5 Ways TweetDeck Is Locking In Twitter Users
Jun 30 2009 
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Are you familiar with the Twitter client TweetDeck? If not, you might want to jump on the bandwagon. With the release of Tweetdeck’s iPhone application, I’ve noticed something that every Twitter developer needs to pay attention to: Tweetdeck is locking users in for a very long time. How so you ask?
- Tweetdeck for the iPhone
A mobile application has become very important for a lot of workshifter. Personally, I hate working at a desk day in and day out. Half of Tweetdeck’s users probably feel the same way. The services and tools we choose to use have to be able to keep up with users, literally!
- PORTABLE Groups
Not only did they lock users in via an iPhone app and a desktop client, they delivered on their promise with the addition of group synchronization for both clients. - Alerts
For some odd reason, I love TweetDecks alerts and they’re infamous within the geek community. It’s a mixture of the visual appeal of them and the nextel chirp-sound that accompanies new alerts that users love. Plus, window users get a faux-mac feature. - Total Package…Well, Almost (see image below)
- Consistent Updates & User Experience
The team behind TweetDeck is constantly pushing up new updates for their desktop client. Now, if only we could get them to address the iPhone, or maybe we need to go after Apple for that. Either way, the experience from Tweetdeck on the iPhone and desktop is insightful, efficient, and visually mindblowing.
What do you think: Is Tweetdeck locking you in?
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Locking in Twitter Users…
TweetDeck has an amazing opportunity to further “lock-in” users in this flash-in-the-pan Web World by refining the way you segment users.
For example, a friend of mine said over lunch yesterday that although you can add people into groups you construct, with the high volume of people following him he often doesn't know who to place where.
Solution: TweetDeck program to crawl your followers profiles and 'Auto-Segment' them into pre-specified groups. Now that would rock!
Joe Mescher
http://www.SocialMediaCommando.com
sooo true tweetdeck on my iphone is sexy!! I can't really complain about my iphone anymore. My daughter put it in the kiddie pool.. fullie submerged for at least a minute.. and its still working.. lucky me.. or well built phone lol
LOL. the app is crashtastic.
I don't buy the thought that TweetDeck locks you in. I use it on my phone, but not on my desktop. I prefer Tweetie on the desktop, but haven't bought it for the phone. I've thought about using TweetDeck again on the desktop, however, there's one big issue I have with it: it's an AIR application. I'd much rather have a native Coca app on my desktop for speed and stability reasons.
-Adam
I keep hearing nothing but good about it. I should look into it!
That's understandable. I wasn't speaking for all TweetDeck users, but I definitely see your point. I still have 2 other mobile twitter clients that I switch to also. But I want to use TweetDeck more than the others.
I thought so also until I upgraded to iPhone OS 3.0. Now it crashes as much as another other app would. Previously it would crash if I did specific actions. I don't have that problem anymore.
What if TweetDeck made a web client too? Would you use it?
Which others do you use?
-Adam
I'd probably not use a web client. Have enough browser gunk.
I can't even get tweetdeck to set up with the new version. I liked the previous one, and had several groups set up. The new one didn't import the old settings, and won't even go to the setup options. So seesmic it is, I guess.
Now that it's on iPhone it's locking me in! I love it on my desktop but it is too distracting, so THERE all the time vs the smaller simpler choices. On the iPhone I like it much more.
That's weird, my old settings imported over just fine. Did you email the TweetDeck team for assistance or search the web for similar problems reported?
That would be hot, but how would TweetDeck know what to do? Keywords are ok but I won't even touch automated services like that for Twitter. Keywords are too broad and flexible sometimes.
So what other ways could they auto-segment?
That's weird, my old settings imported over just fine. Did you email the TweetDeck team for assistance or search the web for similar problems reported?
That would be hot, but how would TweetDeck know what to do? Keywords are ok but I won't even touch automated services like that for Twitter. Keywords are too broad and flexible sometimes.
So what other ways could they auto-segment?
I finally found an answer. Had to delete a file in the Application Data folder. tweetdeck.fast etc. Works fine now. Thanks.
Tweetie, Twitterrific, and as of recently, iTwitter.
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