Facebook is like a phone provider that gives you all you want as long as you call people using the same provider. So, for a while, you tell all your friends to join. Then, they find another, better provider, and they leave, taking you with them. This is what caused the death of MySpace by [...]
Currently, Twitter users who wish to post photos in their tweets must host them elsewhere, with popular options including Twitpic, Yfrog, Instagram and Flickr. Users then include links to the photos within their tweets. Link: Confirmed: Twitter Plans to Announce Photo-Sharing Service This Week – AllThingsD.
An Interview With Twitter’s Forgotten Founder, Noah Glass via Twitter’s Forgotten Cofounder, Noah Glass.
Mainly, the official version leaves out the role of a major cofounder. Some early Twitter investors also wonder if it also leaves out a scandal. via How Twitter Was Founded.
Local officials, fearing the loss of thousands of jobs and a considerable amount of prestige as a tech center, are scrambling to placate the disgruntled businesses. But the city is also struggling with a budget deficit that may require firing hundreds of public employees to bring it under control. via Prominent Start-Ups in San Francisco [...]
Hype & Bubble: How Many Users Does Twitter REALLY Have? 56M follow zero others, 90M have 0 followers
Slightly fuzzy maths, but proves once again that 1% of users make 90% of the noise. And that people are curious to try out what they heard about in the media, never to come back again after the first try. Second Life anyone? via CHART OF THE DAY: How Many Users Does Twitter REALLY Have?.
Marco.org – Why the Quick Bar (“dickbar”) is still so offensive.
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"The only thing I do know is that, in terms of things that are actually hard to live without, I’m far more likely to succumb to the craving for delicious, delicious beer before I surrender to the almost negligible desire to send another fucking tweet." VISIT LINK: If You Think Quitting Booze Freaks People Out, [...]