Dave Winer's Twitter posts for 2/23/2009

In general when corporations want to talk to you -- it's not good news. That's why I don't like it when they use my first name. Creepy.
Comcast had one of its agents tell me that they "liked" me. That's a form of torture, imho. Stockholm Syndrome. http://bit.ly/1aqJzf
The new Oscar actor/actress nomination format is a keeper. Very Davos-like, the way they introduce the nominees. http://bit.ly/IOONM
Bay Area map showing change in home values in 2008. http://bit.ly/NLO0
None of "The 25 Most Valuable Blogs" are blogs. http://bit.ly/Xrhjt
@anamariecox now has 81K followers. Since we last looked she has more new followers than I've gotten in over 2 years on Twitter.
@anamariecox deserves it. Just reporting facts. Now about the 25 happiest blogs -- it's impossible to rank blogs, and unnecessary. :-)
Went for a checkup today, my doctor wanted to talk about Twitter. He says it's nothing new, he gets updates a la Twitter on the radio. True.
Should I write a blog post about the huge bump in followers some users have gotten from the Twitter recommendations page?
Politico did a piece *this morning* that has hopelessly out of date numbers on Twitter followers of DC insiders. http://bit.ly/ZRKJ
I can't make it funny -- it seems pretty serious. I doubt the Twitter folk knew their recommendations would make such a difference.
I'll have a post by 6PM Pacific. I want to see if I can gather some numbers.
Brian's Mardi Gras mix. http://bit.ly/FKPYc
I don't need to write up the "Suggested Users" feature in Twitter, the LA Times already did. Link in next tweet.
LA Times: Twitter's 'suggested users' get mammoth boost from new feature. http://bit.ly/3LUF3
Basically there are two Twitters. The stratosphere, people who get the boost from the suggested users page, and everyone else.
They will function *very* differently, it seems to me. Everything we understand about the Twitter ecosystem is changing.
My Kindle is farting around in Indiana of all places. http://bit.ly/2txAB
Lance Knobel finds a silver lining to the financial collapse -- a "transfer of wealth to younger generations." http://bit.ly/bHXDa
My Kindle is finished with Indiana. It's now farting around in Kentucky. :-)