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I think the larger implication is not that you can't understand tweets, but that monetization may be pretty hard if majority of tweets aren't in English.
by axod 17y ago
I think the larger implication is not that you can't understand tweets, but that monetization may be pretty hard if majority of tweets aren't in English.
- lsc 17y agowhy is that? are there not good non-english ad networks? or is it just that most of the rich consumers speak English?
- tibbon 17y agoI've worked in advertising, and there are fewer great non-English ad networks out there (can deal with large volumes and also will yield high CPMs). Also the non-English portion is fragmented into dozens of different languages. It isn't impossible to do, but certainly harder to build an international ad sales team.
- rphlx 17y agoPerhaps foreign ad networks are finding native partners, instead of going after English speakers. There are >800M mandarin speakers, surely, that's enough to attract a lot of advertisers, just maybe not US ones.