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Interesting how the author completely dodged around twitters lack of revenue problem. As of right now, twitter is having no trouble keeping afloat and will pos

Interesting how the author completely dodged around twitters lack of revenue problem. As of right now, twitter is having no trouble keeping afloat and will possibly have a revenue model in a couple years. When twitter makes money it won't "die" for quite some time, if twitter fails to make money, it will carry along like it always has, propelled by its first mover status and the hype it's created throughout all the years. I say this while setting the "its like high school" and "everyone just collects followers" arguments aside. Those seem to be hyperbole reasons to justify an argument that has no tangible bearing on twitters actual situation and status as a company and as a service.

iamdave 18y ago
Or - this is just a thought here - he just doesn't care? Is he responsible for ensuring Twitter has a financial future? No. Are you? No. He's more interested in the social interaction aspect of the site, if he wanted to talk about revenue I'm sure he would have.
- brandonkm 18y ago
  I doubt it, given how weak his argument that twitter is going to die based on perceived reasons like "its like high school" and "people just collect followers" make me wonder if this guy really knows what he's talking about or is he just going for a shock title. I just think if we're writing articles called "twitter is going to die" and giving reasons to support that based on the social interaction aspects of the site (like you stated), then better reasons should be stated. Contrary to his argument, i'm sure twitter is not like "high school" to millions of users, and people are not just "making" or "collecting" friends but rather tapping into their interests and networks to stay updated on things in real time. I've seen similar arguments made for myspace, but twitter is a fundamentally different type of social site, so the "collecting followers" argument dosn't hold up as well here.
  - karjaluoto 18y ago
    I rarely know what I'm talking about. Thanks for the insights. ;-)
- karjaluoto 18y ago
  I couldn't have said it better myself. Twitter's issues surrounding its revenue model are a discussion that I didn't want to touch at this time. (It's a long enough post as is.)

iamdave 18y ago

Or - this is just a thought here - he just doesn't care? Is he responsible for ensuring Twitter has a financial future? No. Are you? No. He's more interested in the social interaction aspect of the site, if he wanted to talk about revenue I'm sure he would have.

brandonkm 18y ago
I doubt it, given how weak his argument that twitter is going to die based on perceived reasons like "its like high school" and "people just collect followers" make me wonder if this guy really knows what he's talking about or is he just going for a shock title. I just think if we're writing articles called "twitter is going to die" and giving reasons to support that based on the social interaction aspects of the site (like you stated), then better reasons should be stated. Contrary to his argument, i'm sure twitter is not like "high school" to millions of users, and people are not just "making" or "collecting" friends but rather tapping into their interests and networks to stay updated on things in real time. I've seen similar arguments made for myspace, but twitter is a fundamentally different type of social site, so the "collecting followers" argument dosn't hold up as well here.
- karjaluoto 18y ago
  I rarely know what I'm talking about. Thanks for the insights. ;-)
karjaluoto 18y ago
I couldn't have said it better myself. Twitter's issues surrounding its revenue model are a discussion that I didn't want to touch at this time. (It's a long enough post as is.)