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The article is about choosing a business idea where technical scale isn't important. Twitter would fall under a "media play" which is what the author is telling
by Trundle 10y ago
The article is about choosing a business idea where technical scale isn't important. Twitter would fall under a "media play" which is what the author is telling the reader not to do. They aren't saying "try to build twitter but skimp on the tech" they're saying "don't try to build twitter, build something where people pay you money to use it and you'll be raking in millions in profit by the time technical scaling is an issue". Terrible example imo.
- shadowmint 10y agoThe article is about choosing a business idea where technical scale isn't important. Those sorts of business ideas don't exist, unless you don't have any customers. :)
- reledi 10y agoTwitter is not exempt. They focused on the product before scale. They were regularly overloaded in the early days.