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Twitter Redesign Finally Goes LiveSeptember 19

Back in July I was one of the first to break the news about a Twitter redesign that accidentally went live well before its time. FYI: TechCrunch copied and pasted practically my entire post about this. The redesign was available for all of about 3 minutes with only a handful of people able to grab a screenshot or two. Here’s a snapshot of what the redesign was like when it leaked:

Today, the site has went live with this redesign with only minor changes here and there. The tabs are still located on the side and your latest tweet is still located directly beneath the “What are you doing?” box. Followers, followings, and updates are located in the top right corner along with your avatar. The device updates options are now located beneath your friends. The last change is probably due to the fact that not many people are able to use device updates now that Twitter has restricted text messaging usage.

             

Prototype-ish

The site redesigns aren’t final as Twitter has noted that there will more changes and features in the feature. Let�

Was Digg Right To Ban Diggboss For His Helpful Script?September 19

As a member of Digg since from mid 2006, but relatively inactive until 2007, Diggboss has been a great and valuable member of Digg for years. Today I was shocked to see that Digg has banned Diggboss from using the site. Diggboss diggs more than his fair share of articles on the site and contributes top quality links in return. So what’s the big deal and why was he banned?

        

About The Script

Diggboss was banned for developing a script that checks to see if your friends have dugg the articles that you “shout” or submit to the service. The purpose of the script is to keep from spamming your friends that have dugg your submissions and provide a friendly reminder to those that haven’t. It uses the Digg API and provides in option in your shoutbox to only shout a particular article to those who haven’t dugg it. In a letter to the Digg support team Diggboss notes the following possible misconceptions about his script:

• My script did not digg automatically or add digg buttons.

Why Location Based Social Networks Need To Offer Something DifferentSeptember 18

Today on FriendFeed, Tamar Weinberg posted a message on FriendFeed about giving up on Brightkite. I asked Tamar what she was getting out of it to begin with and she replied,

To be honest, not much. I forged one real life friendship out of it, so that was cool — it was fun to share my destinations with friends (more specifically, the pictures that I took were well-received). That’s about it, though. I don’t have a GPS-enabled phone so Brightkite did it for me.

I don’t think she’s alone at all with this response. I’ve written my thoughts about this before with What’s Plaguing Your Mobile Social Network? on ReadWriteWeb. Here is an expansion on those thoughts.

Community in the Cloud: Better or Worse?September 16

This is a guest post by Grand Effect member David Peralty of College Crunch. If you enjoy this post, please be sure to give College Crunch a look when you’re done for more of his awesome work!

        

The social aspect of community is changing so rapidly, where we once had to seek people out at their homes, or on their phones, the conversation has moved to a myriad of online services where visual or verbal communication is a rarity, but is this type of constant connection with others helping or hindering our sense of community?

    

Old School Tools, New School Rules

At first we had bulletin boards, which remind me of what Twitter and Friendfeed do in a way. They allow the conversation to occur on a third party service between friends, family or acquaintances. These communications are usually rather short, due to limitations imposed by

Where Google Chrome Failed To Succeed: The Integration Of Google ServicesSeptember 2

Today, Techmeme was probably the last site you wanted to visit if you weren’t interested in the latest Google news. The popular news meme was full of links about Google’s latest entrance in to the browser wars with Chrome. You can read plenty of information about Google Chrome on ReadWriteWeb and in the ReadWriteWeb FriendFeed room.

    

Failure to Integrate Services

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