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Nobody is claiming it's a technological marvel, and I certainly didn't mention economics. I'm just saying that it's kind of strange seeing people say so-and-so
by tjogin 17y ago
Nobody is claiming it's a technological marvel, and I certainly didn't mention economics.
I'm just saying that it's kind of strange seeing people say so-and-so is doing essential-thing to successful-product completely wrong.
I mean, maybe, just maybe, part of Twitter's success is due to it being so simple. Due to the 140 character limit, due to the lack of features like image uploading, etc. Maybe, just maybe, the ecosystem that has been built around Twitter — largely due to lack of features — actually plays in their favor?
I just don't see how you can be so sure that everything they're doing is wrong, and they're successful in spite of it, rather than successful because of exactly what they are doing.
- axod 17y ago>> "maybe, just maybe, part of Twitter's success is due to it being so simple. Due to the 140 character limit, due to the lack of features like image uploading, etc." Oh I absolutely agree. But I'm not sure that's sustainable. Where do twitter go next? They've effectively said "We're all about one thing, and no extra features." How can they move forward from that? Also as I've said before, fashions change. How soon until twitter is 'so totally last decade'.
- tjogin 17y agoThey added lists not too long ago, and they added native support for retweeting while at the same time making it even simpler. Twitter aren't limited by your inability to imagine where they can go next. If anything, their limited feature set gives them more options on what to do next, rather than fewer.