Jahah: Phone Twitter Users For Free

A new service has been launched by Jajah, enabling you to phone another Twitter user for up to two minutes, free of charge.

Here’s how it works (from the Jajah website):

How to use JAJAH@Call

To make a call, simply send a tweet with “@call @twittername” where “twittername” is the username of the person you wish to call. Your phone will then ring and the call will be connected. All contact details will be kept private, so you can use JAJAH@call without giving your phone number away. For the call to be successful, both you and the person you wish to call must be JAJAH members.

It’s an interesting idea, and could be especially useful if it was natively part of the Twitter service (with appropriate privacy and opt-out options).

We see some potential barriers to adoption:

• Potential abuse of the service;
• Two minutes just isn’t enough for a phone call, even if they are calling it the verbal equivalent of a Tweet;
• You don’t actually want to phone anyone you follow on Twitter.

We all remember eBay’s failed attempt to make Skype part of their service. It turned out no-one on eBay actually wanted voice communications: part of the attraction was the relatively mechanical, web-based transaction process.

We watch with interest, and of course we will be signing up: @4tmsocialmedia.

Read more at http://www.jajah.com/products/twitter/. You will have to email them for an invite.

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