Comments on: Twitter is Dead: As Mainstream, Corporations Move in, Innovators Jump Ship

By: Mr Bad Guy

Mr Bad Guy — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:17:17 +0000

I agree with all the comments pretty much. I never felt it neccessary to have the world view me at their will. Nor have I cared to do the same. LOL, I can image my tweets of the boring life I lead. Home, going to work, at work, going home, home. Next day same message, 6 days a week. My friends use Myspace and Facebook to keep in touch with those from our past, I don’t feel the need to. I am linked to those I keep in touch via Yahoo IM, SMS messaging, Blackberry IM, Email (personal, work, and Blackberry) and I really don’t need any other outlets.

By: macika

macika — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:54:10 +0000

i thought bout joining it but smthn told me not to do it. im glad i didnt too. bout to cancel my facebook n myspace accts too. just smthn about willingly putting your life on the web for erbody to see that i dnt like.

By: Urban Thought

Urban Thought — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:09:53 +0000

So the true traffic measurement isn’t based on UVs or new users but on Twitter updates.

Most of these sites try inventing an ad model that will work without turning users off. There has been chatter about ads showing up in your twitter updates. But in time we shall see how it all works out…

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/20/twitter-ads/

By: Mike "Evorgleb" Belgrove

Mike "Evorgleb" Belgrove — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:59:54 +0000

Well, I dont think its losing popularity because traffic to the site is down. People just aren’t visiting the site itself to use Twitter they are using Twitter clients such as Tweetdeck, Ubertwitter and Twitterfone. Which would explain why there can be an explosion in new Users while traffic falls off.

I use Twitter everyday but never actually visit the site. I use Tweetdeck when im on my laptop and Tweed when I’m on my phone. Oddly this is how the top guns at Twitter want it. For them its about the flow of info and not traffic. That still begs the question, how do you make money than? Because right now they aren’t.

By: Juan

Juan — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:28:12 +0000

I agree. I think eventually and we’ve even seen it happen it just becomes another form of public text messaging. And that has no staying power.

By: Malcolm

Malcolm — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:55:36 +0000

I only used Twitter briefly, as propaganda during the recent almost-revolution in Iran.
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The problem for the company is the same problem for most internet companies : How can you make money on something that people won’t pay for.
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The other problem (the real problem with twitter in my opinion) is that after a while, you really don’t care what other people are doing. I could go my entire life without caring that (fill in the name of a celebrity) is listening to music or using the restroom.