Comments on: Life and Death on Twitter

By: chantelle oliver

chantelle oliver — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 14:29:00 +0000

I was just reading and thinking about this – there is an article in this months Walrus Magazine.

I’m a huge twitter fan and I agree, this is a something that I feel needs to and will be developed in unimaginable ways in the future.

The Big Log Off
http://www.walrusmagazine.com/articles/2008.03-technology-memorial-online/

By: Domestic Diva

Domestic Diva — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 03:39:13 +0000

Great post! It is good to see someone helping out. I love the idea of a dedication page.

By: Tim Kissane

Tim Kissane — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:59:26 +0000

I’ve only been on Twitter about one month. In that time, it has impressed me greatly with it’s potential for building relationships in such a simple way. The satellites will ultimately build more complex apps with Twitter as a backbone.

I didn’t know Ashley or Marc but, John Donne:

No man is an island… Any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.

I think this is a great idea. A real community thrives on unity. I have server space and bandwidth, and modest coding skills. I’d be happy to help in any effort toward this end.

By: Jonathan Trenn

Jonathan Trenn — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:20:35 +0000

Sprezzatura

Fair enough. I don’t know enough about the satellite companies. But whomever creates what, I’m sure it would need some sort of accommodation from Twitter. And whatever tools are used, it would be a member of the community who would put the dedication page together.

I’d just rather have a central source via the Twitter ‘neighborhood so to speak play the role. It could then notify a deceased individual’s followers and friends on what’s going on.

By: Sprezzatura

Sprezzatura — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:14:30 +0000

Of all the things Twitter can or should do, I’d hate to see Twitter spend valuable dev cycles on a product enhancement like that at a time when the service is growing exponentially and is focused intensely on keeping pace with that growth.

With all due respect to the friends of Ashley and Marc, creating a built-in memorial page function is an edge use case. Instead, this would be a good opportunity for some of the Twitter satellite companies to step up to the plate.

By: Dayngr

Dayngr — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:03:33 +0000

Moving post and moving thought. I think we’d be more apt to see this come from a 3rd party though than twitter. Sadly, twitter doesn’t seem too responsive to the users that are its lifeblood. Maybe the folks at twittertale or politweets can get it done.