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In my opinion what Meerkat did wrong was not making relationship with Twitter. The reason why they got blocked are simple: - v1 of Meerkat was posting on user'
by knowbody 12y ago
In my opinion what Meerkat did wrong was not making relationship with Twitter. The reason why they got blocked are simple:
- v1 of Meerkat was posting on user's behalf without permission, auto-follow @Meerkat on sign-up, sending Twitter notifications without permission.
- user's social graph cannot be ported to the 3rd party apps
- recreating commenting network using Twitter's API
This is why I am not surprised Twitter blocked them. They say: "you don't shit, where you eat".
- smackfu 12y agoIf Twitter already bought a competitor, why would they make a relationship with Meerkat?
- minimaxir 12y agoTwitter bought Periscope after Meerkat got press, although it may not have been a cause-and-effect relationship. (M&As take time.) EDIT: See joeblau's comment below.
- joeblau 12y agoI think Twitter bought Periscope (In January Sometime) before Meerkat launched (Early March), but Twitter didn't disclose the acquisition until after Meerkat launched (Mid March). http://venturebeat.com/2015/03/09/twitter-reportedly-buys-streaming-video-app-periscope/ http://venturebeat.com/2015/03/09/twitter-reportedly-buys-st...
- mbesto 12y agoMeerkat is doing just alright the $21M in their bank (despite being blocked).
- knowbody 12y agoI'm happy for them. Don't get me wrong, I love meerkat, it's a great app. Periscope looks like a one night hack for me. My point is that their entire app relies entirely on Twitter.
- testingonprod 12y agoTo me, Meerkat is the one that looks like a one night hack...
- Y_Not 12y agoSounds a lot like this blog post: www.twizoo.com/meerkat Also picked up by Business Insider: http://uk.businessinsider.com/the-meerkat-saga-shows-the-danger-of-bas-2015-3 http://uk.businessinsider.com/the-meerkat-saga-shows-the-dan... But yes, agreed. Don't shit where you eat.