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I don't fully understand...why not just post your video to Youtube and then tweet the URL?

by ryanwaggoner 17y ago

garply 17y ago
Why not just post your image to Flickr?
- alex_c 17y ago
  Having never used TwitPic, I actually consider that a valid question.
  - fallentimes 17y ago
    But isn't that the case for many websites out there? Just because you wouldn't use something, doesn't mean someone else wouldn't. In this case, it's integrated, saves a step and doesn't require an additional account to be created. And a ton of people use Twitpic: http://siteanalytics.compete.com/twitpic.com/ http://siteanalytics.compete.com/twitpic.com/
    - pj 17y ago
      I'd like to see some correlations between how many users a site has and its longevity, exit, revenue, etc...
    - thwarted 17y ago
      Integration as a differentiator doesn't seem to be enough of of a drawn in this context. Friendfeed integrates with other sites that do all of this, and more, as long as they have RSS feeds, and people still use the likes of twitter. With Friendfeed you get to pick which services you want to you use to, say, manage photos, be that flickr, or picassa, or even FF itself. There must be some advantage to the marketing of these kinds of "add on services" to simple things like twitter that draw people to them; either that or twitter is so stupid simplistic (and they keep removing features) that the market is drawn to add features that the core developers have no interest in maintaining.
  - ivankirigin 17y ago
    the method of sharing is built right into TwitPic, TwitVid.io, etc. That's really important.
chris24 17y ago
I suppose the only real reason to use Twitpic or TwitVid over Flickr & YouTube would be for the Twitter-specific features. For TwitVid, I guess that's easy access to retweet, favorite, or reply to a video. For Twitpic, I suppose that would be the reply chains that appear below the pictures. I'm still surprised that's enough to make people want to use these services over the more popular/mainstream ones.
- lanaer 17y ago
  Within certain demographics, twitpic is more popular than flickr. It may not even be that hard to find people who use twitpic and don’t even know what flickr is. Another advantage: if you’re using twitter, it’s easier to get started with twitpic than with flickr, since you don’t need a new account. Obviously this does not apply if you were using flickr already.
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ajasver 17y ago
One very good reason is that it's way faster to upload to Twitvid and share stuff than Youtube. They auto-tweet it once the vid is done processing so you don't even have to wait.

I don't fully understand...why not just post your video to Youtube and then tweet the URL?

garply 17y ago

Why not just post your image to Flickr?

alex_c 17y ago
Having never used TwitPic, I actually consider that a valid question.
- fallentimes 17y ago
  But isn't that the case for many websites out there? Just because you wouldn't use something, doesn't mean someone else wouldn't. In this case, it's integrated, saves a step and doesn't require an additional account to be created. And a ton of people use Twitpic: http://siteanalytics.compete.com/twitpic.com/ http://siteanalytics.compete.com/twitpic.com/
  - pj 17y ago
    I'd like to see some correlations between how many users a site has and its longevity, exit, revenue, etc...
  - thwarted 17y ago
    Integration as a differentiator doesn't seem to be enough of of a drawn in this context. Friendfeed integrates with other sites that do all of this, and more, as long as they have RSS feeds, and people still use the likes of twitter. With Friendfeed you get to pick which services you want to you use to, say, manage photos, be that flickr, or picassa, or even FF itself. There must be some advantage to the marketing of these kinds of "add on services" to simple things like twitter that draw people to them; either that or twitter is so stupid simplistic (and they keep removing features) that the market is drawn to add features that the core developers have no interest in maintaining.
- ivankirigin 17y ago
  the method of sharing is built right into TwitPic, TwitVid.io, etc. That's really important.

chris24 17y ago

I suppose the only real reason to use Twitpic or TwitVid over Flickr & YouTube would be for the Twitter-specific features. For TwitVid, I guess that's easy access to retweet, favorite, or reply to a video. For Twitpic, I suppose that would be the reply chains that appear below the pictures. I'm still surprised that's enough to make people want to use these services over the more popular/mainstream ones.

lanaer 17y ago
Within certain demographics, twitpic is more popular than flickr. It may not even be that hard to find people who use twitpic and don’t even know what flickr is. Another advantage: if you’re using twitter, it’s easier to get started with twitpic than with flickr, since you don’t need a new account. Obviously this does not apply if you were using flickr already.

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ajasver 17y ago

One very good reason is that it's way faster to upload to Twitvid and share stuff than Youtube. They auto-tweet it once the vid is done processing so you don't even have to wait.