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Twitter was succesful in the US because cellphone messaging was expensive. Twitter did not do well initially in parts of the world with free cellphone messagin
by brador 7y ago
Twitter was succesful in the US because cellphone messaging was expensive. Twitter did not do well initially in parts of the world with free cellphone messaging (Europe). That is the problem Twitter solved.
- pxtail 7y agoRecently I read few covid-related threads on Twitter and from my perspective it is insane how utterly useless it is as informative medium, it thrives on bubbling up most controversial sensationalist messages. Reddit on the other hand does pretty good job at crowdsourcing important informations.
- skrtskrt 7y agoI haven't heard this theory before - Twitter started off with SMS, so wouldn't it increase your SMS usage? Also in my experience by the time Twitter started, lots of people - especially techie people that would have been early adopters - had unlimited texting plans. They definitely didn't have unlimited data plans by the time Twitter was web-centric.