Rants and Ruminations

According to the Twitter Blog, Twitter has made a change in the way it operates in regards to public replies sent by friends.  In the past users would see replies to from or to friends that are not on your current friend list.  This is called fragmented conversations and is the core to social discovery.  I have met and talked with several people who are on my friends friend list.  It is this possibility that makes Twitter so useful as a social networking tool.  To close this loop in the way it operates will lessen the need for Twitter in social applications and relegate it to no better than email or text messaging.  Mostly non-existant in social applications but really only useful for direct communications or message broadcasting to an opt-in user base.

I hope Twitter re-evaluates its stance on fragmented conversations.  I have become a HUGE fan of the service and would likely have to abandon it as a social tool if the need is not there.