• Tory MP creates her own Twitter rival site
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[B]Conservative MP Louise Mensch has launched a microblogging site to rival Twitter. [/B]Ms Mensch is a prolific Twitter user with almost 60,000 followers but said she has grown "frustrated" with it. [B]Her new site - [URL="http://menshn.com/nonus/"]Menshn[/URL] - aims to keep conversations on topic and allows 180 character posts - 40 more than Twitter. [/B]The site, jointly owned by ex-Labour digital adviser Luke Bozier, is only available in the US but aims to launch in the UK before the London Olympics. Discussion on Menshn has initially been restricted to the US election but Ms Mensch says it will expand to reflect users' interests. When new members join they gain 100 randomly selected subscribers, equivalent to Twitter followers. Mr Bozier said: "[B]With all the great political forums out there, we noticed that there was no place to talk about politics live. [/B]"Whereas Twitter is not organised around topics, [B]on menshn you have a permanent place to go online to talk about the things you're most interested in[/B]." Twitter users can organise discussions through the use of hashtags or searching by keyword and choose whose Tweets they read by following or unfollowing other users. [B]The new site has had a largely hostile reaction from Twitter users so far, with some accusing Ms Mensch of vanity and predicting that the site will flop. The Corby MP has insisted the site's name is not a pun on her surname[/B], as it is spelled differently, and is, rather, a play on the word "mention".[B] Users who type "menschn.com" into web browsers are currently being redirected to the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament site. [/B]Ms Mensch, who was a "chick lit" novelist before becoming an MP in 2010, said she hopes the site would attract Twitter users who find the site "frustrating". [URL="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/jun/19/lousie-mensch-rival-twitter?newsfeed=true"]She told The Guardian[/URL]: "This is an idea that I've had since Christmas. I've been a passionate user of social media since the days of AOL chatrooms, and that was the inspiration really." Last month, Ms Mensch, who says she hopes to raise venture capital backing for her new site, [B]criticised "immoral and misogynistic" Twitter users for subjecting her to abuse. [/B]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18518162
[quote]a play on the word "mention"[/quote] Oh please
I think I'll make a twitter site called ubermensch watch it attract neo-nazis
40 more letter than twitter? Wow how innovative!
I'm reminded of Origin.
Erm... [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/tpgtD.jpg[/IMG] Something tells me their geolocation isn't exactly spot-on.
The reason why twitter has that 140 character limit is so that tweets could fit into text messages. Raising it by forty characters is stupid. #SeriousTwitterUser
[QUOTE=OogalaBoogal;36413610]The reason why twitter has that 140 character limit is so that tweets could fit into text messages. Raising it by forty characters is stupid. #SeriousTwitterUser[/QUOTE] why not 160 then? that's the limit on most networks afaik
Why only avaliable in the US? oh nevermind, US elections and whatever. I guess it's just controlling the topic of discussion to the affected region.
[QUOTE=matt.ant;36412920]The site, jointly owned by ex-Labour digital adviser Luke Bozier, is only available in the US[/QUOTE] Oh no, that [B]is[/B] a shame [QUOTE]but aims to launch in the UK before the London Olympics.[/QUOTE] :dance:
Discussion on Menshn has initially been restricted to the US election but Ms Mensch says it will expand to reflect users' interests. Sure it will, I bet it'll be fun only being able to discuss how Labour are shit and how David Cameron is literally Jesus incarnate.
Link in op is: [URL="http://menshn.com/nonus"]http://menshn.com/nonus[/URL] Try this link instead: [URL="http://menshn.com/"]http://menshn.com/[/URL] At least the second one worked for me.. And I am from Canada..
[QUOTE=markg06;36413667]Sure it will, I bet it'll be fun only being able to discuss how Labour are shit and how David Cameron is literally Jesus incarnate.[/QUOTE] it's joint-owned by a former labour advisor
[QUOTE=trotskygrad;36413630]why not 160 then? that's the limit on most networks afaik[/QUOTE] First 20 characters are reserved for the username on inbound tweets. Tweets on your phone come up as: "@baszline5: And so the days of hairy old men walking around shirtless begin..." (Yes, that was the last tweet I received.)
Might be able to fit into a niche if it has a majority of intelligent conversation (unlike Twitter)
[QUOTE=matt.ant;36412920][b]criticised "immoral and misogynistic" Twitter users for subjecting her to abuse.[/b] [/QUOTE] [I]"You can't say bad things about me! I'm a woman! Oh woe is I in this evil mans world!!!" [/I]
UK MPs create a US only site. Why?
[QUOTE=matt.ant;36412920]When new members join they gain 100 randomly selected subscribers, equivalent to Twitter followers.[/QUOTE] Does this mean that if I sign up, I might randomly be subscribed to some random guy? Why the hell would I want that?
Time to register all the celebrity usernames. Can't wait to post as Justin Bieber.
[QUOTE=carcarcargo;36413107]40 more letter than twitter? Wow how innovative![/QUOTE] I don't get this, do you expect them not to mention a feature of the key service in how it differs from twitter? How are they supposed to tell you without getting a snappy comeback as if they were flaunting innovation?
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