Truth be told, I love the Twitter ecosystem almost as much as I love Twitter itself.
I love how the community has embraced Twitter, and created new and innovative services while Twitter twiddles its collective thumbs.
However, I’m concerned that the Twitter party may be coming to an abrupt end.
How come?
The biggest problem is there’s a growing lack of trust among the Twiterrati about Twitter-related services. It used to be that providing your username and password would happen would even thinking about it. That’s quickly changing due to growing concerns about phishing, spam and hack attacks.
In some respects, it’s a sign that Twitter is evolving and maturing. After all, no one pays much attention to nascent services. But when they become big enough, that’s when they become interesting to the evil people out there.
Personally, I’m backing away from any Twitter-related service that ask me to provide my username and password. The issue is I just can’t be sure how this information is going to be used – even if the service looks really cool.
It’s a crying shame because this reluctance could emasculate the Twitter ecosystem, and destroy a huge part of what has made Twitter so interesting.
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The Twitter Ecosystem is Being Neutered
Truth be told, I love the Twitter ecosystem almost as much as I love Twitter itself.
I love how the community has embraced Twitter, and created new and innovative services while Twitter twiddles its collective thumbs.
However, I’m concerned that the Twitter party may be coming to an abrupt end.
How come?
The biggest problem is there’s a growing lack of trust among the Twiterrati about Twitter-related services. It used to be that providing your username and password would happen would even thinking about it. That’s quickly changing due to growing concerns about phishing, spam and hack attacks.
In some respects, it’s a sign that Twitter is evolving and maturing. After all, no one pays much attention to nascent services. But when they become big enough, that’s when they become interesting to the evil people out there.
Personally, I’m backing away from any Twitter-related service that ask me to provide my username and password. The issue is I just can’t be sure how this information is going to be used – even if the service looks really cool.
It’s a crying shame because this reluctance could emasculate the Twitter ecosystem, and destroy a huge part of what has made Twitter so interesting.
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