You Think and The Fact on Twitter Clients

About 47% Twitter users are using a Twitter Client service rather than using the web Twitter or the Mobile Web. They rather using a client. This is too reasonable that Twitter is lack of features beside just tagging, and texting about 160 chars.

Okay, for those who always use clients, there is something you have to know. These features are common to Twitter Client.

Link Shortener

You think: By automatically shorten link, I can reserve more characters.

The fact: Yes, that is absolutely true. But, when you use web or mobile web, you still have to go to http://bit.ly or other shortlink generator to shorten link manually.

 

Old-Style Retweet

You think: Retweeting can link my conversation.

for example: user2 it’s surely not you! Haha RT @user1: @user2 not me not me, forgive me :p :p :p

The fact: That’s true, but you’re exposing any other tweets to everyone, and make the protected tweets become useless. Also, when your tweet is over characters, there’s nothing recorded. Actually Twitter is providing a conversation records. Simply click or tap (touchscreens) In reply to… to get this.

figure 1: conversation panel on TweetDeck

 

 figure 2: conversation screen on Gravity (Symbian^1)

 

Tweet Longer

You think: I can tweet longer than limited, so I can freely tweet on my own.

The fact:

• Every longer tweet are given a link to longer tweet provider, but most people don’t want to click it because it requires to open browser. Then, this hurts for those who use phone balance without any data plan.
• The continuation of your tweets are not stored by Twitter, it’s on 3rd party server. So, Twitter has no guarantee on this.
• If your mention someone, and your mention is on the continuation tweet as described before, your tweet will not received by him/her.

 

Myloc and Geotagging

Since this feature is having side on the developers, let me tell.

Developers think: I can use 3rd party app to see where you are, and when you want it.

Fact for developers: Actually, Twitter supports geotagging by default.

You think: This is cool! I have GPS phone and gonna tell it to everybody. (maybe :p)

The fact: There is a security concern, your life will be easily stalked.

Figure 3: Geotagged tweet, shown in TweetDeck

 

Figure 4: Geotagged tweet, shown in Gravity

 

So, let’s tweet as usual and don’t too heavily use these feature. We want social media a safe place by everyone :)

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