Comments on: TweepML Shows Risks of a Twitter-based Startup http://gigaom.com/2010/02/09/tweepml-shows-risks-of-a-twitter-based-startup/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:06:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: J.M. http://gigaom.com/2010/02/09/tweepml-shows-risks-of-a-twitter-based-startup/#comment-239492 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:02:48 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=97754#comment-239492 It sounded like a great idea? To who? It’s an awful idea. It encourages almost blind following, and it’s even more unsustainable and unreliable as a source than Twitter itself.

]]> By: trueloveofcoffee http://gigaom.com/2010/02/09/tweepml-shows-risks-of-a-twitter-based-startup/#comment-239491 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:09:42 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=97754#comment-239491 This is a no brainer really… all of these 3rd party applications are building Twitter’s business model for them.

Why would anyone at Twitter need a business model? I mean really,just let thousands of entrepreneurs create services off of data/APIs they do not have any rights to, then either restrict access and negotiate terms, or simply offer a more robust feature to say… 50 million+ of the users you have unfettered access to.

Any developer should really think about this. iPhone/Facebook/Twitter etc have the ability to approve/disapprove anything they want to.

]]> By: Jake Kaldenbaugh http://gigaom.com/2010/02/09/tweepml-shows-risks-of-a-twitter-based-startup/#comment-239490 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:12:52 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=97754#comment-239490 Wait a minute! Isn’t this the era of the <$50K startup?! If so, then this guy is still going to make money if he sells at $79K. If you lower the barrier to entry for startups (which has been the dominant trend for the last five years), then they essentially become disposable. You don’t need strategy, business plans or experience…just throw it up and see what sticks. If you get hip-checked by a larger company…no big deal! You’ve probably got 9 other ideas running on the same server!
Right?

]]> By: E http://gigaom.com/2010/02/09/tweepml-shows-risks-of-a-twitter-based-startup/#comment-239489 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:06:30 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=97754#comment-239489 I think startups should be carefully with being “Twitter”, “Facebook” or “Linkedin” based. Sheldon Adelson (the Las Vegas Sands guy) said he got in trouble once because a business of his had only one client.
Isn’t that kind of the same idea here?

]]> By: Phyllis http://gigaom.com/2010/02/09/tweepml-shows-risks-of-a-twitter-based-startup/#comment-239488 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:51:29 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=97754#comment-239488 I really like TweepML – I use it a lot. I hope someone keeps it going.

]]> By: Marcelo Calbucci http://gigaom.com/2010/02/09/tweepml-shows-risks-of-a-twitter-based-startup/#comment-239487 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:21:59 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=97754#comment-239487 @nexttolastblog – We don’t store users passwords. If you are creating a list, we store your OAuth credentials. If you are following a list, we don’t store any password or OAuth credential.

]]> By: nexttolastblog http://gigaom.com/2010/02/09/tweepml-shows-risks-of-a-twitter-based-startup/#comment-239486 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:31:37 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=97754#comment-239486 Mathew, Does buying their and data code include access to the 100,000 Tweeps passwords, etc?

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