Comments on: Is Twitter losing it? http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/05/28/is-twitter-losing-it/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:38:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Sol Young http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/05/28/is-twitter-losing-it/#comment-340994 Sol Young Fri, 30 May 2008 03:16:52 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2448#comment-340994 The addiction argument is wrong. People <em>do</em> leave. I follow almost 6000 people. Nearly 2000 follow me. I see and feel the changes in traffic far more than users only connected to their face-to-face friends.<br><br>My experience with Twitter, especially with the volume of posts/responses lately, is that people aren't sticking around. My past experience with services that have massive outages is that no matter how popular or addictive, large numbers will stop using it when it's out. The addiction argument is wrong. People do leave. I follow almost 6000 people. Nearly 2000 follow me. I see and feel the changes in traffic far more than users only connected to their face-to-face friends.

My experience with Twitter, especially with the volume of posts/responses lately, is that people aren't sticking around. My past experience with services that have massive outages is that no matter how popular or addictive, large numbers will stop using it when it's out.

]]> By: Paul Marshall http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/05/28/is-twitter-losing-it/#comment-340993 Paul Marshall Thu, 29 May 2008 22:02:37 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2448#comment-340993 Reports say Twitter is in the final stage of closing $15M round with Spark in Boston. Details area attached in my blog. I suspect that the fix is more framework and architecture related than bodies right now. Reports say Twitter is in the final stage of closing $15M round with Spark in Boston. Details area attached in my blog. I suspect that the fix is more framework and architecture related than bodies right now.

]]> By: Maggy Young http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/05/28/is-twitter-losing-it/#comment-340992 Maggy Young Thu, 29 May 2008 21:41:13 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2448#comment-340992 Agree with Sam, FF doesn't replace Twitter's brevity which was what made Twitter different - and useful. Also that it seems to be dying, the noise is now reaching a crescendo. So why don't they do a major fix it ? Funding problems without current monetization plans ? If not, what is the reason ? Anyone got any ideas ? Agree with Sam, FF doesn't replace Twitter's brevity which was what made Twitter different - and useful. Also that it seems to be dying, the noise is now reaching a crescendo. So why don't they do a major fix it ? Funding problems without current monetization plans ? If not, what is the reason ? Anyone got any ideas ?

]]> By: mathewi http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/05/28/is-twitter-losing-it/#comment-340991 mathewi Thu, 29 May 2008 15:54:04 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2448#comment-340991 Spotted it in my FriendFeed and couldn't resist it :-) Spotted it in my FriendFeed and couldn't resist it :-)

]]> By: Hugh MacLeod http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/05/28/is-twitter-losing-it/#comment-340990 Hugh MacLeod Thu, 29 May 2008 15:32:23 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2448#comment-340990 Hey, I thought you'd stopped reading my stuff...? ;-) Hey, I thought you'd stopped reading my stuff…? ;-)

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