stupidly named? Obsessively narcissistic?
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Microsoft and XMPP (Jabber/GTalk). This would be nice to see, but I'll believe it when I see it.
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TommyCarlier
Widen your gaze
There's so many funny-sounding verbs these days: twittering, blogging, googling, ...
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eagle wrote:It's everything we wish Messenger was...
A way of holding a private conversation between two people? -
That's a telephone, shirley?
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SaraJo
I'm a gerd (girl nerd)
ZippyV wrote:Twitter is for internet wannabes.
really trying to imagine what an internet wannabe is.
someone who wants to be the internet?
someone who wants to be good at the internet?
someone who wants to be someone that is good at the internet?
sum 1 who wnts 2 type lik dis? -
Rossj wrote:That's a telephone, shirley?
Not in an open plan office.
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esoteric
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Internet wannabe: Someone *who wants to be* someone so accustomed to "Internet style" communication that he doesn't bother formulating coherent messages.
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W3bbo
Work hard; increase production; prevent accidents, and be happy.
SaraJo wrote:
ZippyV wrote:
Twitter is for internet wannabes.
really trying to imagine what an internet wannabe is.
someone who wants to be the internet?
someone who wants to be good at the internet?
someone who wants to be someone that is good at the internet?
sum 1 who wnts 2 type lik dis?
Someone who isn't well versed in nettiquette, Internet culture, how the basics of the Internet and WWW work on a technical basis, and numerous other intricate details.
That said, if a person is sincere and polite about their own lack of experience, no-one has a real problem. Otherwise things go downhill quickly.
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Bas
It finds lightbulbs.
Nobody here (as in, where I live, not here on C9) uses Twitter. Everyone uses Messenger, though. So the choice is simple.
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esoteric wrote:Internet wannabe: Someone *who wants to be* someone so accustomed to "Internet style" communication that he doesn't bother formulating coherent messages.
wat iz u haz cheezburgz bowt 4 real?
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