Twitter (with a little help from Facebook) is bringing blogging to the mainstream by making it brain dead simple (blog writing, that is, not simply reading). A

Twitter (with a little help from Facebook) is bringing blogging to the mainstream by making it brain dead simple (blog writing, that is, not simply reading). As tragically irrational as it may be, it is undeniable that the secret of Twitter's success has something to do with its dearth of functionality compared to the myriad blogging and chat platforms that came long before it. As such, there is no reason to think that adding a ton of features will make a Twitter killer. However, once people get the hang of it, they may gradually start to demand more. Since Twitter is likely to be paralyzed by feature-phobia, there would be a tremendous opportunity for someone to ride the learning curve and provide what people want, just when they are ready for it. On the other hand, this is a market destined for commodification, especially with an API. The more Twitter becomes a defacto standard, the more the collective will of the internet will try to wrest control away from the company and like gravity, this is a force that always wins in the end.