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Re:Twitter Names Jack Dorsey Chief Executive by killwhitey on Monday October 05, 2015 @01:13PM (#10333221)
Then his job is find something else for Twitter to make. Facebook has launched a lot of experimental apps like Paper, Rooms, Slingshot, Messenger. And they bought Instagram which is very successful. Under Costolo Twitter bought vine and periscope, but they haven't tried to experiment with new app ideas internally.
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Re:Twitter Names Jack Dorsey Chief Executive by hockley on Monday October 05, 2015 @02:48PM (#10333913)
If they went back to their roots as a messaging API for other apps, they would not have to build new apps. Become the messaging backbone for the Internet. That's plenty of scale to go after.
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Re:Twitter Names Jack Dorsey Chief Executive by untog on Monday October 05, 2015 @05:58PM (#10335302)
> Become the messaging backbone for the Internet. That's plenty of scale to go after.

Where's the money in that, though?

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Re:Twitter Names Jack Dorsey Chief Executive by sjg007 on Monday October 05, 2015 @08:01PM (#10335881)
In the data. Advertising, etc..
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Re:Twitter Names Jack Dorsey Chief Executive by scrollaway on Monday October 05, 2015 @07:10PM (#10335654)
I hope they don't. The last thing we need is a proprietary solution for "the messaging backbone for the internet". =/
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Re:Twitter Names Jack Dorsey Chief Executive by nailer on Monday October 05, 2015 @03:43PM (#10334315)
Pretty sure that's the basis of removing the 140 char limit for DMs. Some people are way more likely to use Twitter than an 'SMS' type messenger that wants phone numbers that they don't know.
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Re:Twitter Names Jack Dorsey Chief Executive by hkmurakami on Monday October 05, 2015 @05:01PM (#10334909)
Precisely the reason why LINE is so popular in Asia particularly between people who just met.
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Re:Twitter Names Jack Dorsey Chief Executive by SandB0x on Monday October 05, 2015 @01:48PM (#10333466)
Don't forget WhatsApp!
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Re:Twitter Names Jack Dorsey Chief Executive by ethanbond on Monday October 05, 2015 @01:46PM (#10333449)
In what world is Paper, Rooms, or Slingshot even remotely successful?

And obviously the messaging service attached to an already massive social network would be compelling, that's not really an "experimental app" by any definition.

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Re:Twitter Names Jack Dorsey Chief Executive by giarc on Monday October 05, 2015 @01:57PM (#10333529)
I don't think the commenter implied, or meant to imply they were successful.
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Re:Twitter Names Jack Dorsey Chief Executive by ethanbond on Thursday October 08, 2015 @01:59PM (#10354617)
Ah, my loose reading. I read it as "he must find something Twitter can be successful with, as Facebook... etc"

I see now that I was wrong there!

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Re:Twitter Names Jack Dorsey Chief Executive by rufb on Monday October 05, 2015 @03:14PM (#10334089)
In that case, we'll give you: News Feed, Pages, Groups, Messenger, Events, the Platform, and Connect, which have all been pivotal to Facebook's success (I guess more than one of these has been the first time email was dethroned as unquestionable medium for doing some thing or another).
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