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wow lots of unimpressed folk. I DO use twitter (and not to tell people I had oatmeal for breakfast) and i think it's great.
 
To be honest I only use twitter for getting my news, I NEVER post anything myself.

I just follow a bunch of news sites (MR of course) and get my news that way rather than visiting 30 websites every day.
 
I don't use Twitter and I don't want it "deeply integrated" into the operating system. I'd rather have the ability to deactivate or delete it.
 
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We don't want this crap Apple! We want apps and Mac OS X preformance! Sell us another snow leopard! Make your code the best, don't add more worthless code
 
Why would they do this?

I hope it's not deep integration "with Twitter", but with 3rd party apps in general.

The twitter apps we have work fine, maybe something like Android's "share" button would make it a little better, but I don't see how inviting a 3rd party app into the system is a good move in the long-term. What if Facebook revamps statuses and everybody starts using it instead of Twitter? What if twitters's servers go down? If they make some terrible change to their TOS?
 
I don't want *any* 3rd party service 'deeply integrated' in iOS.

There's an app for that.
 
The only think i have against twitter or any of the SM BS is that people who use it or are trying to make a living off of it tend to PUSH the hell out of it. Obnoxious. I suppose this integration will be great for many who use it. I just hope it doesnt get in my way. For instance, i take a picture and automatically a stupid dialog pops up thinking it knows what i want. But it doesnt because this dialog will be asking me "do you want to post this stupid picture to twitter"?.

Annoying.:eek::(:eek::(
 
I thought twitter was only good for entering contests? :confused:
Twitter seems like the BS your friends think about but know not to post on Facebook.

I got a strange feeling I might have rather the 'twitter effort' been placed on the rest of iOS functionality rather than a feature that an app can solve for me.
 
To be honest I only use twitter for getting my news, I NEVER post anything myself.

I just follow a bunch of news sites (MR of course) and get my news that way rather than visiting 30 websites every day.

...or you can just use an RSS reader like the Reader app. ;)
 
Makes me sad that some of the creative energy of Apple has been pissed away working on this. Would have preferred to see it spent on something more meaningful.
 
Why do people think "deeply integrated" means in your face?
Gmail/Yahoo mail/ etc is "deeply integrated" into the mail client. But you're free to not log in if you don't want to use it.
 
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Twitter is huge. Smart move by Apple to appeal to an even wider audience.
 
...or you can just use an RSS reader like the Reader app. ;)

Oh really? So this Reader app you speak of, does it push immediately to your phone once something gets posted? Because Twitter does.
I have used RSS quite a bit. But I have been let down by the reliability/ speed of many clients.
 
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Twitter is huge. Smart move by Apple to appeal to an even wider audience.

While social networking is a valid, potentially useful and rapidly evolving phenomenon, Twitter is a fad, all be it one of the most popular *currently*. Apps are perfect for this stuff, install Twitter this week, Plurk next month, replace them next year when there's something new, but for someone at Apple to decide *Twitter* itself is somehow important enough to 'deeply integrate' into iOS is simply embarassing.
 
Building in twitter integration into the iOS might be interesting. Twitter is pretty darn powerful communication device. This is somewhat in line with something I've thought for a while, that social media sites (e.g., facebook, linkedin) are vastly over valued because what they do can eventually be integrated into the OS in a way that makes the social media site irrelevant. Why do I need to upload a picture to facebook from my iPhoto library instead of just designating the photo in my iPhoto library? Sure Facebook can make something easy to use (though their programming isn't really all that good), but how can they compete with the actual OS programmer who builds the first layer of interaction that the user sees when they boot their computer?

Another side note, if Twitter gets integrated into iOS better, then people might spend more time on Twitter and less on Facebook. Look out Facebook, Ping might be about to have its revenge.
 
Apple should buy Twitter, seriously. Social media is really important for people and they care about it. I think Twitter may be a good investment for Apple in terms of both money and advertisement.
 
I've always thought there was a reason it started with "Twit".

No use for social media, but it may be a generational thing.

Ditto on the cloud stuff. Sounds great in practice, as long as you trust the provider with your data (I don't). I just hope it's optional and not the only way to sync/etc. That'd push me back towards a more secure, standalone solution.
 
Oh really? So this Reader app you speak of, does it push immediately to your phone once something gets posted? Because Twitter does.
I have used RSS quite a bit. But I have been let down by the reliability/ speed of many clients.

Yes, in fact, it does.
 
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toddybody said:
Twitter is retarded, as is Facebook. Why can't people call or email "friends"?

This could signal some sort of partnership or cross-pollination between Apple and Twitter.

People who think social networks are retarded, are pissing in the wind against a massive and ever-growing social phenomenon. It would be downright stupid for Apple to ignore them. The level of integration that is healthy and profitable, however, is certainly something that can be argued.

Either way, this isn't about your own personal preference. It's about being progressive and current with popular social networking services, which are quite frankly, shaping the very heart of our social interactions. It's a market that needs to be addressed, and Twitter is a fast and easy way to communicate. It's not cumbersome as some full-blown networking mechanisms can be. It's lightweight.

Full disclosure, I don't use them much, aside from business and local grass-roots politics in which I'm involved, but they've been incredibly useful for these particular purposes and I can certainly see their utility in so many other areas.
 
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