Comments on: Twitter Me This, Is Jaiku a Threat? Let’s Ask Those Defining the Landscape

By: rjeka hotels

rjeka hotels — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:10:58 +0000

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By: Dennis Bjørn Petersen

Dennis Bjørn Petersen — Thu, 29 May 2008 04:48:00 +0000

Perhaps this question should be asked again.

Is Jaiku a competitor to twitter now?

Are twitter facing their downfall?

By: Brian Solis

Brian Solis — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 19:05:00 +0000

Interesting point Hugh…I think everything worked out just fine for all parties involved.

By: Hugh Jardon

Hugh Jardon — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 18:13:00 +0000

Assuming that Leo actually did have plans to sue to protect his trademark he wouldn’t have a case. The word “twitter” appears in the English dictionary and although the primary definition is used when describing a sound a bird makes, the second definition refers to talking softly and rapidly, which is appropriate for Twitter.

On the other hand TWiT is an acronym for the name of a podcast and is not intended to be used as a word. I always thought it was a stupid name personally, since anytime I hear the word “twit” I think of an idiot.

The only legal confusion caused by the names is because they sound similar but there is no real confusion between the two websites themselves. It would be like Burger King claiming that someone can’t use the word “burger” in their name.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 23:10:00 +0000

speaking of PR and Twitter…does anyone know if they handle PR in house or use an outside agency?

Thanks,
Stella

By: Geoff_Livingston

Geoff_Livingston — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 11:23:00 +0000

Competition is good, so I think Jaiku enriches the marketplace with new options. Worse case scenario is that Twitter gets better.

Neither of these media forms really excites me though. Of course, that may mean I am reaching dotage or am becoming a Luddite.

By: Brian Solis

Brian Solis — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 13:52:00 +0000

Hey Alan, Thank you for sharing and for being a good sport. Well it’s never too late to engage, but there is quite a bit of catching up to do. I’ll take a look at Loopnote.

@Anonymous #1 – you’re welcome.

@Anonymous #2 – Yes. Agreed. They can and will coexist. Twitter’s strength is its simplicity while Jaiku’s strength is its aggregated diversity.

@Adam Lasnik – Yes, indeed you’re right. What’s appealing to one isn’t necessarily the attraction for all – no matter how influential the person is…

@Anonymous #3 – Interesting comment, however I don’t agree with your perception. But hey, really, wanna see my bellybutton?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 23:50:00 +0000

god you people are like preschoolers. “look! my bellybutton !!”

By: Adam Lasnik

Adam Lasnik — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 21:03:00 +0000

Doesn’t this somewhat-annoying back-and-forthness (re: Scoble and others) indeed suggest that for some things Jaiku really WOULD be more pleasant and efficient?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 07:42:00 +0000

It's been mentioned already, but I'll repeat the idea that Twitter and Jaiku are different and can coexist peacefully.

Twitter has the ease of use for me. I can update by Twitterrific, by IM, by the web, etc. It's easier to show people unfamiliar with Web2.0 stuff in general (i.e. my family). If you just want to read my nanoblog thoughts, follow me on Twitter.

In all honestly, I may never post directly to Jaiku. I can link in my Twitter account and it'll get mirrored at Jaiku, which is good because AFAIK there's no Twitterrific equivalent for Jaiku.

However, I can also link in my Last.FM account, my del.icio.is account, etc. It's cool to be able to combine a bunch of disparate places into one unified snapshot of my world. I'm not sure anyone would want to follow *all* of that, but if they did, they could follow me on Jaiku rather than going to all the separate places.

My big fear is that Twitter will try to copy some of Jaiku's features and make itself too complex.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 07:33:00 +0000

Thanks for putting those Twitter and Jaiku posts up. It confirms every negative preconception I’d had about the services. Still, allusions to twit and wittering are rather less pretentious than allusions to Haiku.

By: Alan

Alan — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 04:31:00 +0000

Hi, well Scoble was right, we joined the party a little late but we’re here now and just when things are getting hot! Loopnote lets people send alerts out to people, whether its about the person or a specific topic. Our focus has been letting different types of groups send alerts out to their community. We think that has a lot more staying power than getting alerts only about personas – plus with loopnote you can make “loops” open so others can send messages as well. Come check it out, let us know what you think.