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It sounds like you have valid reasons for your rule-breaking, and that's a-okay by me. If we all followed the rules all the time, there wouldn't be any progres

by bmelton 14y ago

It sounds like you have valid reasons for your rule-breaking, and that's a-okay by me. If we all followed the rules all the time, there wouldn't be any progress. It also sounds like you're deeply passionate about what you're doing, which is great. My only caveat to that is that it's hard to have both success at a grand scale and a dedicated group of users at the same time. If you're not looking to be successful, or aren't looking to strike it big (ala Facebook or Twitter), there is of course nothing wrong with that, but for the type of service you're operating, you'll have a harder time tracking statistical trends with a smaller audience I'd suspect, which could make the service overall less effective.

bcambel 14y ago
As you might know, without committed users Twitter would not have # tag and @ sign. They have talked with their users at one point. They don't have an option. You have to. What their advantage right now, Facebook already have 3200+ employees which also means users that they can get feedback. Twitter has the same nature. But believe me, they are talking a lot with their customers(advertisers), not with you or me, coz we are a small fish in the ocean. Our lives are not dependent on FB or TW, if we find a better app, we will sell them in a second. That's also why I believe 37signals, Evernote, Dropbox are much more valuable brands than Facebook & Twitter. They might not have 100s million of users, but if you can't monetize, it does not matter We will be going Freemium, but in a way that Evernote does. Not in FB or TW modal.