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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"
      --
      "Be light, stinging, insolent and melancholy"
  2. Re:"Podcasting" - the new name for MP4 by Suicidal+Gir · · Score: 5, Funny

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

  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.