> ## Content Index
> Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.chrismessina.me/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further.

# Overhearing
- URL: https://www.chrismessina.me/blog/overhearing/
- Published: 2007-01-12T00:01:38.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-25T03:42:29.000Z
- Author: Chris Messina
- Tags: overhearing, twitter

A curious point was made at today's Mash Pit... in Twitter you can "overhear" partial conversations -- and follow them up in the context of the original speakers to get the whole conversation... It's simply an interesting notion in the context of "listening" in an online, distributed context.