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IMO Twitter was unique before smartphones, when one could use SMS (140 characters) to post from a press event or when just witnessing an event. Then you would b
by mejutoco 4y ago
IMO Twitter was unique before smartphones, when one could use SMS (140 characters) to post from a press event or when just witnessing an event. Then you would be the first one to break the news (is this why is it popular with journalists? idk).
The term then was real-time internet or streaming internet or something like that.
Now, again IMHO, Twitter is valuable only because of popularity (network effects), and any other app could take its place, since most people have smartphones and can share a thought immediately.