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Re: by mvkel on Friday January 09, 2026 @12:27AM (#46550364)
I am saying for it to succeed as multi-user, it needs to be useful first for a single user.
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Re: by nprateem on Friday January 09, 2026 @02:25AM (#46550987)
Twitter was never useful for single users.
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Re: by patrik_cihal on Friday January 09, 2026 @02:04PM (#46557713)
It was. Twitter used to send SMS and therefore notify others on what you're doing even without them having anything installed.
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Re: by mvkel on Friday January 09, 2026 @02:15PM (#46557878)
Twitter started as an internal service for existing Odeo employees, so an unfair comparison if you're talking about cold, starting a social network. Twitter didn't start cold.
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