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The other takeaway for me is that it was an insanely risky bet. Twitter could easily have built the functionality to share pictures into twitter (Like facebook
by axod 17y ago
The other takeaway for me is that it was an insanely risky bet.
Twitter could easily have built the functionality to share pictures into twitter (Like facebook did). Heck - then they might have a reasonable revenue stream.
If Twitter had done that, twitpic would have been stomped on.
- emmett 17y agoA very risky bet, with high payoff and low risk. AKA, a good bet. Chance of Success * Reward - Cost. Just because the chance of success is low doesn't mean it's a bad idea.
- aaronblohowiak 17y agoVery risky, yes. But it is chicken risk, not pig risk.
- abstractbill 17y agoRight, but if the entire site really was about a week's worth of work (or anything like that order of magnitude) then I wouldn't say this was insanely risky, I'd say "why the hell would I not try this?" ;)
- gridspy 17y agoOf course he was solving his own problem in the process - so worst case scenario : An educational programming experience that leads to a useful personal tool.
- wisty 17y agoI wish I could vote twice, just occasionally.
- axod 17y agoI'm guessing he didn't just write it then sit back and let it run. Things tend to need tweaking/maintainence/upgrading, especially if you're scaling to the numbers he has... But I agree, why not try stuff like this... Might just work.
- Andys 17y agoThat to me is the real message from this: That twitter failed to implement and integrate this feature into their own service, and are missing out on a pretty decent revenue stream.
- FreeRadical 17y agoBut the revenue stream is advertising which they could turn on any time