Episode 4: We need filters!
Episode 4: We need filters! Surprisingly spammy stuff is coming from otherwise reputable people on Twitter. World AIDS Day excluded, the MacBook Pro contest is nothing more than free advertising for the company offering the device. The people screaming about ads in their stream are the same ones trying to win the MacBook. So much of Social Media is binary - on or off. Facebook is making it harder to not follow app updates. Dave liked the idea that he could have his own filter on his stream. He's OK with people trying to win a MacBook, but doesn't want to hear about people drinking Martinis. Michael occasionally puts tags into his tweet stream such as -MacBook to signal the people that he'd like those words to disappear from his stream. Atebits (the makers of Tweetie for Mac (and iPhone) will be releasing filters! How much control over the filters will we have? -"MacBook Pro Giveaway" like Google? Dave's on board. Michael wil be happy when he can -Foursquare -"Mayor of" and -"Ousted" or humorously anything within three tweets of a Foursquare tweet. Don't forget to check out the other podcast we do at http://threeinsight.com with Doyle Albee from Metzger Associates.
