zenith said:

zenith

Think I might have to choose between plurk and identi.ca, Jaiku isn't going and I can't keep up with 3 services. identi.ca winning so far

1 month, 2 weeks ago.

55 comments so far

  • edythemighty

    Identi.ca it is then?

    1 month, 2 weeks ago by edythemighty.

  • zenith

    I think so, plurk is beginning to annoy me with its cutesy interface anyway.

    1 month, 2 weeks ago by zenith.

  • dantheman

    Yeah anything that cute can't last hehehe :)

    1 month, 2 weeks ago by dantheman.

  • WaveyDavey001

    I'm keeping in with Identi.ca Anything so new that generated so much discussion last night deserves a chance. Hot Air, Hype or "The New Black" will only be found over time.

    It's laughable the criticism its already getting. Mighty Oaks/Acorns etc

    1 month, 2 weeks ago by WaveyDavey001.

  • tabrez

    Plurk uses cute colours but the top half screen looks totally messed up to me. Can't use it at all. Identi.ca needs more features before it can be a competitor to Jaiku or Plurk.

    1 month, 2 weeks ago by tabrez.

  • zenith

    Yep, the timeline is also a huge annoyance to me, takes forever to navigate around it.

    1 month, 2 weeks ago by zenith.

  • carlplage

    I think I will be using identi.ca over plurk I got home after 5 and half hours away from it and had a total of 54 replies to check so going to ditch it and use Jaiku and indenti.ca only

    1 month, 2 weeks ago by carlplage.

  • dantheman

    I agree identi.ca has only been going days rather than even weeks and people should give it time to grow. I hope the open source aspect means developers can help it grow and improve. I've never tried Plurk but I didn't like it when I looked.

    1 month, 2 weeks ago by dantheman.

  • zenith

    I like identi.ca so far. Obviously can't tell yet if it's going to turn into something great or not but I'll certainly do my best as a user to help it get there. :)

    1 month, 2 weeks ago by zenith.

  • edythemighty

    @bvlad found an interesting link yesterday.... check here

    1 month, 2 weeks ago by edythemighty.

  • dantheman

    Me too and the fact that it's licensed under the AGPL has meant people who would never normally touch a service like this are there. Bradley Kuhn is on there I saw, who's next Stallman :D

    1 month, 2 weeks ago by dantheman.

  • zenith

    @edy Yeah I saw that. :) Though evan must be doing something right as the identi.ca website seems to be running well today.

    @dan I think the conversations on identi.ca are going to be a lot more interesting for me as opposed to plurk, precisely because it's attracting the open source crowd. I'm really hoping it will take off, if only in those circles.

    1 month, 2 weeks ago by zenith.

  • EsbenThomsen

    indenti.ca seems promising, if its for small groups. @bvlad wrote some very interesting things, even though he looked at it in a bigger context.

    But as a replacement for jaiku, I don't think so unless bvlad says "green".

    1 month, 2 weeks ago by EsbenThomsen.

  • zenith

    At this moment in time I'm not seeing it as a replacement for Jaiku, but definitely a replacement for Plurk. :)

    1 month, 2 weeks ago by zenith.

  • ocifant

    identi.ca FAIL for me. Not received anything for IM registration (via Gtalk), web site far too slow to respond.

    1 month, 2 weeks ago by ocifant.

  • EsbenThomsen

    But as bvlad said, it would be great for small workgroups and, yeah well Im glad I didn't get deep involved in a simular danish project.. Actually I thought that WP would take the lead in that area, but I glad they didn't.

    1 month, 2 weeks ago by EsbenThomsen.

  • WaveyDavey001

    @ocifant: Rome wasn't built in a day. (taken from page 56 of the idiots guide to clichés).

    1 month, 2 weeks ago by WaveyDavey001.

  • zenith

    Yep, give it time, it's really really really new atm!

    1 month, 2 weeks ago by zenith.

  • mantra

    oh..I'm not techie at all, so cuteness wins for me :-)) But I agree plurk timeline sucks

    1 month, 2 weeks ago by mantra.

  • dantheman

    I launched on Monday or something so you can't expect too much yet, I don't think they were expecting to get all this attention right away, they've had no time to even build the service, it's running well for me today though IM still needs work. Considering the guy only had one server I think he's doing really well. The open source crowd will stick with him I reckon but the joiners will just go somewhere else quickly. It remains to be seen how it pans out

    1 month, 2 weeks ago by dantheman.

  • ocifant

    @WaveyDavey001: Agreed. I'll wait a week or two and try again. So much other stuff to check out in the meantime :-) Im liking Swurl...

    1 month, 2 weeks ago by ocifant.

  • tabrez

    Open source applications are made successful by the community that it manages to attract. I have high hopes for identi.ca's bright future. As @zenith pointed out, it will be great if a lot of free software guys can gather around the service(both as developers and users). Yes, perhaps even Stallman ;)

    1 month, 2 weeks ago by tabrez.

  • EsbenThomsen

    ..stallman surfs via email, hopes it works out for him :p

    1 month, 2 weeks ago by EsbenThomsen.

  • dantheman

    Can we expect an Emacs interface you reckon? hehehehe :D

    1 month, 2 weeks ago by dantheman.

  • tabrez

    could you guys care to post your identi.ca usernames? It doesn't have even a basic search feature; my id is tabrez, thanks.

    1 month, 2 weeks ago by tabrez.

  • fabsh

    http://identi.ca/fabsh - unsurprisingly ;)

    1 month, 2 weeks ago by fabsh.

  • WaveyDavey001

    waveydavey001

    1 month, 2 weeks ago by WaveyDavey001.

  • zenith

    http://identi.ca/zenith for those who haven't added me yet :)

    1 month, 2 weeks ago by zenith.

  • WaveyDavey001

    Opps sorry http://identi.ca/waveydavey001

    1 month, 2 weeks ago by WaveyDavey001.

  • steffenlarsen

    What are the reasons to switch from Jaiku to identi.ca? (being on two very similar services is a no-go for me)

    1 month, 2 weeks ago by steffenlarsen.

  • zenith

    @steffen Take a look here http://identi.ca/doc/faq It's mostly the open nature of it that is gaining it so many supporters

    1 month, 2 weeks ago by zenith.

  • WaveyDavey001

    @steffenlarsen If you think like that there is no reason at all (and good on ya)

    1 month, 2 weeks ago by WaveyDavey001.

  • edythemighty

    That's good. Wonder how much of a strain it will put on the system...

    1 month, 2 weeks ago by edythemighty.

  • zenith

    OMG @evan on identi.ca has just said that jaiku like comments will be added, yipee!!!

    1 month, 2 weeks ago by zenith.

  • WaveyDavey001

    If Jaiku like comments are added then it will be good. All I want then is some integration/coherence with blogs and microblogs, but that is last nights conversation.

    1 month, 2 weeks ago by WaveyDavey001.

  • dantheman

    Yeah I just sent him a Jaiku invite so he can check it out, I'm not saying he should copy this as such but he can get ideas :)

    1 month, 2 weeks ago by dantheman.

  • bubu1uk

    do you get IM posts from identi.ca?

    1 month, 2 weeks ago by bubu1uk.

  • KevanV

    I've just joined...

    1 month, 2 weeks ago by KevanV.

  • vrsandersjr

    identi.ca certainly has promise. The fact that it's open source means the functionality that people want will be implemented and improved on. Unfortunately, we've been waiting on Google to improve Jaiku and for Twitter to get their act together. I'm looking forward to the future of identi.ca.

    http://identi.ca/vrsandersjr

    1 month, 2 weeks ago by vrsandersjr.

  • zenith

    @bubu Think IM is a bit flakey atm, but from what I can see evan is working on it

    1 month, 2 weeks ago by zenith.

  • tabrez

    I want search ability first! Like uber-urgent!! In next five minutes!

    1 month, 2 weeks ago by tabrez.

  • dantheman

    @bubu - IM is causing them problems apparently, GTalk is playing up today for them. They're working on it

    1 month, 2 weeks ago by dantheman.

  • bubu1uk

    @zenith: so atm what are you using? only web interface?

    1 month, 2 weeks ago by bubu1uk.

  • zenith

    Web interface or ping.fm

    1 month, 2 weeks ago by zenith.

  • krishanu

    Ping.fm should be the solution!

    1 month, 2 weeks ago by krishanu.

  • bubu1uk

    @dantheman: it didn't work yesterday as well.

    @all: how do i login to identi.ca on ping.fm if i'm loggin in with openID?

    1 month, 2 weeks ago by bubu1uk.

  • steffenlarsen

    Ah, no Jaiku-like conversations yet... that's what makes Jaiku great, so I'll stick around. :)

    1 month, 2 weeks ago by steffenlarsen.

  • dantheman

    @steffanlarsen - Even just agreed to implement comments like Jaiku ASAP, he's on it :)

    1 month, 2 weeks ago by dantheman.

  • arjun

    Hope @jaiku is reading this all and do something

    1 month, 2 weeks ago by arjun.

  • tabrez

    But Ping.fm seems to require identi.ca username and password and I am using openid based login. IM not working for me. So only website for me for now :(

    1 month, 2 weeks ago by tabrez.

  • bubu1uk

    yes. it is known bug.

    1 month, 2 weeks ago by bubu1uk.

  • EsbenThomsen

    yeah this is a wakeup call indeed

    1 month, 2 weeks ago by EsbenThomsen.

  • vrsandersjr

    Interesting blog on the identi.ca code.

    http://www.russellbeattie.com/blog/let-t...

    1 month, 2 weeks ago by vrsandersjr.

  • KevanV

    thanks for that link @vrsandersjr very interesting :)

    1 month, 2 weeks ago by KevanV.

  • zenith

    I wish there was an official blog where we could keep up with identi.ca news though. Or maybe there is one and I've missed it?

    1 month, 2 weeks ago by zenith.

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