Twitter: It is too late for it to become the giant people expected

Re:Twitter: It is too late for it to become the giant people... by odbol_ on Friday September 16, 2016 @07:56PM (#12518271)

Maybe it should be a public service though. Would be nice to see IPFS tackle this in a distributed, uncensorable manner, or maybe some kind of Torrent-based Twitter.

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Re:Twitter: It is too late for it to become the giant people... by wyclif on Friday September 16, 2016 @11:34PM (#12518995)

My theory is just that: it should have been a public service. But no, we can't do that! Everything has to be "monetized" in startup land, meaning it must have an unstoppable growth curve. Nobody wants a nice service that is functional and deeply imbedded in cultural discourse, like a version of IRC that your Mom knows about.

There are lots of companies like Twitter, in the sense that they are probably not going to be the next Facebook. But Twitter is also unique, and IMO, more socially weighty than Facebook.

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Re:Twitter: It is too late for it to become the giant people... by Tiksi on Friday September 16, 2016 @09:55PM (#12518714)

So usenet with a 140 char limit?

Edit: misread IPFS as ISPs, ignore me.

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