Comments on: Sorry, Twitter Ain’t That Good http://www.twitterrati.com/2008/12/08/sorry-twitter-aint-that-good/ The World of Twitter and Microblogging Mon, 04 Jul 2011 15:12:18 +0000 hourly 1 By: chris24 http://www.twitterrati.com/2008/12/08/sorry-twitter-aint-that-good/comment-page-1/#comment-204 chris24 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:13:32 +0000 http://www.twitterrati.com/2008/12/08/sorry-twitter-aint-that-good/#comment-204 According to <a href="http://funkatron.com/twitter-source-stats" rel="nofollow">some unofficial stats that are generated</a> from the public timeline, the web interface is what makes up a little less than half of all tweets posted. There's no knowing exactly how accurate this is, though, since all tweets posted using the Twitter API post 'from web' by default (unless, like most developers, they <a href="http://twitter.com/help/request_source" rel="nofollow">request a source parameter</a>). According to some unofficial stats that are generated from the public timeline, the web interface is what makes up a little less than half of all tweets posted. There's no knowing exactly how accurate this is, though, since all tweets posted using the Twitter API post 'from web' by default (unless, like most developers, they request a source parameter).

]]> By: chris24 http://www.twitterrati.com/2008/12/08/sorry-twitter-aint-that-good/comment-page-1/#comment-205 chris24 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:13:13 +0000 http://www.twitterrati.com/2008/12/08/sorry-twitter-aint-that-good/#comment-205 According to <a href="http://funkatron.com/twitter-source-stats" target="_blank">some stats that are generated from the public tim...</a>, the web interface is what makes up a little less than half of all tweets posted. There's no knowing exactly how accurate this is, though, since all tweets posted using the Twitter API post 'from web' by default (unless, like most developers, they <a href="http://twitter.com/help/request_source" target="_blank">request a source parameter</a>). According to some stats that are generated from the public tim…, the web interface is what makes up a little less than half of all tweets posted. There's no knowing exactly how accurate this is, though, since all tweets posted using the Twitter API post 'from web' by default (unless, like most developers, they request a source parameter).

]]> By: How Twitter could beat Google to the semantic web | socialmediainfluence.com http://www.twitterrati.com/2008/12/08/sorry-twitter-aint-that-good/comment-page-1/#comment-168 How Twitter could beat Google to the semantic web | socialmediainfluence.com Tue, 09 Dec 2008 12:17:06 +0000 http://www.twitterrati.com/2008/12/08/sorry-twitter-aint-that-good/#comment-168 [...] Evans at Twitterrati, the recently launched blog about micro-blogging, highlights what he sees as a huge flaw in Bilton’s theory: “While he may Tweet about where he works, what he reads, what his does for fun, what he’s [...] [...] Evans at Twitterrati, the recently launched blog about micro-blogging, highlights what he sees as a huge flaw in Bilton’s theory: “While he may Tweet about where he works, what he reads, what his does for fun, what he’s [...]

]]> By: dobesv http://www.twitterrati.com/2008/12/08/sorry-twitter-aint-that-good/comment-page-1/#comment-164 dobesv Tue, 09 Dec 2008 03:56:00 +0000 http://www.twitterrati.com/2008/12/08/sorry-twitter-aint-that-good/#comment-164 I wonder what proportion of twitter users are actually using the Twitter web site? I rarely do - I use TweetDeck. Would API client be required to display ads as well? I think it's likely Twitter will be sold to someone and become a loss leader for them, kind of like Microsoft IE used to be there to force people to use Windows, Twitter will encourage people to use some other brand. I wonder what proportion of twitter users are actually using the Twitter web site? I rarely do – I use TweetDeck. Would API client be required to display ads as well?

I think it's likely Twitter will be sold to someone and become a loss leader for them, kind of like Microsoft IE used to be there to force people to use Windows, Twitter will encourage people to use some other brand.

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