Comments on: Poll: Replies vs Mentions

By: ray

ray — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:32:48 +0000

i think if Twitter is going to call it “mentions”, you should follow to avoid confusion with new DT users, and better yet, new Twitter users.

By: xstex

xstex — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:41:39 +0000

I think mentions does work with the symmetry, plus its correct.

By: Neil

Neil — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:48:34 +0000

I think Mentions is totally ok (for many of the reasons above), but I don’t know why Messages got moved over to the right side of the divider. Seems more appropriate where it was before. Then again, Messages and Mentions right next to each other is a little weird…

By: Bas

Bas — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:59:07 +0000

I think ’saved’ is just as fine as ‘favorites’. It just means the same.
Although I definitely think you should switch to ‘mentions’, because it’s more explaining. ‘Replies’ doesn’t cover the whole spectrum, just like you said.
Good that you’re considering it and that you share it with us via a poll! Keep on rocking.

By: Which Twitter App?

Which Twitter App? — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:24:48 +0000

I think Mentions is much more accurate given their typical use nowadays. Even for regular replies we see people adding a period in front of a user name to make it a public tweet.

What about Faves instead of Saved? Same basic word structure.

By: Jonnie

Jonnie — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:39:40 +0000

@dipnlik — Good point about the Favorites/Saved. I think I’m okay with Saved over Favorites since Favorites crosses the line in terms of length and it’s just an ugly word…

By: dipnlik

dipnlik — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:58:07 +0000

I don’t think “Mentions” and “Messages” will be confusing, but maybe it’s because I’m a DT(w) user already.

I prefer the official names, but since you’re using Saved instead of Favorites, Replies shouldn’t be a big deal.

By: Nicholas Orr

Nicholas Orr — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:26:24 +0000

mentions – as it means your @name is in the tweet. Either because someone wants to get your attention or you’ve been pointed at in relation to the tweet.

By: Abraham Vegh

Abraham Vegh — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:41:38 +0000

Voted for Mentions.

By: esko

esko — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:54:19 +0000

mentions ftw!