I'm not sure this is common knowledge but Twitter pretty much started and found popularity as an SMS networking platform for the very reason expressed by Sylvia (well, at least one of the reasons ;0).<div><br></div><div>
Worked well in the US. Unfortunately the idiotic and unintelligible world of telecommunications tariffs and interconnection agreements got in the way and the platform eventually migrated to the web - eventually shutting down/out the international SMS gateway although there are several hacks still out there and specific country support as can be found on the Twitter help pages.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 6:50 PM, Sylvia Caras <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sylvia.caras@gmail.com">sylvia.caras@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Lots of productive structural ideas. I too like projects that get<br>
themselves well-organized and create momentum.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 1:56 PM, Tracy F. Hackshaw @ Google<br>
<<a href="mailto:tracyhackshaw@gmail.com">tracyhackshaw@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> 1. Evolve the dialog away from the dated mailing/discussion list format<br>
> towards a more transparent and open Social Networking & Collaboration<br>
> platform<br>
<br>
</div>Do the social networking platforms work well on mobile phones? I<br>
think for much of civil society that needs to be included, web access<br>
is too expensive. I'm also not sure how accessible the websites are<br>
to people with reading related disabilities. It would be interesting<br>
to try out a model and get feedback.<br>
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Sylvia<br>
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