Ryan Snyder

I see this screen at least 5 times each week. Something is technically wrong with Twitter. Yet something also must be technically right with Twitter, considering Twitter users are willing to accept such a large amount of down time. I'm curious as to why this is? Is it because there is no other viable alternative? Is it because we are addicted? Is it because our friends haven't switched? Would it take a concerted community mass-migration in order to switch to Pownce or Jaiku?

Jaiku blew up a couple days ago. Google bought them, and of course, whatever Google touches turns to gold. Or so the story goes.

I'm disgruntled. I thought I had caught a glimpse of someone doing something right on the web. I thought perhaps that I had found a tool that I could consider useful. Alas, I have not.

( Sorry, I couldn't keep this under 140 characters )