Comments on: 21st (and Real) Reason Why Seesmic Bought Twhirl

By: twhirl

twhirl — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:10:43 +0000

[...] why his company bought Twhirl, an Adobe AIR-based Twitter client that is preferred by the …http://gigaom.com/2008/04/04/seesmic-twhirl/Tide is changing in microblogging but it isn??t choosing one service over another Ah Twitter.? The [...]

By: Why did Seesmic buy Twhirl? | ::Tech Cry::

Why did Seesmic buy Twhirl? | ::Tech Cry:: — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:28:24 +0000

[...] they paid for it, but assuming it was a reasonable amount (low six figures) what Seesmic gets, as Om wisely says, is the only thing that matters — [...]

By: Why did Seesmic buy Twhirl?

Why did Seesmic buy Twhirl? — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:53:30 +0000

[...] they paid for it, but assuming it was a reasonable amount (low six figures) what Seesmic gets, as Om wisely says, is the only thing that matters — [...]

By: Biznes na poważnie…. » Why did Seesmic buy Twhirl?

Biznes na poważnie…. » Why did Seesmic buy Twhirl? — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:08:55 +0000

[...] they paid for it, but assuming it was a reasonable amount (low six figures) what Seesmic gets, as Om wisely says, is the only thing that matters — [...]

By: Marshall is right, Twhirl and Seesmic do give us a glimpse into the future of communications

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:03:58 +0000

[...] Om Malik, of course, hits the other extremely important part of any software acquisition: users. Great software that no one uses, well might not be worth much. Sure it might help you technologically, but in today’s user-centric online world great tech isn’t enough, you need great tech and users: I’m stingy with such compliments. In my opinion, the 21st (and real) reason why Loic bought this little client: users. Twhirl is very popular these days; it accounts for 7 percent of the traffic on Twitter, putting it in a good position to help Seesmic — whenever it comes out of alpha/beta/gamma testing — attract new users to its service very quickly. (Of course, Twitter fame can be fleeting, forgotten the minute the net-set discovers the next new shiny shiny.) Source: 21st (and Real) Reason Why Seesmic Bought Twhirl – GigaOM [...]

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:49:57 +0000

Seesmic bought Twhirl because Seesmic’c traffic/users is non-existent. They know they have a lemon on their hands. They’re trying to salvage the company by cloning Twitter.

By: W3G

W3G — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 08:20:38 +0000

I think we can’t use Seesmic like Twitter. I can do things from twitter that I can't with Seesmic. -W3G

By: Loic Le Meur

Loic Le Meur — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 03:29:59 +0000

Om, too bad you were not here when your team invited me at the GigaOm show, I would have loved to explain you directly as “you do not get it” but you did not give me a chance, same as when we had coffee last time, same at LeWeb3 in Paris. I just realize you never took the time to listen to me. Have you ever even logged in Seesmic?

By: - How to Personalize the Web

- How to Personalize the Web — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 02:28:27 +0000

[...] way it works with so many of the sites, networks and applications that Om and Seeismic founder Loic Le Meur make mention of is that you adapt yourself to what they offer. In [...]

By: How to Personalize the Web - GigaOM

How to Personalize the Web - GigaOM — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 02:05:13 +0000

[...] way it works with so many of the sites, networks and applications that Om and Seeismic founder Loic Le Meur make mention of is that you adapt yourself to what they offer. In [...]

By: Richard

Richard — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 01:50:23 +0000

Totally agree Om.

I twittered yesterday that I would have liked to have heard Loic explain the business reason behind the acquisition, because that wasn't mentioned in his 20 reasons. Member acquisition makes a lot of sense.

Loic didn't say it, but his "20 benefits" seemed to imply the, now old, build it and they will come reason for the purchase. Any VC backed company can't just buy something because it's cool. There has to be a very god business reason.

By: Sylvain Carle

Sylvain Carle — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:15:29 +0000

Another way to see this, assuming a low(ish) purchase price, is that it gets Seesmic a kickass AIR+XMPP+Twitter-API developer on staff.

There's not too many of those on the job market now, bundle that with existing users (and the PR they got out of it) and you have a pretty good value. Smart move from Loïc and his team.

By: Jeremy Pepper

Jeremy Pepper — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:36:19 +0000

I like the basic idea of Seesmic - hey, I like video - but the market seems small.

I can read blogs at work without problem, bc it's media. I can read Twitter, and sometimes respond, bc it's about conversation (although most of my Twittering is post-work).

Can I watch videos and record responses from my desk? Only if I have a private office.

I think there's a market there, though. Just not sure if it's the video Twitter.

By: Krish

Krish — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:26:38 +0000

I don’t get it too. We can’t use Seesmic like Twitter period. I can tweet from office on the way to restroom or coffee break. I can’t do the same with Seesmic. I can’t even watch seesmic (or any other video for that matter) from work place. I also don’t get how Seesmic can get the same success as Twitter.

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 19:37:07 +0000

@ Mark Evans, Dave Winer writes it best: "With a Twitter client with say 10K or 20K users (they’ve had 100K downloads) now there are all those people that Loic can pitch daily in hopefully a tasteful not too intrusive way." Any mucking around means end-game.

@ Others, I think this is an interesting AIR deal and got a premium valuation like some of the early Facebook Apps. Will AIR app market goes south from this point forward?

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 19:33:04 +0000

@ Eric Rice

Also, I can’t help but question the ‘do early adopters matter re: influence’ meme now, since those early, powerful, far-reaching users CAN influence.

Confused by that remark, Care to expand on this Eric.