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> I've been pitching this idea for years and no one's ever given a serious critique of the idea. It would dilute the Twitter brand and divide internal resource
by deltarholamda 4y ago
> I've been pitching this idea for years and no one's ever given a serious critique of the idea.
It would dilute the Twitter brand and divide internal resources. That's the main critique I can think of. Would never happen while Twitter was a publicly traded corporation. Under private ownership, it very well might happen.
I think the Fediverse idea is great, but people are dumb. @somebody is about as far as most people can handle. @somebody@domain.with.dots is confusing, and nobody will understand. Imagine having to explain bang paths to Fred in accounting so he can send an electronic mail.
Never underestimate how obtuse the average computer user is. They can be taught, but it takes many, many years before it becomes common enough that people grok it without trouble.
(I like your idea, btw.)
- riffic 4y agofair critique and absolutely reasonable considering why they've never done it. It just seems like a more ethical business model than selling ads and data licensing (https://octodon.social/@jalefkowit/108216691483123862 https://octodon.social/@jalefkowit/108216691483123862).
- dash2 4y agoIt's strange to argue that people are stupid because they don't want to deal with irrelevant technicalities. Are they also stupid because they prefer domain names to IP addresses?
- deltarholamda 4y agoFair enough, swap out "ignorant" if you want. The learning curve for Internety-thing is pretty steep, which is why people like "Find us on Facebook!" so much. But what I was doing was comparing Fedi @somebody@some.thing.com to old-school bang paths. It's unlikely to take off among the masses until significant time passes. Heck, even email addresses baffle enough people to make me doubt whether all of this Internet stuff was worth the trouble.
- riffic 4y ago> "Find us on Facebook!" ah, the modern take on "AOL Keyword:" from the late 90s.