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Will Twitter Join Podcasting on the 'Net Sidelines'?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the no-i-need-to-know-the-minutia-of-everyone's-day dept.

Ian Lamont writes "Twitter has established itself in some quarters as a must-have communications tool, and its power to connect and even incite people is hard to deny. But does Twitter have long-term, mainstream potential? Or does a poor revenue model and strong competition mean that it's destined to be a sideline Internet technology, much like podcasting has failed to live up to early hype?"

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  1. Yes! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Along with Erris, Mactrop and all his other sockpuppets.

    1. Re:Yes! by Naughty+Bob · · Score: 5, Funny
      From the summary:

      "Twitter has established itself in some quarters as a .... tool"
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  2. wtf is twitter by Hatta · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ah, social networking AND SMS. Could the fusion of two incredibly annoying technologies be any better?

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    1. Re:wtf is twitter by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      Well Twitter and the Monkeyman were hard up for cash, so they stayed up all night selling cocaine and hash.

    2. Re:wtf is twitter by Tsu-na-mi · · Score: 4, Funny

      Damn, I was going to ask the same thing. I thought Twitter was a high end stereo store... ^_-

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    3. Re:wtf is twitter by eln · · Score: 5, Funny

      Let me guess, you think the Internet is totally useless because all it's used for is porn? No, the Internet is THE GREATEST THING EVER because all it's used for is porn.
    4. Re:wtf is twitter by mysqlrocks · · Score: 2, Funny

      I honestly think a better analogy would be a chat room where you are permanently logged in.

      An even better analog is that Twitter is like a car. You're driving in a "lane" and other drivers decide to follow you - until they get mad that you're driving 50mph in the fast lane and pass you on the right while flipping you off. That's what Twitter is like, sort-of.

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  3. Re:"Podcasting" - the new name for MP4 by Suicidal+Gir · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's also what we like to call "wrong".

  4. Re:Who says podcasting is "sidelined"? by jaxle · · Score: 3, Funny

    I have definitely bought a Pabst Blue Ribbon 30 pack because of their support of NPR podcasts.

  5. Re:The point of Twitter by maxume · · Score: 2, Funny

    Unrelated?

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