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Really? It's always seemed to me that Facebook wants to own your address book and inbox, while Twitter wants to own real time news/search/intentions. But maybe

• thetrumanshow 17y ago
  In Twitter's case, realtime status, micro-blogging, and me-too viral spread were the hooks that drew in the masses. The business model looks to be about in creating link between local businesses and local customers. Pub-sub. Ex: I (business/publisher) announce a special, you (customer/follower) receive the note and respond accordingly. The problem is, I think, that Twitter has given away too much of the core value of the platform already (they had to in order to grow). I think it will be hard for them to create 'tools' to improve on this interaction and cause businesses to be willing to pay for it. I think this is why everyone is on the edge of their seats about this, because everyone thinks in the back of their minds that it can possibly happen but no one can easily connect the dots. From our perspective, if they do pull it off, it will seem somewhat miraculous.