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Re:Twitter Could Have Become a Protocol by phmagic on Sunday November 06, 2016 @11:03PM (#12888724)
I think you are right but there's a time and place for it. I don't think it can save Twitter at this point but could have created a healthy ecosystem if timed well.

But it's very hard to time this well. Even Facebook and their apps ecosystem didn't create enough of a moat.

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Re:Twitter Could Have Become a Protocol by enraged_camel on Monday November 07, 2016 @03:56AM (#12889720)
Well, Facebook's "app ecosystem" was dominated by Zynga. For a long time, Farmville was the top app and it was the only app that Facebook's highest engagement users interacted with. As such, when Zynga went downhill, it took the entire ecosystem with it.
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