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Yes. I try to anyway, but... well, same thing. No one seems to be using it. (gnorb.jaiku.com)

I subscribed because Gnorb threatened me into it.

I find it confusing. I like it, but it doesn't do much for me. I still prefer the atmosphere and quick-wittedness of Twitter.

Scoble seems to know more. Or at least pretends to. He's all over it.

I hate this news breaking on the day of the Ali2 launch, though.

I may start using it out of convenience since I'm usually logged into Google's other services.

What's the over-under for when Yahoo makes a bid for Twitter?

I subscribed because Gnorb threatened me into it.

You know, my inviting myself over for dinner wasn't a threat. It was a promise.

I don't use Jaiku but heard of the news. Meh. Not saying there must be promise (or otherwise given the Dodgeball news) since Google bought it but...

*goes back to Twittering*

I'm surprised Google purchased Jaiku over Twitter. Sure, Jaiku has more features than Twitter, but Twitter has a larger user base. A user base is more important than features, because Google could have improved Twitter's feature set down the road.

Perhaps Biz Stone, a large player in Twitter and former employee of Google's Blogger, had something to do with it. Maybe Twitter turned down Google's offer or Google didn't even bother trying to purchase Twitter.

I'd be willing to bet Google would have preferred Twitter.

So, my question is: May I have an invite? (devin at devin reams dot com) ;)

You're invited. I guess. (Do you need an invite for Jaiku or something? Is there such a thing?)

Yes, I believe I'd like one too. :)

esthert at gmail.

Didn't realise Jaiku was still invite only.

Anyway, I don't use it, and probably never will. But I did just invite estarla and Devin. And I have 8 invites left if they're needed.

With regard to the actual note: I doubt I'll ever use Jaiku. It just can't compete with the simplicity of Twitter. Then again, knowing Google, they might do something awesome with it. But unless they actually remove features -- unlikely -- I'll probably stick to Twitter.

Thanks, Rich. I just like poking around... but only when the bandwagon comes into town. ;)

Thanks, Rich. :)
Jaiku's just been added to the tally of accounts that I more than likely won't use, but just the option of it being available makes me happy. Like Devin.

I had no idea what jaiku was. I got an invite and deleted it along with all those other random invites everyone gets. If I had known it was a Google thing I might have used it. I use Goggle more than I use Yahoo.
I have never gotten the hang of Twitter it all seems like sanctioned stalking to me still.

Actually I would bet that Google didn't prefer to have Twitter at all. Jaiku seems to have a different motivation and understanding of what their technology is for while Twitter just seems to be around trying to not to have their servers catch on fire. I would think that Google like the Jaiku team over Twitter's, especially after already having dealt with Ev from the purchase of Blogger.

I second what Scrivs said, but would add that usage base probably isn't a big concern for Google. Rebrand Jaiku with the Google name and you'd suddenly double the user base. OK, maybe it's not that magical, but I'm guessing Googles counting on some variant of that.

The purchase of Jaiku had nothing to do with Twitter and everything to do with getting at Facebook. You're forgetting they own Orkut...and don't they have something coming out soon? And one of the goals is to use Jaiku to interact with Facebook users...

and pull them into Orkut...

Which just happens to be owned by Google...

and how many of them are plugged into Google stuff already?

If they integrate this right, they could take on Facebook and MySpace easily - because they have all the pieces the other two don't. Not even a fair fight really...particularly since the people using Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, etc. most likely use Google in some way or another.

Of course social stuff is not Google's strong suit so it is possible they'll mess this up but they have all the pieces to kick some serious ass.

Now comes the waiting game to see how quickly Google chokes the life out of Jaiku like they choked the life out of Dodgeball, another acquisition they made awhile back.

I've never used it because it'll be too much of a hassle to microblog twice. If someone wants to shoot me an invite, I'm willing to try.

I'm eager to see the results if Google is trying to get at Myspace and Facebook. I doubt I'd get into Orkut just because I and a lot of people I know are "social networked-out." Sure I'll sign up for something if I get an invite just to see what the fuss is about or to be on the cutting edge but more often than not it gets left out because I've already settled into a groove with other services.

Virb, for example, is so much more tasteful-looking and functional than Myspace. but it gets no love, since I've had my Myspace account for almost four years.

Google may just be a day late on this one.

I really don't think this has anything to do with Orkut.

I think it has everything to do with a cheap(ish) and easy way to get a great team onboard with their company...