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That analogy doesn't hold up as well to tools. I mean we're still using E-mail right? Twitter is basically a format in its own right at this point
by rtpg 11y ago
That analogy doesn't hold up as well to tools. I mean we're still using E-mail right? Twitter is basically a format in its own right at this point
- imron 11y agoNo it's not, and unlike email, it's a proprietary system under the control of a single company.
- Axsuul 11y agoA format like Twitter requires major infrastructure to work well so being under one company makes complete and necessary sense. This doesn't detract from the fact that it's become a format that a lot of the Internet now depends on for communication and news. Simply saying "no, it's not" doesn't prove anything.
- hugh4 11y agoI don't see it so much as a tool as an experience. The twitter experience is almost always the same, which is why I got bored of it. > What my vague acquaintance had for breakfast > What my vague acquaintance had for breakfast > What my vague acquaintance thinks about politics, which I need to grit my teeth and not reply to. > Slightly amusing post from a well-known celebrity I follow, which someone will post on facebook later in the day anyway. > Slightly amusing post from a well-known celebrity I quite deliberately don't follow, but which gets retweeted into my feed anyway. > A politician I am starting to regret following wants my money. > What some well-known celebrity I don't follow had for breakfast Tools do something useful. Twitter doesn't -- at least, not for 95% of users.