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Is Twitter Rendered Obsolete By Google+?

Posted by timothy on from the imitation-adoption-adaption-repeat dept.

suraj.sun writes with a ComputerWorld piece predicting the end of Twitter, at least in its current form. From the article: "It's only a matter of time before Twitter becomes a ghost town. While Google+ will soon do all the things Twitter does, Twitter can't support a long list of the things Google+ supports. Also on Google+, you can post pictures and videos directly in posts, launch immediately into a video chat, send your posts to nonmembers and even present all your posts marked 'Public' as a blog available to anyone with an Internet."

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  1. What is an Internet? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can I get "an Internet"? How do you quantify one?

    1. Re:What is an Internet? by Pseudonym+Authority · · Score: 4, Funny

      An Internet is the currency used on The Internet.

    2. Re:What is an Internet? by MattW · · Score: 4, Funny

      Back in 1995, I did dialup support. (Mercifully briefly.)

      Working for Netcom, afaik the first ISP to offer unlimited connectivity straight to the internet.

      "Hi, I just bought the Internet."

      "Hi, I just bought your Internet."

      Were the two most common lines from customers as they began to tell me their problem. (One particular brand of modem with no UART chip was the biggest pest...)

    3. Re:What is an Internet? by TubeSteak · · Score: 5, Funny

      An Internet is the currency used on The Internet.

      On the internet's black market, Lulz are widely accepted alternate currency.

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    4. Re:What is an Internet? by Bitsy+Boffin · · Score: 5, Funny

      There is only one internet, it lives atop Big Ben. Occasionally the elders will let you borrow it, if you are able to sufficiently impress them.

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      NZ Electronics Enthusiasts: Check out my Trade Me Listings
    5. Re:What is an Internet? by TheCouchPotatoFamine · · Score: 1, Funny

      There needs a capital T. It's "There" not "there".

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      CS majors know the time/space tradeoff, but they never get taught the 3rd, crucial, tradeoff of the set: comprehension!
    6. Re:What is an Internet? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Good maybe we can go a whole 10 minutes without hearing about fucking Twitter.

      No one wants to fuck a whale. Least not one that fails.

  2. RFC 1918: Address Allocation for Private Internets by tepples · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can I get "an Internet"?

    RFC 1918 explains how to set up your own internet.

  3. Re:Twitter + by Bob+Cat+-+NYMPHS · · Score: 3, Funny

    >Actually, it's really not that hard.

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    The latest Slashdot meme.
  4. Why does everyone want Twitter gone? by cervesaebraciator · · Score: 3, Funny

    For my part, I don’t see the problem with Twitter. I mean, 140 characters is more than enough to develop a fully formed and well articulated