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A twitter replacement could gain traction if they practically duplicated twitter's api so they could try and convince 3rd party devs(the people who made twitter
by SmileyKeith 14y ago
A twitter replacement could gain traction if they practically duplicated twitter's api so they could try and convince 3rd party devs(the people who made twitter) to support this new service in their apps. But really, twitter has to make money. This is no different from any other service. Even if all the 'nerds' leave twitter they will still have millions of users and will continue to be a huge service for 'normal' people. Just like Facebook.
- shuzchen 14y agoProbably not. Identi.ca has had a twitter compatible api since as far as I remember (and I was an early user there), and while a fair number of twitter clients made the small tweak to enable support for identi.ca, a larger number of twitter clients did not.
- SmileyKeith 14y agoRight but up to this point the "power users" who use Twitter on a daily basis haven't thought twice about possibly being forced off the platform.
- mtgx 14y agoDevelopers would also have to make clients that work with both, so the users get used to using that alternative in the same client. Plus the client maker would have more leverage over Twitter, especially if it's a big one.
- SmileyKeith 14y agoWell I was thinking more towards the possibility of them entirely discontinuing third party apps.