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Wow. I was so excited as I read, what you were doing sounds so great, I could already see using it at NE1UP.com.
Then I read the comments. Ruby?
Sigh.
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Occasionally, startups will ask me for advice. That's a shame, because I am a terrible person to ask for advice. The conversation usually goes something like this: We'd love to get your expert advice on our thing. I probably don't use your thing. Even if I tried your thing out and I gave you ...
Google Wave, lol. ;) Me too...
I agree completely with you and have never been a fan of those sites myself, although Hacker News is something I plunge into because I feel like I have to. Twitter, as you say, has some annoying execution but does nail a few key elements. I'd like to say we're looking at everything out there in the niche and working to offer something new and fun at http://NE1UP.com but also Twitter cofounder so-and-so has created something new called Medium, I'm sure you've heard of. Micro blogging, real time EFFECTIVE chat and communication, are all trendy, lucrative markets that many startups will be targeting with unique and game changing offerings.
GREAT ARTICLE!
Thomas @NE1UP
Web Discussions: Flat by Design
It's been six years since I wrote Discussions: Flat or Threaded? and, despite a bunch of evolution on the web since then, my opinion on this has not fundamentally changed. If anything, my opinion has strengthened based on the observed data: precious few threaded discussion models survive on t...
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