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What's your point, consumer-led development doesn't code protocol stacks? True enough, but how important is that? SMS was "a feature of the environment" that Tw
by JulianMorrison 18y ago
What's your point, consumer-led development doesn't code protocol stacks? True enough, but how important is that? SMS was "a feature of the environment" that Twitter took advantage of. But without SMS it could have used email or IM or Morse telegraph or whatever was to hand. I don't think that supports your argument.
- ericwaller 18y agoIf you tried to quantify and sum each of the various innovations which enable twitter, you'd find a relatively small amount of consumer led innovation in the application layer, served by a huge amount of top-down innovation in the technology stack. And regardless of the implementation tech (IM, email, etc), I'd imagine you'd find the same thing to be the case. I don't mean to say that consumer-led innovation can never produce radically new technologies, just that the general direction of innovation is still top-down.
- netcan 18y agoTrying to quantify these things is like trying to quantify the importance of joints in mountain climbing. Knuckles, Wrists, elbows or shoulders?