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Having it available as open source can prove a significant advantage - they might become the Wordpress of microblogging, so to speak. As for Twitter capturing
by nir 17y ago
Having it available as open source can prove a significant advantage - they might become the Wordpress of microblogging, so to speak.
As for Twitter capturing the microblogging market, with ~6 million users I doubt this is the case. Either what we've seen so far is the tip of the iceberg, or there is very little real demand for microblogging. Twitter seems to be very focused on a certain market and certain set of features, so there's definitely room for other players.
- dagobart 17y agoI think the laconi.ca folks could gain a significant share of the market if they indeed would make it possible for their users to have the same username for all identi.ca installations in the world, just as it is possible for wordpress users to comment on every wordpress blog using the same wordpress identity. A while back, I reasoned on Twitter vs identi.ca. -- Here's the bit on roaming micro-blogging services: http://is.gd/sJtL http://is.gd/sJtL