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mollyporterI set up a Threadsy account this afternoon, based on a positive review online and a general desire I have to simplify/streamline my social media life. And... it's not bad, but it's by no means the one-stop-shop I was hoping it to be. Unless the only social media you use are twitter and Facebook, Threadsy will not organize your life.
The Positives:
+ Despite looking slightly busy at first glance, the Threadsy lay-out is simple to understand and simple to navigate. It puts everything that is actually directed AT YOU (Emails, twitter @replies, Facebook messages) in the primary left-hand column, and all streams (ie twitter feeds & facebook news feeds) in a slightly smaller column on the right.
+ This is probably Threadsy's biggest positive for me - it automatically opens thumbnail versions of pictures and video posted on Twitter - which means I don't have to open a new window to get a look! I can even play youtube videos right in the page! And if I like what I see and want to get a better look? I just click and it takes me to the original page.
+ It has me keeping up with social media I normally let fall by the wayside. I am, admittedly, not that frequent a facebook user and very rarely to I make the effort to actually head over to FB to read my newsfeed. But now that my facebook news is showing up in the same stream as my twitter news, I'm much more able to keep up with FB friends without exerting a lot of extra effort.
+ Customizable Cross-Posting. This is actually a huge positive. I manage a Facebook page and three twitter accounts, and threadsy's status updating box lets me highlight the accounts I want to post a message to, without forcing me to choose between posting to one or posting to all. Awesome.
And the Negatives:
- Where are my blogs? My googlereader? My RSS Feeds? I want my Tumblr to show up! I want new posts from the blogs I follow showing up in my feed, and I want to be able to make blog posts with the same awesome customized cross-posting method they have for twitter and facebook. Let me sync up my Dreamweaver, my Livejournal, my Tumblr, my Blogspot, my Wordpress. And let my googlereader updates show up in my inbox. Microblogging is not all-encompassing in social media, the full-length blogs are still as important as ever. Why on earth aren't they included on Threadsy?
- Why can you only sync one Facebook account? I know most people only have one, but people who like to keep their private and professional life separate, or people who are charged with managing their company's page, could do with the option to add multiple facebook accounts on Threadsy. It already allows for multiple Twitter accounts, why not facebook too?
- The loading screen. Not only does Threadsy take a few precious seconds longer than most sites to load - it also treats its users to quotations of blatant self promotion as it changes pages. I really do not need to see a new positive mention of Threadsy by some random twitter user every time I open the page. I'm already using it. If I keep using it, chances are my impression is positive. Please desist shoving other people's opinions on me.
- They have this nifty little "People" view that lets you see a profile of the person whose message you're reading. Which could very well be great, except:
(a) There's no way to sync up one individual's profiles across platforms. If my friend, who I'm friends with on facebook, follow on twitter, and from time to time email with, sends me a message on any platform, the people function only gives me her identity on one platform at a time.
(b) It also lacks the ability to be edited by the user. So if I have an email contact who is, perhaps, a client, and I want to write myself a note about that client (They work for Company X! They loved the campaign you did for that other guy! They really hate the color green! Things I might like as little reminders as I'm going to read or write an email to this person.) I can't do that. Because the "People" feature only shows me the regurgitated profile information from whichever social media platform I'm looking at. Which is kind of useless, really.
- Email Thread View should come standard. When I open an email, show a chain of other emails I have exchanged with that person. Get it done.
So that's my first impression of Threadsy. There's some good, there's some bad. In the end, I've only had an account for a few hours and it is way to soon to determine my final verdict on whether Threadsy is an aggregator that will save me time and energy, and whether I will continue to use it. I like it well enough, at least, to keep giving it a try.
The Positives:
+ Despite looking slightly busy at first glance, the Threadsy lay-out is simple to understand and simple to navigate. It puts everything that is actually directed AT YOU (Emails, twitter @replies, Facebook messages) in the primary left-hand column, and all streams (ie twitter feeds & facebook news feeds) in a slightly smaller column on the right.
+ This is probably Threadsy's biggest positive for me - it automatically opens thumbnail versions of pictures and video posted on Twitter - which means I don't have to open a new window to get a look! I can even play youtube videos right in the page! And if I like what I see and want to get a better look? I just click and it takes me to the original page.
+ It has me keeping up with social media I normally let fall by the wayside. I am, admittedly, not that frequent a facebook user and very rarely to I make the effort to actually head over to FB to read my newsfeed. But now that my facebook news is showing up in the same stream as my twitter news, I'm much more able to keep up with FB friends without exerting a lot of extra effort.
+ Customizable Cross-Posting. This is actually a huge positive. I manage a Facebook page and three twitter accounts, and threadsy's status updating box lets me highlight the accounts I want to post a message to, without forcing me to choose between posting to one or posting to all. Awesome.
And the Negatives:
- Where are my blogs? My googlereader? My RSS Feeds? I want my Tumblr to show up! I want new posts from the blogs I follow showing up in my feed, and I want to be able to make blog posts with the same awesome customized cross-posting method they have for twitter and facebook. Let me sync up my Dreamweaver, my Livejournal, my Tumblr, my Blogspot, my Wordpress. And let my googlereader updates show up in my inbox. Microblogging is not all-encompassing in social media, the full-length blogs are still as important as ever. Why on earth aren't they included on Threadsy?
- Why can you only sync one Facebook account? I know most people only have one, but people who like to keep their private and professional life separate, or people who are charged with managing their company's page, could do with the option to add multiple facebook accounts on Threadsy. It already allows for multiple Twitter accounts, why not facebook too?
- The loading screen. Not only does Threadsy take a few precious seconds longer than most sites to load - it also treats its users to quotations of blatant self promotion as it changes pages. I really do not need to see a new positive mention of Threadsy by some random twitter user every time I open the page. I'm already using it. If I keep using it, chances are my impression is positive. Please desist shoving other people's opinions on me.
- They have this nifty little "People" view that lets you see a profile of the person whose message you're reading. Which could very well be great, except:
(a) There's no way to sync up one individual's profiles across platforms. If my friend, who I'm friends with on facebook, follow on twitter, and from time to time email with, sends me a message on any platform, the people function only gives me her identity on one platform at a time.
(b) It also lacks the ability to be edited by the user. So if I have an email contact who is, perhaps, a client, and I want to write myself a note about that client (They work for Company X! They loved the campaign you did for that other guy! They really hate the color green! Things I might like as little reminders as I'm going to read or write an email to this person.) I can't do that. Because the "People" feature only shows me the regurgitated profile information from whichever social media platform I'm looking at. Which is kind of useless, really.
- Email Thread View should come standard. When I open an email, show a chain of other emails I have exchanged with that person. Get it done.
So that's my first impression of Threadsy. There's some good, there's some bad. In the end, I've only had an account for a few hours and it is way to soon to determine my final verdict on whether Threadsy is an aggregator that will save me time and energy, and whether I will continue to use it. I like it well enough, at least, to keep giving it a try.
