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Twitter Grows Up, Adds "Promoted Tweets"
CWmike writes "Twitter is finally taking off the training wheels and moving into the world where real businesses tread with the launch on Tuesday of its first advertising model, dubbed 'Promoted Tweets.' The microblogging phenom has long avoided coming up with a business plan or even talking about one. But the time has come for Twitter to figure out how to make money over the long haul. Analyst Dan Old isn't so sure that Twitter users will welcome the change. 'There will be a vocal minority of users who will hate any advertising at all,' Olds said. '[Many] users understand that it's necessary and will accept it as long as it doesn't interfere with their usage. But if the ads look like regular tweets, that could cause some serious outrage from users who feel that Twitter is attempting to deceive them.'"
I would much rather see twitter remain ad free, and charge a fair monthly fee based on number of followers and following;
The user base would drop ridiculously fast. Imagine if other social network sites charged to be used.
"Nah man, I didn't see your party on Facebook. I forgot to pay my bill on time"
+5 insightful, it's under 140 characters.
How will I tell the "promoted Tweets" from the everyday Twitter spam?
Three Squirrels
I hope the Farmvillle admins' servers are prepared. When people can't microblag their life for free, they resort to obsessive compulsive virtual farming.
'We are trying to prove ourselves wrong as quickly as possible, because only in that way can we find progress.' RPF
"The user base would drop ridiculously fast."
Then charging a monthly fee would be an excellent idea.
"Imagine if other social network sites charged to be used."
One can dream.
It's based on people screaming in the dark hoping somebody does care about their dinner.
"Twitter: the UDP of human conversation." -me
Trolling is a art,
Time to go to my closest Starbucks for a venti non fat latte. What a great way to round out the afternoon!
They have great snacks there, too, starting at just $1.49! you should try it!
The CB App. What's your 20?
The Mormons have done pretty well.
You are welcome on my lawn.
I guess I'm missing out, having never seen the point in Twitter. But I have seen a few tweets, so I have a pretty good idea of how this might be implemented...
Johnny465: I just ate a delicious pastrami sandwich! Yum! (Brought to you by Jimmy John's)
Sally92: I'm so angry, my boyfriend forgot our date and took a nap instead! (You should try No-Doze)
Joe4ever: I'm in the bathroom right now (Sponsored by Charmin)
#DeleteChrome
Burma-Shave
While I agree with you, I think technically its 'tweeting' which sort of goes against your argument that its a mainstream verb. (Although I guess /. isn't the mainstream so misuse here is okay)
It's increasingly becoming our main economic output, that's why.
Fuck systemd. Fuck Redhat. Fuck Soylent, too. Wait, scratch the last one.
You left off a few steps...
7. ???
8. PROFIT!!!
but have you considered the following argument: shut up.
Because historically speaking, eugenics programs haven't worked out all that well.
since you ask. kthxbye.
Why do people only ever talk about the sterilization approach to eugenics? What about the "get pretty people drunk and alone in the dark" approach? That's eugenics too, but it's sexy instead of being nasty.
Won't somebody please think of the sweaty aryans?
You can't take the sky from me...
i wrote a daemonized twitterbot in Ruby a couple of weeks ago to scan posts for key words and respond to relevant ones with "that's what she said"... sort of on the same lines, I guess.
Best quote ever. Can I follow your posts?
He's really showing the phone company who's boss by wasting 3 hours in order to cost them a few millionths of a cent.