The Leo Effect
April 7th, 2007
We’ve been getting a lot more traffic since Leo Laporte announced on his blog he’d moved to Jaiku. We’ve speeded up the site today and we’ll continue working to improve response times - but it’ll take a few days to install more servers. If the traffic keeps growing, the site may respond slower than normally until we’re upgraded. We’ll keep you up to date on how the server situation develops.
Leo Laporte Says:
Sorry Jyri - if I had known I would have warned you. And I would have waited until after Easter!
I have to say that now that I’m using Jaiku, I love it. I’m very happy about making the transition from TW*tter.
April 7th, 2007 at 10:39 pm
Dan Says:
owned.
April 7th, 2007 at 10:56 pm
BigFreaky Says:
thats why I’m here…Leo showed me the way.. Site is looking pretty nice. Unfortunately I am on vacation and the wireless provided by the motel is not so hot…
April 7th, 2007 at 10:56 pm
Mike_B Says:
I got an invite from Leo this morning (like 5:15 AM California time). I knew this was going to be bad news for this server…
April 7th, 2007 at 11:11 pm
SLam Says:
Good job, Jyri and Leo.
April 7th, 2007 at 11:14 pm
Ioannus de Verani Says:
Yeah, I first looked into Jaiku when Leo switched. I am liking it a lot and may ditch Twitter, but I am not sure yet.
April 7th, 2007 at 11:19 pm
Greg Says:
Twitter RIP
April 7th, 2007 at 11:31 pm
HeyDriver Says:
I’m sure that jaiku will catch up with the traffic…had to try to join a few times before it’d take
April 7th, 2007 at 11:36 pm
Phlegon Says:
With Leo’s endorsements via Twitter, I just signed up here to reserve my usual handle and explore a bit. The site is so much nicer, and the additional features sound so interesting, I just might switch.
April 7th, 2007 at 11:55 pm
HeavyLight Says:
It’s not just Leo who’s recommending Jaiku — Ewan at http://www.smstextnews.com/ is doing his bit!
:-)
Nice app.
Now all I need is an S60 mobile or the promised java version…
April 7th, 2007 at 11:58 pm
Cristiano Says:
Whohoo! Leo converted! I am so happy, because I was sending him emails and bookmarks since a couple of weeks and he just KEPT going on about Tw*tter.
April 8th, 2007 at 12:09 am
Ry. Says:
Would this possibly also be causing the activation process with my cell phone to take forever? I have sent a few activation codes to my phone through Jaiku, but have yet to recieve any of them. I think I started a few hours ago.
If so, it’s cool. =) Understandable entirely.
April 8th, 2007 at 12:13 am
acme Says:
guess this is as good place as any to make my first post. even if it doesn’t say anything. but i AM eating lunch now. 4-cheese pizza. and i just scratched somewhere. cleared my throat. then again. looked at my watch. isn’t this exciting! i just hope it doesn’t cause an intl sms charge, somehow. blah blah… and so on, and so it goes…
April 8th, 2007 at 12:20 am
DC Says:
This is so fascinating. Just a reminder of how quickly things change. And the power of Leo. My head is still spinning…
April 8th, 2007 at 1:11 am
Joe Philipson Says:
Leo is the leader of the TWiT army. Where he goes, I follow.
April 8th, 2007 at 6:59 am
Corvida Says:
Definitely here because of Leo’s article. With his article to give me the courage and the beauty of this website (both inside and out) I joined and I’m happy I did!
April 8th, 2007 at 7:59 am
semanticpool. current thoughts in the style of 1989. » Twitter -> Jaiku. Time to change? Says:
[…] The highly regarded Leo Laporte has switched to Jaiku — a Twitter copy-cat — and a lot of people are following him. But Jaiku looks really, really smooth to me and is definitely worth a test. :) […]
April 8th, 2007 at 4:10 pm
Mike Says:
lol … speeded … you mean sped?
April 8th, 2007 at 6:20 pm
Dan Says:
Yep. it’s the TwiT army on the digial march.
April 8th, 2007 at 6:22 pm
Lee Says:
I found this via Leo too. Looking forward to making friends and exploring Jaiku.
April 9th, 2007 at 5:33 am
Webstuff: Twitter and Jaiku : KJToo Says:
[…] I signed up for a Twitter account in late February after hearing about the service on the technology podcast This Week in Tech (coincidentally known as TWiT). A couple of days ago, Leo Laporte — the head TWiT and probably the most friended person on Twitter — announced on his blog that he was switching from Twitter to Jaiku in an effort to create distance and distinction between the TWiT podcast and the Twitter service, which are unrelated. The announcement resulted in “The Leo Effect”, a wave of new account signups at Jaiku. […]
April 9th, 2007 at 5:53 am
surfwizz Says:
@BigFreaky: Me too
April 9th, 2007 at 6:16 am
Asmo Says:
The Leo Effect is now visible in the latest Alexa data too, and quite well actually: http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?url=jaiku.com
April 10th, 2007 at 3:35 pm
Christopher Jobs Says:
Leo Rules!,i love all of your podcasts and listen to them all every night. btw jaiku is awesome (i still use TW*tter and i put my TW*tter feed in my jaiku)
April 12th, 2007 at 4:42 am
Carl Says:
Never discount the power of the twit army!
April 18th, 2007 at 10:22 pm
Elisa Says:
I have to admit, I came to sign up because Leo kept mentioning Jaiku and talked about it on Buzz Out Loud as well. So far I’m liking what I’m seeing. Keep up the great work!
May 1st, 2007 at 2:58 pm
Leighton Cooke Says:
One more Leo signed up. Me!
May 10th, 2007 at 12:47 pm
centy Says:
I am also a leo zombie, I install what he says.
I don’t mind being part of a wave of people that discover a new site by word of mouth, it’s not as if I would have ended up here accidently by jabbing random letters into the address bar.
Well I might have actually, jaiku is a strange name.
May 14th, 2007 at 5:37 pm