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My synopsis on this: + Even if it generates tweets on the basis of somebody's interests, and does so in an intelligent manner, doesn't that kill the purpose of
by imwhimsical 14y ago
My synopsis on this:
+ Even if it generates tweets on the basis of somebody's interests, and does so in an intelligent manner, doesn't that kill the purpose of twitter? I, for one, don't want to read computer generated tweets even if they talk about something I like. I want to read opinions of people I follow, they're experiences, and what they like/dislike — not a random fact generated by a bot.
+ It violates Twitter's ToS. That itself makes it a short-lived venture. I mean no discouragement to the dev team, but I always emphasize on conducting thorough research before embarking on such ventures which are somewhere in the shady areas of policies and rules. Especially when your product is build over an existing product, in this case, twitter. And if twitter decides to get a mood swing, and this product is denied access to their API, I don't want to be left with 500 new followers in my list, while being followed only by my mom.
+ It makes good, and goes on to a becoming a successful product, I think — and again, going back to my first point — it reciprocates being interesting with just getting followers. It makes socialization a formality with the end-goal being to have a greater number of followers than anyone else. That is more harmful to the twitter community than those sleazy services ("GET THOUSAND FOLLOWERS REAL QUICK!!")
+ Needing a credit card for the free trial? Ain't nobody got time for that. Plus those "sleazy" services are free, while this one charges $7/month (A little too much, because this is just a gamble. You have no assurance that you will get a significant number of followers in a given time.)
+ How long before they make revenue out of tweeting ads and sponsored tweets from your account?