Comments on: Simplicity be damned: Is Twitter losing its way by trying to be all things to all people?

By: Chris Syme

Chris Syme — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:01:59 +0000

Vine reminds me of those irritating GIF avatars you see all over the internet. I hope it doesn’t turn into something so goofy that my Twitter feed becomes a wasteland of silly six-second cat videos.

By: Dagg

Dagg — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 16:42:41 +0000

I think Twitter wanders too much for a 10BN company. While FB can diversify because they give more opps to their gathering community, Twitter is basically info-only service and not community which gathers for hours.

Trying to be more and more complex may distract loyal users while not attract others because they already have better services which Twitter tries to mimic.

By: Ric Sansand

Ric Sansand — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:23:04 +0000

The truth is as foward thinking as this may seem to be, there is only one way this will work and that is through a very fundemental opt-in stream interface.

I for example revel in the simplicity of 140 characters and like the ability to dip a toe in my link stream or jump in head first. This is what makes Twitter so great, background noise filtering that works for me but doesnt work for everyone else.

With that in mind there would need to be a re-work of interface flow that would look like a combination of what twitter already does married to an almost image and 6 second video groups process that would provide complete opt in ONLY for any rich content pushed out by those in your follow list. That way you filter what content gets to you and keep the service as pristine as you want it to be

By: Kamal Nayan

Kamal Nayan — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 08:39:43 +0000

Mathew I think its just a supplementary service. the 140 characters are still what defines twitter..

By: Chris McCoy

Chris McCoy — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 06:26:30 +0000

1 step at a time up the content stack for Twitter. And LinkedIn. Facebook. Etc.

Own the social data, own the network. Own the network, change discovery. Change discovery, change industries.