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Operator: "911, what is your emergency?" Caller: "Yes, Twitter is down, and I don't know what to do."

• icey 18y ago
  I'm honestly kind of amazed that another startup hasn't emerged to eat Twitter's lunch. I guess they must have an amazing marketing department, because they are down as much as they are up, and I bet just about nobody can name a competitor.
  • fourlittlebees 18y ago
    I know of at least one coming with another rumored to be in development. Without the cutesy factor of Plurk.
  • kschrader 18y ago
    High switching costs + nothing compelling enough to move to a competitor for.
  • erickhill 18y ago
    Plurk (www.plurk.com) funky UI, so a slightly higher learning curve, but pretty interesting.
    • derefr 18y ago
      I'm currently only using Twitter as a sideblog, and Plurk's version seems quite obtrusive. I don't understand sites' obsessions with branding their widgets.