So for whatever reason I’m up late and surfing some press Twing has gotten over the past few months. There’s one comment in particular that just strikes me as being right in line with our message. It’s from Craig Stoltz at Web 2.Oh…really? in his post on Twing: Searching the Deep Web. Here’s what he said towards the end of his blog post:

“But Twing has shown me this: That whole creating communities-of-shared-interests thing? That whole power-of-collective wisdom thing? That whole long tail thing? You know, that whole web 2.0 thing?

It’s been under our noses all along. We just forgot where to look”

The thing is, this is what I’m trying to get across to everyone in the media when I get a chance to discuss things with them. It’s funny to me that it was Craig as a media person who’s expressed so perfectly what I try to get across.

Forums have been for years, and remain among the best places for group communication. There’s just something fundamental about the forum / threaded discussion user experience that’s best for this kind of thing. This is probably why forums, which maybe feel a bit retro compared to the newer, sexier web tools du jour, are gaining ground. Besides ongoing use by hobbyists and various special enthusiast folks, companies are adding them both for public support and private user feedback as well as internal company discussion.

So Thanks Craig. Thanks for not just “getting it,” but expressing the value so well. We’ll try to live up to the responsibility of helping to make these venues more accessible to everyone through the Twing Community Search & Discovery Engine!

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