Comments on: Twitter on the auction block http://flipthemedia.com/index.php/2009/04/twitter-on-the-auction-block/ At the crossroads of Media, Culture and Technology Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:53:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: traceycheng http://flipthemedia.com/index.php/2009/04/twitter-on-the-auction-block/comment-page-1/#comment-3380 traceycheng Sat, 25 Apr 2009 08:45:50 +0000 http://flipthemedia.com/?p=3027#comment-3380 Mark, As much as any other search 'engine' right now.. I only see twitter being convenient but not necessarily factual as a search tool.. afterall there is no way to regulate the information.. Mark,

As much as any other search ‘engine’ right now.. I only see twitter being convenient but not necessarily factual as a search tool.. afterall there is no way to regulate the information..

]]> By: crackerbelly http://flipthemedia.com/index.php/2009/04/twitter-on-the-auction-block/comment-page-1/#comment-3366 crackerbelly Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:53:45 +0000 http://flipthemedia.com/?p=3027#comment-3366 Ivan, Nice point on YouTube. I hadn't thought about them. It does appear that they are in the minority however. Sean, I suppose Twitter has some potential as an "e-mail light" but I really see their influence in the area of search. Ivan,

Nice point on YouTube. I hadn’t thought about them. It does appear that they are in the minority however.

Sean,

I suppose Twitter has some potential as an “e-mail light” but I really see their influence in the area of search.

]]> By: ivsyd http://flipthemedia.com/index.php/2009/04/twitter-on-the-auction-block/comment-page-1/#comment-3364 ivsyd Sun, 12 Apr 2009 03:53:19 +0000 http://flipthemedia.com/?p=3027#comment-3364 Sean, Google bought YouTube a couple years ago. And this fact didn't damage YouTube's popularity Sean,

Google bought YouTube a couple years ago. And this fact didn’t damage YouTube’s popularity

]]> By: seanwang http://flipthemedia.com/index.php/2009/04/twitter-on-the-auction-block/comment-page-1/#comment-3359 seanwang Thu, 09 Apr 2009 04:46:37 +0000 http://flipthemedia.com/?p=3027#comment-3359 The success of Twitter is largely due to its "utility" like funtion. So any attempt to alter it for the benefit of its new "owner" will undoubtedly damage it. However, it's clearly not viable for Twitter to continue to survive on the infrastructure of one startup. I think the best future for Twitter is to evolve into an "email like" utility. That is a system of many systems, capable of working as one through standards and protocols, but residing on many seperate infrastructures much like the way email does. The success of Twitter is largely due to its “utility” like funtion. So any attempt to alter it for the benefit of its new “owner” will undoubtedly damage it. However, it’s clearly not viable for Twitter to continue to survive on the infrastructure of one startup.

I think the best future for Twitter is to evolve into an “email like” utility. That is a system of many systems, capable of working as one through standards and protocols, but residing on many seperate infrastructures much like the way email does.

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