More on micro-blogging
by marcolandry ~ August 22nd, 2008. Filed under: technology.Looks like the unreliable Twitter will get some competition from Identi.ca. I just took a look at the site and some of the features found on Twitter are not all up and running yet.
August 23rd, 2008 at 2:19 pm
What do you think are high-priority features we should get running immediately?
August 24th, 2008 at 10:00 am
Hi Evan,
Wow! I am very surprised and impressed to see that you keep a pulse on your product like this.
The main feature that I would like to see is the ability to SMS updates and notifications. The ability to post accross various sites would also be nice, but not a high priority for me at this point.
I know there is currently a lot of apps that claim (or wish) they could replace Twitter, but have failed because of the lenght of time it took to deliver the equivalent functionality.
I think the advantages of Identi are certainly it’s potential scalability, reliability and open API, however Twitter has a decent user base and in order for these users to switch to another service/product, they would need to have access to the same functionality and better reliability. You already addressed the second item, now you just need to focus on adding features asap even if they are still in beta. From a user perspective, this is the only way I would switch over (i.e. equivalent or more features and better service).
Looking forward to cross path again with you in cyber space.