Twitter

Tekoppen

<div class="IPBDescription">Mini updates</div>I like the idé of Twitter, it kinda gives you "Mini updates" <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />

aNytiMe

I like the idea of this thread, kind of gives you mini-SPAM.

Ride

I like the idea of this answer, it kinda gives you mini-trolling.

locallyunscene

I'm going to break the cycle and say that I usually think twitter is stupid, but in this case it's actually really nice to see. We get updates on why the servers down and quick answers to some questions. That <i>is</i> pretty awesome.

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rsd

Brilliant stuff! Twitter is an awesome idea. I also think it's a waste of time generally, but this is a great use for it.

I really like the sense of progress from little updates.

Also, the alien egg cluster and selecting spawn point sounds cool!

Keep it up!

BCSeph

this better not mean you guys start slackin on REAL blog updates

aeroripper

I'd also like to mention that I like the cool little twitter updates in between the bigger ones.

haymo

I love these twitter updates!

Xerond

I know this thread is slightly dead, but rather than posting a new thread I'll just resurrect this one, and I just wanted to bring a little more attention towards the devs that I also LOVE the twitter updates. I follow them everyday.

It really helps to engage with the community, release small amounts of information and news seamlessly, and show the community progress without having to take a lot of time out of your days to formulate a news post with a bunch of information in it. I would much rather see small twitter updates all through the day, and let you guys spend more time working on the game than creating larger news updates.

I <b>HATED</b> checking the site everyday looking for a news update, and sometimes going several weeks without seeing anything. It just made someone like me feel like I can't see any progress, and therefore lessens my level of interest and/or involvement in the development.

So, this is more of a THANK YOU post, and I'm sure I'm not the only one who appreciates them/it. Keep it up.

Ride

Very true, I guess I need to get some sort of Widget ! <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin-fix.gif" />