Thinking About Tent

afreshcup.com 03 Oct '12, 12pm

Thinking About Tent

Like some other people, I'm getting increasingly leery of Twitter as it becomes increasingly obvious that their mission in life is to deliver eyeballs to advertisers by locking people into a corporate-approved walled garden. I'm not all that interested in being part of the product, given that I have many other places to publish thoughts where I end up owning my own words. On the other hand, the community and socialization in Twitter is nice. So I've had my eye out for viable alternative places to hang out. Certainly there's no shortage on the Internet: forums, IRC, Diaspora, ostatus/rstatus, App.net…but none of them have felt right to me. Now there's a new one that warrants keeping an eye out: Tent.is . I almost hate to link directly to that site, because right away people will look at the global feed and say "oh, it's an attempt to imitate Twitter, only it has fewer featu...

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@coffeemonk » 15 Oct '12, 9pm
I liked "Thinking About Tent" [link] [via Instapaper]
@mrdougal » 09 Oct '12, 10am
RT @alexc: Some good thoughts on Tent: [link] I'd like Tent to succeed.
@alexc » 09 Oct '12, 10am
Some good thoughts on Tent: [link] I'd like Tent to succeed.
@triggerapp » 04 Oct '12, 11pm
Thinking About Tent [link] by Mike Gunderloy
@yoamomonstruos » 04 Oct '12, 12pm
Interesting article on Tent : [link]
@shingara » 04 Oct '12, 9am
RT @brmichel: RT @brmichel: Thinking About Tent [link]
@sibweber » 04 Oct '12, 9am
If you’ve been wondering what this tent thing is about, here’s a great write-up by @MikeG1: Thinking About Tent [link]
@seriouslyruby » 04 Oct '12, 5am
Thinking About Tent: Like some other people, I’m getting increasingly leery of Twitter as it become... [link] #ruby #rails
@alexHerwix » 04 Oct '12, 1am
#346class12 check out [link] it's a nice post about tent an up and coming social network protocol…
@reillyusa » 04 Oct '12, 1am
Really good post on "Why Tent Is Not Twitter" from @mikeg1 - must read for those wondering... [link]
@zmoazeni » 03 Oct '12, 6pm
@proxy_janson Shared without comment [link]
@mahemoff » 03 Oct '12, 3pm
RT @windley: RT @windley: Nice post on tent.io [link] #kynetx
@windley » 03 Oct '12, 3pm
Nice post on tent.io [link] #kynetx
@hoverbikes » 03 Oct '12, 2pm
Tent.is, pass it on. [link]
@neilmiddleton » 03 Oct '12, 1pm
Signed up to Tent.is. Looks promising, although VERY early. https://t.co/eccGZ0lK [link]
@jamieforrest » 03 Oct '12, 1pm
In case you're wondering what Tent is, and why you should care, read this article. [link]
@wesg » 03 Oct '12, 12pm
Thinking About Tent [link]
@dustinupdyke » 03 Oct '12, 12pm
Great summary of tent.is: RT @MikeG1: [link]
@brmichel » 04 Oct '12, 8am
Thinking About Tent [link]
@veverkap » 04 Oct '12, 2am
Thinking about tent [link]
@JobProd_Ruby » 04 Oct '12, 12am
RT @MikeG1 Thinking About Tent [link]
@bourgui » 03 Oct '12, 6pm
RT @MikeG1: RT @MikeG1: [link]
@MartonKodok » 03 Oct '12, 5pm
Thinking About Tent [link]
@austinsd » 03 Oct '12, 3pm
RT @windley: RT @windley: Nice post on tent.io [link] #kynetx
@jBleuzen » 03 Oct '12, 2pm
Thinking About Tent [link]
@marfife » 03 Oct '12, 1pm
Thinking About Tent [link]
@MikeG1 » 03 Oct '12, 12pm
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