Twitter is Growing Like Crazy: Up 422% in 12 Months

Re:Twitter is Growing Like Crazy: Up 422% in 12 Months by callmeed on Wednesday September 17, 2008 @03:01PM (#307385)

I disagree ... once the user-base reaches a certain level, people will stay simply because everyone else is there.

Nobody moved to an ad-free social network once Facebook started placing ads.

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Re:Twitter is Growing Like Crazy: Up 422% in 12 Months by mattmaroon on Wednesday September 17, 2008 @05:19PM (#307552)

Nobody is clicking on the ads either. When Facebook finally did do something that might make money and forced people to pay attention (Beacon) it was so odious that they had to quit immediately or people would have started moving.

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Re:Twitter is Growing Like Crazy: Up 422% in 12 Months by axod on Wednesday September 17, 2008 @05:26PM (#307562)

I think placing ads in the content (Messages) crosses a line of irritation. Imagine if gmail started inserting adverts inside your emails when you view them. How quickly do you think people would stop using gmail?

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Re:Twitter is Growing Like Crazy: Up 422% in 12 Months by whatusername on Wednesday September 17, 2008 @07:37PM (#307702)

hotmail inserts adds into my messages when I send them!

Hasn't stopped people using it.

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