Comments on: Twitter revisited http://www.techiteasy.org/2008/01/19/twitter-revisited/ A Technology and Business Weblog provided to You by a Global Group of Friends. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:29:11 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: bwl zwei null » Technorati auf neuen Wegen http://www.techiteasy.org/2008/01/19/twitter-revisited/#comment-3645 bwl zwei null » Technorati auf neuen Wegen Mon, 03 Mar 2008 06:01:28 +0000 http://techiteasy.org/2008/01/19/twitter-revisited/#comment-3645 [...] anspreche, ich nur ungläubiges Staunen oder Desinteresse ernte. Im Januar schrieb ich über Twitter (in englischer Sprache auf Tech IT Easy) und dessen fehlendes Geschäftsmodell. Wie die Kommentare [...] [...] anspreche, ich nur ungläubiges Staunen oder Desinteresse ernte. Im Januar schrieb ich über Twitter (in englischer Sprache auf Tech IT Easy) und dessen fehlendes Geschäftsmodell. Wie die Kommentare [...]

]]> By: Matthias http://www.techiteasy.org/2008/01/19/twitter-revisited/#comment-3646 Matthias Thu, 24 Jan 2008 23:22:03 +0000 http://techiteasy.org/2008/01/19/twitter-revisited/#comment-3646 As I got to know today Twitter already is a sort of a data mining service. If you want to follow a certain term on Twitter, you can subscribe to a service, that will get you informed whenever that term is used on twittersphere. As I got to know today Twitter already is a sort of a data mining service. If you want to follow a certain term on Twitter, you can subscribe to a service, that will get you informed whenever that term is used on twittersphere.

]]> By: Vincent van Wylick http://www.techiteasy.org/2008/01/19/twitter-revisited/#comment-3643 Vincent van Wylick Sun, 20 Jan 2008 09:26:22 +0000 http://techiteasy.org/2008/01/19/twitter-revisited/#comment-3643 And from a privacy / ethics standpoint, I'm sure there are some serious objections to be made about making Twitter essentially a data-mining-service. Just think about what happened to Facebook's Beacon-project. And from a privacy / ethics standpoint, I’m sure there are some serious objections to be made about making Twitter essentially a data-mining-service. Just think about what happened to Facebook’s Beacon-project.

]]> By: Vincent van Wylick http://www.techiteasy.org/2008/01/19/twitter-revisited/#comment-3642 Vincent van Wylick Sun, 20 Jan 2008 09:02:41 +0000 http://techiteasy.org/2008/01/19/twitter-revisited/#comment-3642 I don't know. Maybe it's to do with that fairly little is written about semantic software on Tech IT Easy :-) And because, perhaps, semantics work just as well for the whole internet/blogosphere, instead of just restricting itself to one micro-blogging service where content is fairly limited. I don’t know. Maybe it’s to do with that fairly little is written about semantic software on Tech IT Easy :-)

And because, perhaps, semantics work just as well for the whole internet/blogosphere, instead of just restricting itself to one micro-blogging service where content is fairly limited.

]]> By: Matthias Schwenk http://www.techiteasy.org/2008/01/19/twitter-revisited/#comment-3641 Matthias Schwenk Sat, 19 Jan 2008 19:02:17 +0000 http://techiteasy.org/2008/01/19/twitter-revisited/#comment-3641 ok, ok. I only wonder why no one of you is excited about my semantic software idea! In Germany you can find today at least 15 to 20 startups and some established software companies that work on the field of semantic software. It's a big issue here! ok, ok. I only wonder why no one of you is excited about my semantic software idea!

In Germany you can find today at least 15 to 20 startups and some established software companies that work on the field of semantic software. It’s a big issue here!

]]> By: Vincent van Wylick http://www.techiteasy.org/2008/01/19/twitter-revisited/#comment-3639 Vincent van Wylick Sat, 19 Jan 2008 18:53:30 +0000 http://techiteasy.org/2008/01/19/twitter-revisited/#comment-3639 Now that would annoy me. If you want a taste of the experience, try Twitterific for the mac. It employs that particular business-model (ad-insertion). It really disrupts the experience. No, I'm talking about a 1 per day sponsor, preferably when you start up the service. Now that would annoy me. If you want a taste of the experience, try Twitterific for the mac. It employs that particular business-model (ad-insertion). It really disrupts the experience. No, I’m talking about a 1 per day sponsor, preferably when you start up the service.

]]> By: Matthias Schwenk http://www.techiteasy.org/2008/01/19/twitter-revisited/#comment-3636 Matthias Schwenk Sat, 19 Jan 2008 17:02:44 +0000 http://techiteasy.org/2008/01/19/twitter-revisited/#comment-3636 Yes, Vincent! And at lunchtime the message would be: "Hi Vincent, don't forget your lunch break - McBurger is just round the corner." Wouldn't that be nice? Never starving again? ;-) Yes, Vincent! And at lunchtime the message would be: “Hi Vincent, don’t forget your lunch break – McBurger is just round the corner.”

Wouldn’t that be nice? Never starving again? ;-)

]]> By: Vincent van Wylick http://www.techiteasy.org/2008/01/19/twitter-revisited/#comment-3644 Vincent van Wylick Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:54:55 +0000 http://techiteasy.org/2008/01/19/twitter-revisited/#comment-3644 …though how hard would it really be for the first message of the day to me to be: "<em>Hi Vincentvw! Your Twitter for today is sponsored by Orange Cola, the coke that's not quite like coke, not quite like lemonade!</em>" …though how hard would it really be for the first message of the day to me to be: “Hi Vincentvw! Your Twitter for today is sponsored by Orange Cola, the coke that’s not quite like coke, not quite like lemonade!“

]]> By: Vincent van Wylick http://www.techiteasy.org/2008/01/19/twitter-revisited/#comment-3638 Vincent van Wylick Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:51:01 +0000 http://techiteasy.org/2008/01/19/twitter-revisited/#comment-3638 Hey Kari, what's your Twitter address? No comment from me on the Twitter-business-model. To me it's like RSS—very valuable but impossible/very hard to monetise. Hey Kari, what’s your Twitter address?

No comment from me on the Twitter-business-model. To me it’s like RSS—very valuable but impossible/very hard to monetise.

]]> By: Matthias Schwenk http://www.techiteasy.org/2008/01/19/twitter-revisited/#comment-3637 Matthias Schwenk Sat, 19 Jan 2008 15:58:15 +0000 http://techiteasy.org/2008/01/19/twitter-revisited/#comment-3637 Kari, thanks for your help with my poor English! Sorry to all readers of TIE... Advertising is the main (and only) idea for most web 2.0 businesses when it comes to earnings. This is a certain weakness and shows a lack of creativity. Although I am not an IT expert I don't believe that "any company interested in data mining" would be able to follow all Twitter conversations. At least it would not be legal - roughly the same as Robert Scoble trying to take away data from facebook and implement it on his Plaxo profile. Kari, thanks for your help with my poor English! Sorry to all readers of TIE…

Advertising is the main (and only) idea for most web 2.0 businesses when it comes to earnings. This is a certain weakness and shows a lack of creativity.

Although I am not an IT expert I don’t believe that “any company interested in data mining” would be able to follow all Twitter conversations. At least it would not be legal – roughly the same as Robert Scoble trying to take away data from facebook and implement it on his Plaxo profile.

]]> By: Kari Silvennoinen http://www.techiteasy.org/2008/01/19/twitter-revisited/#comment-3640 Kari Silvennoinen Sat, 19 Jan 2008 14:44:56 +0000 http://techiteasy.org/2008/01/19/twitter-revisited/#comment-3640 Coincindentally, I finally registered at Twitter. I agree that Twitter is probably used by the early adopters and will not be adopted by the masses. (btw you probably want to change that "oder" in the second to last paragraph to English =)) What I disagree with is your estimate of Twitter's worth. You say that advertisements are not for Twitter, yet this is the source of revenue for Facebook, so one would imagine this hurts Twitter's worth a lot. Second, and more important in my opinion, is that who would be interested in Twitter and why? Why IBM *would* buy Twitter? Okay, Sun bought MySQL and Yahoo has bought some stuff earlier for no apparent reason? Any company interested in data mining Twitter can do that without buying the whole thing, anyway. Coincindentally, I finally registered at Twitter.

I agree that Twitter is probably used by the early adopters and will not be adopted by the masses.

(btw you probably want to change that “oder” in the second to last paragraph to English =))

What I disagree with is your estimate of Twitter’s worth. You say that advertisements are not for Twitter, yet this is the source of revenue for Facebook, so one would imagine this hurts Twitter’s worth a lot. Second, and more important in my opinion, is that who would be interested in Twitter and why? Why IBM *would* buy Twitter?

Okay, Sun bought MySQL and Yahoo has bought some stuff earlier for no apparent reason? Any company interested in data mining Twitter can do that without buying the whole thing, anyway.

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