You're not seriously comparing twitter to these things, are you? What will they do when a competitor offers to "keep your account in sync with twitter" (tweets

You're not seriously comparing twitter to these things, are you? What will they do when a competitor offers to "keep your account in sync with twitter" (tweets and followers)? Forbid it in their TOS ofcourse - and that's the beginning of the end. Also get over the "everyone is using" myth. Last time I checked the number of twitter accounts was in the ballpark of 0,1% of the internet population. Based on their publicized, inflated figures mind you - likely including all dead and double accounts.