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Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:57:51 +0000

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By: Mike Smith

Mike Smith — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:57:03 +0000

I'm a tweetdeck user at heart and I would never switch to the mashable or techcrunch branded versions – ever. Not that I don't like those sites (I follow mashable more than techcrunch) but I just don't feel the need to have their logo and column in my tweetdeck app.

And for the “helping new twitter users” part, I have to call bullshit. I see this as a blatant advertisement for both websites and also for tweetdeck (they get the added bonus of these two gigantic websites talking about them more). I've talked to seasoned twitter users who find tweetdeck hard to understand at times and with the added stuff they've done in their new upgrade, it's even worse for them.

By: Mike Smith

Mike Smith — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:57:03 +0000

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Mashable and TechCrunch Get Their Own Twitter Apps | Blog Free Now — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:02:47 +0000

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By: Danny

Danny — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 04:23:34 +0000

Thing is, though, would any brand be crazy enough to stop using the public feed for a branded one? It'd have to have a heck of a lot of downloads to make that worthwhile, no?

By: Danny

Danny — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 04:22:17 +0000

Do you think the branded Tweetdeck is led by a dollar sponsorship then, David? Obviously nothing has been said to confirm this, but do you feel it's something that's fairly certain to be announced down the road?

By: David

David — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:50:36 +0000

Personally, I'd go back to using Twitter.com before I used a branded client. Maybe it's my turn to be the Luddite, but I remember when tech blogs were run by enthusiasts, not by businesses trying to screw out every last $$.

I've pretty much stopped reading both Techcrunch and Mashable because I don't like all the advertising. Neither of them actually have much you can't find elsewhere.

By: Scott Hale

Scott Hale — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:35:12 +0000

I think this is a fine idea for Mashable, TechCrunch, TweetDeck and users, but will I switch to it? No. If the Twitter accts for Mashable and TechCrunch stop updating links to new stories, I think this branded version would be really intelligent. If I want those stories in my Twitter feed, I would need the branded version of TweetDeck.

For now, it is an interesting idea that I'm having trouble getting excited about either way.