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Maybe this will get buried, but as a huge fan of Twitter and the team I can't help but think they can try making more cool stuff? This huge benevolent profitabl

Maybe this will get buried, but as a huge fan of Twitter and the team I can't help but think they can try making more cool stuff? This huge benevolent profitable business with amazing developers has a shot at making more than a web application, I suppose. Others may say it's unfair for the big guy to cannibalize business ideas though.

why-el 13y ago
I have heard they basically no longer want to be a web company but rather a service company. This means they could have lots of interesting ideas in the works.
Karunamon 13y ago
I gotta disagree with you on "benevolent". Twitter's been mistreating their developers for quite some time now. http://developingzack.blogspot.com/2012/09/wait-what-twitter-hates-outside.html http://developingzack.blogspot.com/2012/09/wait-what-twitter... http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/02/26/falcon-pro-developer-raises-app-price-to-132-13-to-discourage-downloads-petitions-twitter-to-raise-token-limit/ http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/02/26/falcon-pro-developer...
- unknownian 13y ago
  Yes, I've heard about the API issue. I don't really care anymore. It's wasting Twitter's money to give free access to every dev, and yet they do anyway. If they want to set limits that's their issue. The only real downside I see is that if someone wants to use a FOSS Twitter client it might be harder. Yes, I know Twitter grew because of these developers. But think about all the good Twitter does, sponsoring the Apache Foundation, not giving into the NSA, etc. They have much higher standards than most mainstream tech corps, imo.
  - disgruntledphd2 13y ago
    Well, I suspect that most tech companies don't really want to give in to the NSA. Twitter have been better though, I do agree. However, on the sponsorship of the Apache foundation, you may wish to peruse http://www.apache.org/foundation/thanks.html http://www.apache.org/foundation/thanks.html for the list of sponsors. You'll note that Twitter are Bronze, while Goog and FB are Platinum (along with Microsoft, oddly enough).
chii 13y ago
I dont believe a profit seeking entity can (ever) be "benevolent", in the sense that it would forgo profit in an altrustic manner to help "the world". If the profit generating actions of such company also align with the interests of society, then good. When they aren't aligned, they will chose profit over the welbeing of people, unless laws come in to "re-align" them. Perhaps when a company is private and small, they can be benevolent, but when it grows big (which is usually when they IPO), the share holder's expectation of a return (as well as various other market pressures to make profit or die) forces companies to behave in a sociopathic manner. Despite all good intentions of the CEO, employees, etc.

why-el 13y ago

I have heard they basically no longer want to be a web company but rather a service company. This means they could have lots of interesting ideas in the works.

Karunamon 13y ago

I gotta disagree with you on "benevolent". Twitter's been mistreating their developers for quite some time now. http://developingzack.blogspot.com/2012/09/wait-what-twitter-hates-outside.html http://developingzack.blogspot.com/2012/09/wait-what-twitter... http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/02/26/falcon-pro-developer-raises-app-price-to-132-13-to-discourage-downloads-petitions-twitter-to-raise-token-limit/ http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/02/26/falcon-pro-developer...

unknownian 13y ago
Yes, I've heard about the API issue. I don't really care anymore. It's wasting Twitter's money to give free access to every dev, and yet they do anyway. If they want to set limits that's their issue. The only real downside I see is that if someone wants to use a FOSS Twitter client it might be harder. Yes, I know Twitter grew because of these developers. But think about all the good Twitter does, sponsoring the Apache Foundation, not giving into the NSA, etc. They have much higher standards than most mainstream tech corps, imo.
- disgruntledphd2 13y ago
  Well, I suspect that most tech companies don't really want to give in to the NSA. Twitter have been better though, I do agree. However, on the sponsorship of the Apache foundation, you may wish to peruse http://www.apache.org/foundation/thanks.html http://www.apache.org/foundation/thanks.html for the list of sponsors. You'll note that Twitter are Bronze, while Goog and FB are Platinum (along with Microsoft, oddly enough).

chii 13y ago

I dont believe a profit seeking entity can (ever) be "benevolent", in the sense that it would forgo profit in an altrustic manner to help "the world". If the profit generating actions of such company also align with the interests of society, then good. When they aren't aligned, they will chose profit over the welbeing of people, unless laws come in to "re-align" them. Perhaps when a company is private and small, they can be benevolent, but when it grows big (which is usually when they IPO), the share holder's expectation of a return (as well as various other market pressures to make profit or die) forces companies to behave in a sociopathic manner. Despite all good intentions of the CEO, employees, etc.