Blonde 2.0 Twitter Survey

In advance of a panel discussion I’m taking part in today, I decided to survey my twitter and Facebook peeps to see what they had to say about twitter; here are some of the best answers.

If you could change/add one feature on twitter, what would it be?

Jim Woods: Threading conversations rather than having to use hashtags. That would make it easier to archive and feed specific discussions.

Raanan Avidor: better Following and Followers management

Pirocho Piro: Hashtag whatever you like without sacrificing your 140 char limit

Eyal Rofe: RT Button

Virginie De Bel-air: being able to click on a hashtag the same way you can click on a @name

@alphonseha: Have Twitter filter your tweets the way you want it a la FB. Rather than having to use the limited Tweetdeck functions

@YaelBeeri: see conversation threads (including multiple participants)

@cc_chapman: Threaded conversations. Pownce use to do this really well. Followed closely by Groups functionality.

@yuvals: The ability to search only in my friends’ tweets.

What would u say is the biggest misconception about twitter?

Kim Bayne: Myth: You should follow everyone who follows you. Not true. You can’t possible engage in meaningful conversations and relationships that way

Nikos Anagnostou: That one should reply to the question “What are you doing?”

@baratunde:  biggest twitter misconception: that it’s a bunch of people talking about what they had for lunch.

@saritamar: that it’s stupid, but that’s what people told me about Facebook 18 months ago.

@almondjoi: that celebs make best twits. Not true. Best tweets come from regular ppl who engage followers.

@gathrme: biggest misconception is that all Twitter users are narcissists talking about mundane personal stuff. BTW: Taking a shower now.

@eyalrofe: That it is a “conversation” platform. Twitter, in my opinion, is more like a “share the situation” platform.

@HilzFuld: Misconception? That you can use it like Facebook and be passive about it, that is why 80% try it and give up.

If a million people r following u & u are only following 3. Cool or fool?

Oren Magnezy:  Well, Let me quote Paris Hilton: “Look bored but never boring”.

Thomas J Hoehn: The ratio shouldn’t be too skewed one way or the other. Neither one to one, nor one to zero.

Itay Hazan: fool. fame hype. it attracts attention to figures that were made in the old media, and does not empower the people.

@deeped: Fool. Twitter is more to listen than to talk. Even in the digital world you still have to have two ears but only one mouth.

@didic: Cool if you’re engaged with your followers. Tool if you’re only broadcasting

@JoelyRighteous: I’d go with ‘Tool’

What’s the best revenue model for twitter?

Ahuvah: they should have a “pro” account like flickr – where you can tweet a specific amount per day or month but if you want to exceed that # you need to pay for a pro account. i’d pay.

Laurant Weill: Contextual advertising (from the one that doesnt like ad biz model!). They have the critical mass, hyperlinks, tracking and keywords history

Shay Rachmani: Free account is now limited to 70 chars, while 140 chars become paid service

Benjamin Chelli: the search tool could be a paying service => professional will have to pay to browse info

@h3lge: having no model is ’nuff. Bunch other companies build busmodels relying on twitters api. They’ll all pay twitter sooner or later.

@dotmad: Getting purchased by Google/FB.

@tzumi_monster: it should find me a girlfriend and charge a commission when I get married.

What’s the #1 thing you like most about Twitter?

@shiribiri: it’s easy and simple and quick (that can be counted as one thing, can’t it?)

@FireAphis: I like the most about Tweeter that I can write whatever I feel without any obligations on being relevant of comprehensible.

@WorldMate: @blonde20 You mean except you?

@Rafim: the fact that you never know what to expect when you send a twit. who is going to respond. what will he say. that’s great!

@HilzFuld: the surrounding industry and the endless possible ways to tweet