Comments on: Twitter by SMS is no more (in the UK) http://www.u-g-h.com/2008/08/14/twitter-by-sms-is-no-more-in-the-uk/ Distracting the Mind with Information Overload Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:25:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Twitterless and the Isle of Man « Its a small world http://www.u-g-h.com/2008/08/14/twitter-by-sms-is-no-more-in-the-uk/comment-page-1/#comment-69480 Twitterless and the Isle of Man « Its a small world Sat, 16 Aug 2008 08:09:50 +0000 http://www.u-g-h.com/?p=2212#comment-69480 [...] More comment from Owen. [...] [...] More comment from Owen. [...]

]]> By: Owen http://www.u-g-h.com/2008/08/14/twitter-by-sms-is-no-more-in-the-uk/comment-page-1/#comment-69460 Owen Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:35:22 +0000 http://www.u-g-h.com/?p=2212#comment-69460 @Shazzer: Agreed. Just pulling the service with no warning and no options for clients was a pretty immature thing to do. It's that sort of arrogance that makes people want to switch to an alternative. @Shazzer: Agreed. Just pulling the service with no warning and no options for clients was a pretty immature thing to do.

It’s that sort of arrogance that makes people want to switch to an alternative.

]]> By: Shazzer http://www.u-g-h.com/2008/08/14/twitter-by-sms-is-no-more-in-the-uk/comment-page-1/#comment-69459 Shazzer Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:31:06 +0000 http://www.u-g-h.com/?p=2212#comment-69459 I am by no means a power user (had SMS notifications active for maybe 3 people I follow) but I did use the UK SMS gateway to interact with a number of other tools (like GCal and Toodledoo) and that's what's really going to hurt. The thing that irks me most about this move on Twitter's part is not the WHY (I get that, totally) but the HOW. I realize it sounds crass to complain about a free service (though I and countless others happily paid international SMS rates to use it via the UK) but I never expected it to stay that way and was ready to pay my way as soon as Twitter gave me that option. Instead, they shut it down without warning and only some vague promises about local SMS numbers coming "soon" for "some" countries. If Sweden's on that list, I may stick around. Until then I'll likely restrict my interaction with Twitter to the web, which is certainly cheaper (for me, anyway) but infinitely less useful. I have a Jaiku account, but it doesn't interact with the other services I use the way Twitter does, so it's not really much of a substitute. I am by no means a power user (had SMS notifications active for maybe 3 people I follow) but I did use the UK SMS gateway to interact with a number of other tools (like GCal and Toodledoo) and that’s what’s really going to hurt.

The thing that irks me most about this move on Twitter’s part is not the WHY (I get that, totally) but the HOW. I realize it sounds crass to complain about a free service (though I and countless others happily paid international SMS rates to use it via the UK) but I never expected it to stay that way and was ready to pay my way as soon as Twitter gave me that option. Instead, they shut it down without warning and only some vague promises about local SMS numbers coming “soon” for “some” countries.

If Sweden’s on that list, I may stick around. Until then I’ll likely restrict my interaction with Twitter to the web, which is certainly cheaper (for me, anyway) but infinitely less useful. I have a Jaiku account, but it doesn’t interact with the other services I use the way Twitter does, so it’s not really much of a substitute.

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