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Wow! I was wondering what would happen to Brizzly after Twitter's new web interface. Brizzly has nice interface for in-stream media and so. I thought their key
by adityakothadiya 16y ago
Wow! I was wondering what would happen to Brizzly after Twitter's new web interface. Brizzly has nice interface for in-stream media and so. I thought their key point was user interface. And I was thinking what would a startup (client) do, whose core selling point is better UI, in case when a platform itself comes up with a better UI.
I wonder how these acquisitions happen? Probably Brizzly knew they will die soon? So they wanted to sell it off? And they have some connections with AOL somehow, and get the word out that they are on sale? Any ideas?
- unohoo 16y agoSuch acquisitions often happen for talent more than the actual product -- similar to several of the recent acquisitions by FB / Goog. Also, several of Brizzly core team members are xooglers as is Tim Armstrong (AOL CEO)
- izendejas 16y agoI use Brizzly on a daily basis, but I might switch to the "new" Twitter. And I too wonder if they'll die off. What I love that the new Twitter UI has: * infinite scroll * in-line media (embedded videos/images) Why I might not make the switch yet: * their mute feature (useful when following someone who's tweeting way too much irrelevant stuff) * they crowd-source explanation of trending topics (offers a quick way to find out what's going on w/o doing a search)
- benatkin 16y agoTwitter's implementation of inline media is superior IMO. With Brizzly, images are shown automatically. With #newtwitter, you have to click a tweet to see the image, but it loads up very quickly. I'd rather not be shown every image someone tweets.
- praxxis 16y ago#newtwitter has a "hidden" way of muting people actually: http://praxx.is/post/1207623920/muting-users-in-newtwitter http://praxx.is/post/1207623920/muting-users-in-newtwitter
- izendejas 16y agothanks, good to know. i'm def. switching then... when i get it.