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Awesome pictures! (wish I worked there :) How does Twitter view their API? is it treated as a profit center or a cost center? It seems there are lots of compan
by AznHisoka 13y ago
Awesome pictures! (wish I worked there :)
How does Twitter view their API? is it treated as a profit center or a cost center? It seems there are lots of companies using it to build Twitter clones, and nobody is paying for it since it's free. And they've been offloading the "hose" to companies to Gnip/Datashift so they can resell the data. Is their API still a top business area for them?
- _stuart 13y agoI think Twitter is moving towards advertising with their MoPub acquisition. Twitter has your identity and users have no expectation of privacy (unlike facebook or google), so people think that they have a unique advertising advantage. I think the license restrictions on its firehose partners will become more strict as Twitter realizes it can go vertical and use the data itself to create platforms for social media analytics and advertising.