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As soon as your software becomes a platform your ad revenues disappear. See: Twitter.

• xiaoma 11y ago
  Twitter is a full step worse to developers than FB is. Sure it's rough for Zynga, but can you name anyone who's built a real business on top of twitter?
  • honopu 11y ago
    buffer
  • hello_newman 11y ago
    bit.ly
  • bacongobbler 11y ago
    Hootsuite
  • debacle 11y ago
    A lot of companies have, and then Twitter shut down their access. Twitter is the poster child for "Don't build software in another company's backyard."
    • hungryforcodes 11y ago
      Great example: Datasift.
  • debacle 11y ago
    A lot of companies have, and then Twitter shut down their access. Twitter is the poster child for "Don't build software in another company's backyard."
  • jonny_eh 11y ago
    Tweetbot
  • jaytaylor 11y ago
    Klout, and they were never shut out.
  • pyritschard 11y ago
    paper.li