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Twitter has now realized it's a platform company. Wow. Dick C - here's what Twitter should do: - give users the choice to use any number of third-party inter
by adrianwaj 16y ago
Twitter has now realized it's a platform company. Wow.
Dick C - here's what Twitter should do:
- give users the choice to use any number of third-party interfaces, but implemented into the main site.
- give users the choice to install add-ons into any or all of these interfaces on the main site: like with the Facebook.
- have a pool of funds allocated to be distributed to developers based on the popularity of their apps and interfaces.
- If Twitter doesn't do this, a third party could come and create a platform on a platform. If they're too successful they'll either be acquired, copied or choked by Twitter. For the latter two, they can split entirely with Twitter and compete in this micro-messaging space, and aim to make it useful for inter-machine messaging too.
- yu549 16y agoNot really. Aside from a few simple applications (e.g. photos like TwitPic, etc.), the normal user doesn't really use any other third-party app. Have you seen oneforty? It's dying.
- adrianwaj 16y agoNo one has time for it. Why not take something like oneforty and embed it into twitter.com, and make the apps more like plugins. I'd straight away install anti-spam. They could even model this system after a combination of wordpress.com and its large userbase with customization options, and wordpress.org self-installations, with a new nicely integrated plugin directory and manager. I'd go far as to say, if I could start a startup tomorrow with many resources at my fingertips, I'd compete with Twitter in this way. (well I'd hold onto Twitter at first, but then let go once I have enough momentum. I'd also try and ride FB.) It's a no-brainer (at least to me). If they want to make Twitter ubiquitous (as was envisioned by Ev or Biz), it will need to improve in many areas, one even being a possible network layer.