Comments on: Twipocalypse Now: Warnings of a Twitter Bubble http://www.twitip.com/twitter-bubble/ Twitter Tips in 140 Characters or More Sat, 03 Sep 2011 14:03:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Gary Chiro http://www.twitip.com/twitter-bubble/#comment-103458 Gary Chiro Sun, 01 Aug 2010 19:04:24 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=1410#comment-103458 Wow, I just used Stumbleupon to find this article and it was a great read. I have been wondering lately how Twitter is able to pay it's server hosting fees. Twitter doesn't have the greatest hosting company because the website can't handle the masses, which we see now and then with the blue whale of Twitter death. Twitter is so famous yet it can't pay for never fail hosting like Google and Facebook do to keep it's 'customers' connected. Your bubble link is a great one and appropriate I think. I just read how Facebook is a much more powerful tool than Twitter to refer users to a website. http://www.wisdeo.com/articles/view_post/7727 For me another big problem for Twitter also is bot abuse. How many Twitter accounts are spammy bot accounts with no human involvement. These accounts all use up Twitters bandwidth costing it money. Wow, I just used Stumbleupon to find this article and it was a great read.

I have been wondering lately how Twitter is able to pay it’s server hosting fees. Twitter doesn’t have the greatest hosting company because the website can’t handle the masses, which we see now and then with the blue whale of Twitter death. Twitter is so famous yet it can’t pay for never fail hosting like Google and Facebook do to keep it’s ‘customers’ connected.

Your bubble link is a great one and appropriate I think. I just read how Facebook is a much more powerful tool than Twitter to refer users to a website.

http://www.wisdeo.com/articles/view_post/7727

For me another big problem for Twitter also is bot abuse. How many Twitter accounts are spammy bot accounts with no human involvement. These accounts all use up Twitters bandwidth costing it money.

]]> By: Steve http://www.twitip.com/twitter-bubble/#comment-43864 Steve Sun, 12 Jul 2009 04:01:37 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=1410#comment-43864 I think there are some issues with Twitter, like users marketing too much. But overall the service is incredible and following certain people is very revealing. The companies latest upgrades should make the service even more enjoyable as the downtime is being eliminated. I think there are some issues with Twitter, like users marketing too much. But overall the service is incredible and following certain people is very revealing. The companies latest upgrades should make the service even more enjoyable as the downtime is being eliminated.

]]> By: yleesharvester http://www.twitip.com/twitter-bubble/#comment-23569 yleesharvester Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:29:33 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=1410#comment-23569 well written and interesting well written and interesting

]]> By: Hector A. Henry S. http://www.twitip.com/twitter-bubble/#comment-21626 Hector A. Henry S. Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:18:32 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=1410#comment-21626 This was a really good pots, you alanice a lot mr twitter, the afact its that we have to wait to see what will happend. bye thank you for the pots. This was a really good pots, you alanice a lot mr twitter, the afact its that we have to wait to see what will happend.

bye thank you for the pots.

]]> By: Eric D. Fields http://www.twitip.com/twitter-bubble/#comment-21594 Eric D. Fields Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:09:16 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=1410#comment-21594 Twitter does have a business model. They just haven't implemented it yet. <a href="http://www.innoeco.com/2009/02/todd-dagres-on-twitters-eventual.html" rel="nofollow">According to this</a>. Twitter does have a business model. They just haven’t implemented it yet. According to this.

]]> By: Biz Haddock http://www.twitip.com/twitter-bubble/#comment-21592 Biz Haddock Tue, 03 Mar 2009 14:59:18 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=1410#comment-21592 The cool thing about bubbles is that when certain ones collide (collaborate) they form a bigger bubble. Sometimes there is a wall between the bubbles which can have a prism effect and makes everyone ooo and ahhhh. After a bubble burst (as clearly they often do) there is still a slight residue left behind that is useless yet serves as a reminder of what once was. In my oversimplified perspective Twitter seems to be more of the bottle and wand mechanism that when coupled with a delivery source (people, internet etc.) and a LITTLE airflow (capital) the bubbles just spew out like a floating party! The cool thing about bubbles is that when certain ones collide (collaborate) they form a bigger bubble. Sometimes there is a wall between the bubbles which can have a prism effect and makes everyone ooo and ahhhh. After a bubble burst (as clearly they often do) there is still a slight residue left behind that is useless yet serves as a reminder of what once was. In my oversimplified perspective Twitter seems to be more of the bottle and wand mechanism that when coupled with a delivery source (people, internet etc.) and a LITTLE airflow (capital) the bubbles just spew out like a floating party!

]]> By: Mike http://www.twitip.com/twitter-bubble/#comment-21569 Mike Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:38:44 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=1410#comment-21569 There seem to be a lot of comments (jhoysi for one) suggesting that Twitter have not "figured out a way to make money." I would have to beg to differ on that point . I'm absolutely certain that they have figured it out and know exactly what they're going to do to earn money. Do you think they would have been able to raise the kind of funding they have without a cast iron plan? There seem to be a lot of comments (jhoysi for one) suggesting that Twitter have not “figured out a way to make money.” I would have to beg to differ on that point . I’m absolutely certain that they have figured it out and know exactly what they’re going to do to earn money. Do you think they would have been able to raise the kind of funding they have without a cast iron plan?

]]> By: joe gelb http://www.twitip.com/twitter-bubble/#comment-21520 joe gelb Tue, 03 Mar 2009 09:26:34 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=1410#comment-21520 I suspect that the whole thing could collaps. But Blogger seems to be going strong, Facebook is going strong, Friendster is going strong, Digg is going strong and the list goes on. I like the twitter rush because going into a restaurant for example with no people is weird. Also if twitter keels most twitter apps that are quickly made, and designing aggregators costs almost nothing I think we all win no matter what happens. Also if twitter keels people will still have residual social leveraged traffic on their site till the end of time. So Twitter rulez. I suspect that the whole thing could collaps. But Blogger seems to be going strong, Facebook is going strong, Friendster is going strong, Digg is going strong and the list goes on. I like the twitter rush because going into a restaurant for example with no people is weird. Also if twitter keels most twitter apps that are quickly made, and designing aggregators costs almost nothing I think we all win no matter what happens. Also if twitter keels people will still have residual social leveraged traffic on their site till the end of time. So Twitter rulez.

]]> By: Stefan http://www.twitip.com/twitter-bubble/#comment-21516 Stefan Tue, 03 Mar 2009 08:55:49 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=1410#comment-21516 Neal, while I agree with your notion on bubble mechanics, I believe that you miss the most important point: Twitter is beyond the fad stadium and has become a trend. Or do you of any other service free of charge, that is so much appreciated that its users make suggestions how to pay for it? And real life is kicking in, too, – including all the downturns, like marketing & sales spam. (Just check for > http://tr.im/gXsn < – an Asus EEE PC sweepstake that already got 167 RTs and counting for another 5 days. *SIGH*) Twitter is here to stay. And if some entrepreneurs and investors believe in the 26th Twitter client – so be it! That is the cool part of a market-economy. :) Neal,

while I agree with your notion on bubble mechanics, I believe that you miss the most important point:

Twitter is beyond the fad stadium and has become a trend. Or do you of any other service free of charge, that is so much appreciated that its users make suggestions how to pay for it?

And real life is kicking in, too, – including all the downturns, like marketing & sales spam. (Just check for > http://tr.im/gXsn < – an Asus EEE PC sweepstake that already got 167 RTs and counting for another 5 days. *SIGH*)

Twitter is here to stay. And if some entrepreneurs and investors believe in the 26th Twitter client – so be it! That is the cool part of a market-economy. :)

]]> By: issa http://www.twitip.com/twitter-bubble/#comment-21492 issa Tue, 03 Mar 2009 06:35:45 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=1410#comment-21492 2 words: AWESOME READ!!! 2 words: AWESOME READ!!!

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