Comments on: Today, We Think Twitter Is Dead (for Now)

By: Vreebit – A bit of what? | Direct Sales News

Vreebit – A bit of what? | Direct Sales News — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:48:28 +0000

[...] Today, We Think Twitter Is Dead (for Now) (gigaom.com) [...]

By: This Twitter Post a Long Time in Coming « SmoothSpan Blog

This Twitter Post a Long Time in Coming « SmoothSpan Blog — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:39:20 +0000

[...] Om Malik on Twitter Hate: There are no end of Twitter Hate stories. The statistics on people joining and never using/leaving Twitter are horrendous. This is simply a reflection of the high Value Friction. If getting Value was easy for everyone, they would stay. The low adoption friction means Om is right. Twitter will bounce back and forth between Love (adoption) and Hate (value). [...]

By: Iranian Revolution Shocks Life into Twitter! | Ryan's Biz Blog

Iranian Revolution Shocks Life into Twitter! | Ryan's Biz Blog — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 02:59:07 +0000

[...] Many criticized Twitter and dismissed it as a fad that would simply pass over. As early as June 09, this insightful blog post called for the demise of twitter proving that traffic had flat-lined and the [...]

By: Datajunkie

Datajunkie — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 14:25:41 +0000

Good read – I think it is safe to say that Twitter has slowed down, but also it is important to remember a few things when looking at Twitter data from compete.com or any of the measurement sites:

1) None of these sites account for traffic to any sites from mobile devices, so this is by no means the whole Twitter traffic story

2) Most regular Twitter users do not use twitter.com as their primary messaging vehicle – instead, they are using all sorts of desktop and mobile applications to tweet. So of course traffic to the Twitter domain will not continue to rise, even with increased engagement and twitter activity

By: Shahab khan

Shahab khan — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:39:52 +0000

I really don’t know why twitter is not making any improvements in it like facebook with the passage of time. For instance just compare what facebook has done as compared to the twitter in the past three four months. They have redesigned facebook look and now a days they are offering personalised URLs too. Seems that facebook is following this: “Changes are better and getting better never stops”

By: Facebook Offers Vanity Addresses

Facebook Offers Vanity Addresses — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:01:15 +0000

[...] sites as LinkedIn, Twitter and MySpace have offered custom addresses for some time. With Facebook growing eight percent in May, it seemed inevitable that Facebook would join the [...]

By: Sonal Maheshwari

Sonal Maheshwari — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 05:51:56 +0000

@ Om

Another great post. Twitter saw a rush of users in first 4 months of 2009 but since then what i see daily most of it is useless. Twitter needs a serious change in business plan to keep avoiding a big problem in near future. Opinions and comments change over the time but the basic thing remains the same. Let us see how long this twitter bubble stays.

@Yatca
You absolutely correct, i cross checked that thing. Good correction made :)

Sonal Maheshwari
USourceIT

By: Is the #Twitpocalypse overhyped? | Tech Space

Is the #Twitpocalypse overhyped? | Tech Space — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:14:04 +0000

[...] for a 32-bit signed int. You can view the countdown here.This got a also mention at GigaOM: Today, We Think Think Twitter is Dead (for now). While the Twitpocalypse was not the primary topic of the post, it made use of it as a supporting [...]

By: Ironic But True. Many On Twitter Are Just Silent

Ironic But True. Many On Twitter Are Just Silent — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:01:08 +0000

[...] Malik | Wednesday, June 10, 2009 | 5:00 AM PT | 0 comments Yesterday we heard from Harvard Business School researchers that only 10 percent of Twitter users are generating almost 90 [...]

By: virtual online worlds for kids

virtual online worlds for kids — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:13:31 +0000

Twitter is reeeeally pointless. more pointles than facebook. And you have to have to much free time to twit alot.

By: David S

David S — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:45:53 +0000

So much is said about twitter, about facebook and all that is our modern web.. but as you mentioned, take it at face value.. all these tools are just that.. TOOLS that you either benefit from or not. Twitter for me seems more like a real-time broadcast tool.. I don’t really see “conversations” going on too much (even on friendfeed for that matter).. I guess it is a sign of our human state too – lots of people shouting things out without a nice bit of silence to really listen and really think through things…

Anyway, maybe I am just getting old! I do love the web, I love the tools… but they are just tools…

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:14:06 +0000

Yatca

thanks for the clarification here. appreciate the distinction.

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:13:00 +0000

we aim to please dear sir.

By: swag

swag — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:39:43 +0000

Like ICQ, Twitter won’t die so much as fade away.

By: Today in Tech: Twitter Stops Growing (as much) | adrianmott.com

Today in Tech: Twitter Stops Growing (as much) | adrianmott.com — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:13:11 +0000

[...] based on the rampant growth that the service saw in the months prior. Om Malik over at GigaOm had some interesting ideas on this (actually going so far as to say ‘Twitter is dead’) including some description of the [...]

By: Yossi Ben Haroosh

Yossi Ben Haroosh — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:46:09 +0000

The only way Twitter can stay alive is by allowing their users freedom of speech. The 140 character limit is their doom, they should allow 500 – Tweeti 500.
Watch the clip, it’s hilarious: