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I think the question is a little too broad for helpful specific answers.

• dotcoma 15y ago
  How would you reformulate it? My curiosity was mostly along the lines of: how in the world is it possible that reddit is run by 4 people and Twitter has 300 employees, got 300 million in VC money and just got another 800 million? Isn't Twitter in the end "just another link sharing service"?
  • flignats 15y ago
    'just another link sharing service' You only need to look at recent events to see that Twitter goes far beyond a link sharing service. It's been the representation of freedom of speech to the childlike ranting medium of Charlie Sheen.
    • dotcoma 15y ago
      >It's been the representation of freedom of speech to the childlike ranting medium of Charlie Sheen. I'm sorry, but I think I don't understand. Could you please explain the above sentence to me? Thanks.
  • Joakal 15y ago
    Your OP question seems phrased at click-throughs whereas your current question is about technical execution. What are you really asking?
    • dotcoma 15y ago
      Ok. To me, there are no "social networks". There is the open web, where Google (not search.twitter.com) is the tool we use to find stuff, and then there's the closed web, Facebook. I am puzzled - to say the least - about Twitter. I'm trying to understand how big - and important, more than big, really - it really is vs. how over-hyped, how over-valued etc. Hope this can help you help me. Thanks :)
  • michaelpinto 15y ago
    The scale of reddit is quite tiny when put next to Twitter: http://siteanalytics.compete.com/reddit.com+twitter.com/ http://siteanalytics.compete.com/reddit.com+twitter.com/
    • dotcoma 15y ago
      well, but according to compete.com digg is still twice as large as reddit, which it clearly is not.
      • michaelpinto 15y ago
        i agree -- you need to take compete with a large grain of salt...