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After suffering with the #dickbar for a couple of days now, it's become apparent to me that Twitter refuses to acknowledge that they're a protocol, not a servic
by jsavimbi 16y ago
After suffering with the #dickbar for a couple of days now, it's become apparent to me that Twitter refuses to acknowledge that they're a protocol, not a service, and by implementing lightweight annoyances to monetize the userbase, inelegantly as DickC puts it, pushes users to find alternatives where they can still use the protocol as a communication device without the hassles of the hamfisted business approach.
Ask yourself, would ATT interrupt your calls to alert you of popular conversations from other users, even if they were sponsored? I highly doubt that.
- nickbp 16y agoAT&T might not be the best choice as an example of a non-hamfisted company.
- glenjamin 16y agoIf twitter really were just a protocol, they'd be super broke. They need money somehow, and the service is the only way they can do that. That doesn't mean I think they're doing it particularly well. On a semi-related note, I wonder how feasible it'd be for twitter to actually become an open protocol with distributed servers - something like wave was supposed to be, but leveraging the user base to make it an attractive proposition.