Comments on: Twitter The Forum Killer http://www.chefpatrick.com/twitter-the-forum-killer/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:10:14 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Jamie Parks http://www.chefpatrick.com/twitter-the-forum-killer/#comment-2743 Jamie Parks Wed, 01 Apr 2009 22:43:23 +0000 http://www.chefpatrick.com/?p=2386#comment-2743 The web is a multimedia conversation. Twitter is killing a lot of things, and it's also growing a lot of things. It's not going away anytime soon. Just like YouTube, Facebook, MySpace, Blip, Flickr, Yelp and the blogosphere are all powerful tools, you gotta 'use' them enough in order to really know how to 'prove' them. Ever since twitter first went public I was surprised how many 'domainers' failed to comprehend the inherent values that twitter stood to offer, as well as the potential values that it might bring in the future. Twitter is just getting started and it makes a lot of sense on many fronts. You just gotta look beyond the screen and into the personalities if you truly intend to unveil the real power and opportunity. @stephendoulgas - I've been able to meet many new customers, new clients, new partners, and new people of interest through all of my various social media accounts. Social media is all about how you use it and how often you use it. The web is a multimedia conversation. Twitter is killing a lot of things, and it’s also growing a lot of things. It’s not going away anytime soon. Just like YouTube, Facebook, MySpace, Blip, Flickr, Yelp and the blogosphere are all powerful tools, you gotta ‘use’ them enough in order to really know how to ‘prove’ them.

Ever since twitter first went public I was surprised how many ‘domainers’ failed to comprehend the inherent values that twitter stood to offer, as well as the potential values that it might bring in the future. Twitter is just getting started and it makes a lot of sense on many fronts. You just gotta look beyond the screen and into the personalities if you truly intend to unveil the real power and opportunity.

@stephendoulgas – I’ve been able to meet many new customers, new clients, new partners, and new people of interest through all of my various social media accounts. Social media is all about how you use it and how often you use it.

]]> By: Chef Patrick http://www.chefpatrick.com/twitter-the-forum-killer/#comment-2723 Chef Patrick Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:00:08 +0000 http://www.chefpatrick.com/?p=2386#comment-2723 What is your Twitter name? What is your Twitter name?

]]> By: Chef Patrick http://www.chefpatrick.com/twitter-the-forum-killer/#comment-2722 Chef Patrick Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:59:36 +0000 http://www.chefpatrick.com/?p=2386#comment-2722 You've sold hundreds of domains through forums which echos one of the uses I said a forum would be good for. I agree that Twitter being 140 characters or less more than likely will not hold much substance. What it does allow for is building a relationship, something that can be taken offline. Perfect example would be meeting you. You first commented about my domaining video through Twitter. We then took it offline to email. For someone with your experience and vast knowledge a forum would more than likely provide a low value. You are a seasoned vet, 10+ years if I remember correctly. I doubt there is something you can learn on a forum. If anything it would be you teaching. You’ve sold hundreds of domains through forums which echos one of the uses I said a forum would be good for.

I agree that Twitter being 140 characters or less more than likely will not hold much substance. What it does allow for is building a relationship, something that can be taken offline.

Perfect example would be meeting you. You first commented about my domaining video through Twitter. We then took it offline to email.

For someone with your experience and vast knowledge a forum would more than likely provide a low value. You are a seasoned vet, 10+ years if I remember correctly. I doubt there is something you can learn on a forum. If anything it would be you teaching.

]]> By: BullS-websites http://www.chefpatrick.com/twitter-the-forum-killer/#comment-2714 BullS-websites Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:26:38 +0000 http://www.chefpatrick.com/?p=2386#comment-2714 My goodness, since I started twittering, my sites traffic has gone up tremendously and best of all-I am becoming famous!!! Hell with forums-forum cannot banned me now for some stupid silly rules. Man, I have so many followers and people are wanting to know me. My goodness, since I started twittering, my sites traffic has gone up tremendously and best of all-I am becoming famous!!!

Hell with forums-forum cannot banned me now for some stupid silly rules.

Man, I have so many followers and people are wanting to know me.

]]> By: eq78 http://www.chefpatrick.com/twitter-the-forum-killer/#comment-2713 eq78 Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:44:38 +0000 http://www.chefpatrick.com/?p=2386#comment-2713 I agree with you Stephen, and Twitter one day may prove to be a better vehicle for domaining than the forums but it is nowhere close right now. IMO I agree with you Stephen, and Twitter one day may prove to be a better vehicle for domaining than the forums but it is nowhere close right now. IMO

]]> By: stephen douglas http://www.chefpatrick.com/twitter-the-forum-killer/#comment-2712 stephen douglas Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:02:44 +0000 http://www.chefpatrick.com/?p=2386#comment-2712 Hi Biggie Pat, Nice angle and article... but to me, Twitter is unproven. While I have sold domains by the hundreds and gained new clients on forums, I have yet to get some sort of meaningful response from Twitter. It's like this: FORUMS: Post detailed information, questions, domain offers, with no limit on characters/words used TWITTER: Chirp about something within 140 characters, hope someone is paying attention, and join the masses in trying to be heard. On Twitter, if you "follow" 100 people who post 2 "twitterings" a day, that's 200 "twits" a day for you (or anyone) to read. Ever read a "twitter" comment and been impressed? Ever acted on that Twitter comment and upgraded your business from it? No? Me neither. I've been using/studying Twitter for about six months. Twitter has brought me... NOTHING. I just posted on Twitter about this comment I was posting here, and I have 155 followers. Let's see how many people, out of ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY FIVE actually respond, on Twitter or otherwise. Thanks Patrick for the opportunity to form this test project about Twitter. Hi Biggie Pat,

Nice angle and article… but to me, Twitter is unproven. While I have sold domains by the hundreds and gained new clients on forums, I have yet to get some sort of meaningful response from Twitter.

It’s like this:

FORUMS: Post detailed information, questions, domain offers, with no limit on characters/words used

TWITTER: Chirp about something within 140 characters, hope someone is paying attention, and join the masses in trying to be heard. On Twitter, if you “follow” 100 people who post 2 “twitterings” a day, that’s 200 “twits” a day for you (or anyone) to read.

Ever read a “twitter” comment and been impressed? Ever acted on that Twitter comment and upgraded your business from it? No? Me neither. I’ve been using/studying Twitter for about six months. Twitter has brought me… NOTHING.

I just posted on Twitter about this comment I was posting here, and I have 155 followers. Let’s see how many people, out of ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY FIVE actually respond, on Twitter or otherwise.

Thanks Patrick for the opportunity to form this test project about Twitter.

]]> By: Ross http://www.chefpatrick.com/twitter-the-forum-killer/#comment-2707 Ross Mon, 30 Mar 2009 02:32:57 +0000 http://www.chefpatrick.com/?p=2386#comment-2707 Its all a matter of opinion on both fronts. There are things a forum can not do but there are also things twitter can not do. A forum on one hand can easily be searched and archived derived on a specific forum title or post. Twitter can do much of the same but only in the context of the tweet. So in the instance you search "domains" on twitter you will pull many many irrelevant tweets relating anything from a computer passwords/account domain to an actual domain name on the web. Where as you search the same things on a forum, it will be pulled from tags, titles, and posts themselves AND it can be done with an "advanced" search. Plus forums are "spidered" a lot easier than twitter(if at all). As you say you have conversations on twitter, well that's what it essentially is, a conversation "portal". A forum on the other hand is more of a resource and wealth of searchable information "engine". This is why the old or "niche" forums will always survive, they are a "resource". Twitter will not kill the 400 word posts that make so much sense that you have to link to it through twitter... Good Post ;) Its all a matter of opinion on both fronts. There are things a forum can not do but there are also things twitter can not do. A forum on one hand can easily be searched and archived derived on a specific forum title or post. Twitter can do much of the same but only in the context of the tweet. So in the instance you search “domains” on twitter you will pull many many irrelevant tweets relating anything from a computer passwords/account domain to an actual domain name on the web. Where as you search the same things on a forum, it will be pulled from tags, titles, and posts themselves AND it can be done with an “advanced” search. Plus forums are “spidered” a lot easier than twitter(if at all).

As you say you have conversations on twitter, well that’s what it essentially is, a conversation “portal”. A forum on the other hand is more of a resource and wealth of searchable information “engine”. This is why the old or “niche” forums will always survive, they are a “resource”. Twitter will not kill the 400 word posts that make so much sense that you have to link to it through twitter…

Good Post ;)

]]> By: Ed Muller http://www.chefpatrick.com/twitter-the-forum-killer/#comment-2695 Ed Muller Sun, 29 Mar 2009 13:29:23 +0000 http://www.chefpatrick.com/?p=2386#comment-2695 I have been leveraging twits more lately, in part of performing both things at once - short blurbs on twitter, including domains I have for sale, with links to NP/DNF auctions. It gets extra traffic there and meanwhile I can still do both things. I have been leveraging twits more lately, in part of performing both things at once – short blurbs on twitter, including domains I have for sale, with links to NP/DNF auctions. It gets extra traffic there and meanwhile I can still do both things.

]]> By: SkyDomains http://www.chefpatrick.com/twitter-the-forum-killer/#comment-2693 SkyDomains Sun, 29 Mar 2009 12:30:51 +0000 http://www.chefpatrick.com/?p=2386#comment-2693 Well said patrick but I will add this. The strong forums will survive and find a way to thrive. When blogs became popular we also thought it might be the forum killer. However the popularity of forums will dwindle expecially in our domaining field. Well said patrick but I will add this. The strong forums will survive and find a way to thrive. When blogs became popular we also thought it might be the forum killer. However the popularity of forums will dwindle expecially in our domaining field.

]]> By: dnClips.com - More than just domain Feeds http://www.chefpatrick.com/twitter-the-forum-killer/#comment-2687 dnClips.com - More than just domain Feeds Sun, 29 Mar 2009 08:45:20 +0000 http://www.chefpatrick.com/?p=2386#comment-2687 For writers, yes.. Forums might be dead. But for readers, forums are better as it separates the wheat from the chaff. It is a real pain going through tweets to find something that is worth. But, as more and more writers prefers only to tweet, soon forums might die For writers, yes.. Forums might be dead. But for readers, forums are better as it separates the wheat from the chaff. It is a real pain going through tweets to find something that is worth.
But, as more and more writers prefers only to tweet, soon forums might die

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