Twitter: To be or not to be!

Evan Schoenberg, M.D. evan at adium.im
Sat Feb 11 05:28:15 UTC 2012


On Feb 10, 2012, at 8:13 PM, Peter Hosey wrote:

> On Feb 10, 2012, at 18:10:01, Colin Barrett wrote:
>> Maybe "International" instead of "Regional"? (Less negative.)
> 
> Neither one is really accurate, since they apply equally to several of the core services (e.g., ICQ's popularity in Russia and Eastern Europe).
> 
> “Region-specific” would be better, as Gadu-Gadu is specifically for Polish users and QQ for Chinese users.

Also, 'international' is almost the opposite of true, since for anyone who actually cares about that service, it's probably national, not international ;)

'Regional' and 'region-specific' have the same connotation to me, but if 'region-specific' sounds better, that seems like a fine choice.

-Evan
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