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My guess is yes. Twitter is a new protocol, and in the past new protocols have always generated new companies. The one catch here is that this protocol is con
by pg 18y ago
My guess is yes. Twitter is a new protocol, and in the past new protocols have always generated new companies. The one catch here is that this protocol is controlled by a private company. So you'd have to worry about the possibility that if you did something successful, they'd try to take it over themselves.
I think one could probably protect oneself, though, by doing something that's enabled by Twitter, but very far removed from the kind of thing the Twitter guys understand. E.g. don't try to do search for Twitter, because Twitter will probably own that. But if you did something combining, say, Twitter and real estate, they'd probably steer clear of it.
- ntoshev 18y agosearch.twitter.com is actually provided by a company called Summize that Twitter bought: so it worked for them.
- ivankirigin 18y agoTaking over from a success would hurt the overall efforts to be a protocol, as other developers and companies wouldn't take part. Much better for everyone would be some kind of official support with a rev share.