I have been giving a lot of my blog real estate to Twitter recently as it seems to be the darling of all of the micromediasphere (yes, I love that term and bought the URL just because. Did you click through?). I have also been interested in what is going on with other alternatives. Competition is good, but what is that competition? I had been wondering that when I received an email today from Identi.ca
On avergage I get more than 100 new emails every day from new followers on Twitter. I lose may followers and gain many, and recently my average followers increases about 30 per day. The email from Identi.ca was from a new follower. I rare occasion in my inbox. I headed over to Identi.ca and saw some changes. The site itself is newly designed from what I remember, yes it has been that long since I was there, and it indicated on the landing page itself that they have undergone a “massive upgrade” on January 23 and it warns to watch for “new features”. I’m curious to follow along with what this might entail as I would love to see someone push Twitter a little to get them to make themselves better. I am not sure if there are third party things being developed like my beloved Tweetdeck, or other applications to make things cooler, but I will keep up with what is happening. I am also watching what is going on with Plurk and Jaiku, but they are also a memory for me with Twitter growing into the powerhouse it is in the micromediasphere. We have already seen Pownce shuttered (for the time being although I have a theory about that one).
Perhaps I can contact Identi.ca and ask them to be on Social Mediasphere Radio since I don’t have a clue what tonight’s show will be on or what guests I might have. I was going to click through to the Identi.ca blog but alas it could not be easily found. Stay tuned?
UPDATE: I am now doing my radio show this evening on the alternatives to Twitter.
