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Twitter is chasing growth. They are not adding this feature because the current user base demands it, they're adding it because they think they can use it to br

by bishnu 11y ago

Twitter is chasing growth. They are not adding this feature because the current user base demands it, they're adding it because they think they can use it to bring more people in.

ZanyProgrammer 11y ago
Though it should keep the current user base happy.
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zobzu 11y ago
exactly :/ and its the kind of move you dont come back onto, argue upon for the next 5 to 10 years which either result in: - twitter becomes another FB/tumblr/medium/whatever. shareholders happy, money flows better, old twitter users gone. - twitter slowly dies while arguing it was a good choice and writing 10k letters of excuses Neither result interests me.
- randycupertino 11y ago
  "- twitter becomes another FB/tumblr/medium/whatever." It's it that already? How is it different/special? Seriously most of my friends on twitter just reblog the same exact stuff they post on instagram and facebook. They all seem analogous to me at this point.
  - JBReefer 11y ago
    Twitter seems angrier and more prone to witchhunts than the others. Gamergate/Justine Sacco/whatever seem like they're more likely to happen when the boundary between chatting with friends and public statements is blurry. I feel like Twitter is not going to make it because it feels very hostile to _any_ beliefs. I'd bet that it will be seen as leading to Instagram/Medium/Weibo/whatever, much the same way that the BBSs led us to HN.
randycupertino 11y ago
Agree- it seems very reactionary and defensive. Our attention is getting VERY fragmented. Personally, I feel way too spread out over too many social media venues and I don't know where to focus. I have a twitter but it's only to park my name there and in case professional people google me. I don't use it. I'm not sure what to use these days, to be honest.

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Twitter is chasing growth. They are not adding this feature because the current user base demands it, they're adding it because they think they can use it to br

by bishnu 11y ago

Twitter is chasing growth. They are not adding this feature because the current user base demands it, they're adding it because they think they can use it to bring more people in.

ZanyProgrammer 11y ago
Though it should keep the current user base happy.
deleted 11y ago
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zobzu 11y ago
exactly :/ and its the kind of move you dont come back onto, argue upon for the next 5 to 10 years which either result in: - twitter becomes another FB/tumblr/medium/whatever. shareholders happy, money flows better, old twitter users gone. - twitter slowly dies while arguing it was a good choice and writing 10k letters of excuses Neither result interests me.
- randycupertino 11y ago
  "- twitter becomes another FB/tumblr/medium/whatever." It's it that already? How is it different/special? Seriously most of my friends on twitter just reblog the same exact stuff they post on instagram and facebook. They all seem analogous to me at this point.
  - JBReefer 11y ago
    Twitter seems angrier and more prone to witchhunts than the others. Gamergate/Justine Sacco/whatever seem like they're more likely to happen when the boundary between chatting with friends and public statements is blurry. I feel like Twitter is not going to make it because it feels very hostile to _any_ beliefs. I'd bet that it will be seen as leading to Instagram/Medium/Weibo/whatever, much the same way that the BBSs led us to HN.
randycupertino 11y ago
Agree- it seems very reactionary and defensive. Our attention is getting VERY fragmented. Personally, I feel way too spread out over too many social media venues and I don't know where to focus. I have a twitter but it's only to park my name there and in case professional people google me. I don't use it. I'm not sure what to use these days, to be honest.