6 ms·
Twitter’s real time aspect is a core value proposition compared to other social media platforms. Nothing tells you what is happening right this second as well a
by pcmoney 5y ago
Twitter’s real time aspect is a core value proposition compared to other social media platforms. Nothing tells you what is happening right this second as well as Twitter. It is faster than earthquake shock waves. And people rely on that speed for multi hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue.
- taeric 5y agoThis feels heavily overstated. Especially when you consider that the vast majority of "influencers" and such actually schedule their tweets. I agree that current tweets area important, of course. But I also acknowledge that it is just as often that i will be scrolling through the "In case you missed it" section of tweets. And, I have no idea how rapidly those actually made it to my timeline.
- saagarjha 5y agoIs it? Especially when there is an xkcd about this exact phenomenon? https://xkcd.com/723/ https://xkcd.com/723/
- taeric 5y agoIs it overstated? Since my timeline constantly shifts under my scrolling, often showing me it of date crap, yes. Worse, many posts are ads or trending items that.. no, you would not know if there were seconds of lag in them getting processed. You could almost argue they the small like counts have to be strong consistency. But, I often get notification of a like well before it shows on my timeline. So it is clearly not strongly consistent.
- pcmoney 5y agoYou have to take into account that the people that Twitter makes the most money off of for real time functionality are not integrated through the web interface.
- rabuse 5y agoI'm no fan of Twitter, but I use it constantly to see the latest on happenings around the world.
- taeric 5y agoBut would you know if there were seconds of consistency catching up? How?
- pcmoney 5y agoHow would an influencer schedule breaking news and live on the ground footage of whatever thing that is happening in the world?
- pcmoney 5y agoAdditionally, Twitter is typically a poor place for influencers. Keep em on snaptokgram
- pcmoney 5y agoOh, and the companies paying hundreds of millions of dollars are not integrated through the web UI