twitter sucks; tweetdeck is better

“Twitter sucks; Tweetdeck is better”: Assessing Third-Party Clients for Users of Social Media

Dave JonesOld Dominion University

djone111@odu.edu

Use of SM

Fan Communities

Social Connection

COMMUNICATION

Activity Theory

Subject

Rules

Instruments

Object

CommunityDivision of Labor

Outcome

From Engström (1987; 2000).

Operations

ActionsActivity

Operation . Action . Activity

Motive-driven and dynamic tasks that extend beyond immediate work

Goal-oriented, specific tasks

Behaviors that combine to complete specific tasks

What are you doing?

How are you doing it?

Built-in Streams

User-createdStreams

Happenings

Enter Text

Avatar/Icon

Tweet Conventions

Can it be done better?

Visual Organization Notifications

Hashtags

Streams

Community Trends

Operations

ActionsActivity

Data . Information . Knowledge

Social ConnectionFACILITATE KNOWLEDGE

LinkingRetweeting@ repliesDirect MessagesORGANIZING INFORMATION

UI functionsDrag/DropREPRESENTING DATA

Knowledge needs connectivity/flexibility

Let user visually configure streams via drag function.

More connectivity among SM systems.

Thank you!

Dave JonesOld Dominion University

djone111@odu.edu