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> on something truly innovative. like twitter? apparently elon's master plan is 2000s-era blogspot citizen journalism?

by madeofpalk 4y ago

unity1001 4y ago
> 2000s-era blogspot citizen journalism What's wrong with 2000s-era blogspot citizen journalism.
- madeofpalk 4y ago
  Absolutely nothing! Early blogging was great! But doing what happened 20 years ago is hardly "truly innovative"
  - greenhearth 4y ago
    This is Elon Musk MO. He invents nothing, just repackages and markets - the electric car (the very first kind of car invented over a hundred years ago) and going to space in a rocket? These are his big things and people eat it up. Why?
- chrstphrknwtn 4y ago
  Nothing, but it seems unlikely to make money.
- anigbrowl 4y ago
  98% of it was/is just opinion articles. There's very little research or real information gathering involved.
SkyMarshal 4y ago
No, it's "X", the all-in-one-app he wanted to do back in the 2000s, and which WeChat is now. That's not a terrible idea if he can pull it off and make it profitable even despite the massive debt he loaded Twitter with to purchase it.
- anigbrowl 4y ago
  See also: Compuserve, AOL, Facebook WeChat succeeds because it caters to a less mature market with a simple integrated product. American network service users have demonstrated repeatedly that they are OK with bundling products but less enthusiastic about bundled services.
  - kravens_last 4y ago
    WeChat succeeds because it's a state sponsored monopoly. It would not have existed in a free and mature market in any western capitalist style economy.
    - anigbrowl 4y ago
      I just gave 3 examples of products that succeeded brilliantly in a less mature market in western capitalist economies. WeChat might be an anachronism in 15 years just as AOL is today, although it continues to exist as a brand. Incidentally I just glanced at the AOL website to remind myself how it's doing, and their ad banner offers a service to reduce the amount of paper junk mail you receive by signing up for AOL's managed unsubscription service. Less Information Age and more Irony Age.

> on something truly innovative. like twitter? apparently elon's master plan is 2000s-era blogspot citizen journalism?

unity1001 4y ago

> 2000s-era blogspot citizen journalism What's wrong with 2000s-era blogspot citizen journalism.

madeofpalk 4y ago
Absolutely nothing! Early blogging was great! But doing what happened 20 years ago is hardly "truly innovative"
- greenhearth 4y ago
  This is Elon Musk MO. He invents nothing, just repackages and markets - the electric car (the very first kind of car invented over a hundred years ago) and going to space in a rocket? These are his big things and people eat it up. Why?
chrstphrknwtn 4y ago
Nothing, but it seems unlikely to make money.
anigbrowl 4y ago
98% of it was/is just opinion articles. There's very little research or real information gathering involved.

SkyMarshal 4y ago

No, it's "X", the all-in-one-app he wanted to do back in the 2000s, and which WeChat is now. That's not a terrible idea if he can pull it off and make it profitable even despite the massive debt he loaded Twitter with to purchase it.

anigbrowl 4y ago
See also: Compuserve, AOL, Facebook WeChat succeeds because it caters to a less mature market with a simple integrated product. American network service users have demonstrated repeatedly that they are OK with bundling products but less enthusiastic about bundled services.
- kravens_last 4y ago
  WeChat succeeds because it's a state sponsored monopoly. It would not have existed in a free and mature market in any western capitalist style economy.
  - anigbrowl 4y ago
    I just gave 3 examples of products that succeeded brilliantly in a less mature market in western capitalist economies. WeChat might be an anachronism in 15 years just as AOL is today, although it continues to exist as a brand. Incidentally I just glanced at the AOL website to remind myself how it's doing, and their ad banner offers a service to reduce the amount of paper junk mail you receive by signing up for AOL's managed unsubscription service. Less Information Age and more Irony Age.