http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/05/20/twitter-and-web-globalization/ Adventures in web and mobile globalization Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:38:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/05/20/twitter-and-web-globalization/comment-page-1/#comment-32930 Gareth Morgan Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:54:54 +0000 http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=1693#comment-32930 Twitter seems to have some good policies in place re. name squatting and the like (see http://help.twitter.com/forums/26257/entries), but looks like they haven't addressed the multiple language feeds issue. I can see problems if users go with any willy-nilly syntax for naming their language offerings, rather than following the ISO 639-2 standard. But then how many people would know to name their Danish feed da_dk? And for branding or promoting that name to Danish customers, da_dk is not exactly memorable. Some education would help Twitter point its users on the right track, though whether they will follow standards is another matter (just like TLDs have been co-opted into brand and product names) Twitter seems to have some good policies in place re. name squatting and the like (see http://help.twitter.com/forums/26257/entries), but looks like they haven’t addressed the multiple language feeds issue. I can see problems if users go with any willy-nilly syntax for naming their language offerings, rather than following the ISO 639-2 standard. But then how many people would know to name their Danish feed da_dk? And for branding or promoting that name to Danish customers, da_dk is not exactly memorable. Some education would help Twitter point its users on the right track, though whether they will follow standards is another matter (just like TLDs have been co-opted into brand and product names)

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