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Shadowlayer
06/11/09

In reply to Omen That No One Will Pay for Twitter
So now we have to pay a loser to give us advise?
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TedEx
06/08/09

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seems like many companies are eager to make money off twitter, except twitter themselves. i could see people paying money to subscribe to a service that provides 'insider' updates on sports betting or fantasy sports.
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macbeach
06/08/09

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Twitter is the ultimate hammer looking for a nail. I'm waiting for the Darwin effect to cause all Twitter users to die a premature death so the rest of us can get back to real work.

Almost everything you can conceive of doing with Twitter can be done better with some other tool, but you conformists on the left coast glom onto whatever your friends are using, until the whole thing collapses (along with the California economy).

Have fun out there. We'll be watching.
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TableNine
06/08/09

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Super Chirp is to Twitter as ______ is to POGS:

a) Gobots

b) slammers

c) slanket

d) [insert ill-conceived knockoff made in an attempt to cash in on a horrible fad here]
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I Love New Jersey
06/08/09

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Someone would have to pay me to use Twitter. Hopefully this stupid fad will go away soon.
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johnny_carsick
06/08/09

@I Love New Jersey: well, i'm certainly glad you weighed in on the subject. we can quit holding our collective breath now.
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Unsolicited Advice
06/08/09

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Twitter should charge users with the largest accounts. It seems counter-intuitive, but that's the captive install base. People who market themselves and provide services via Twitter should pay for the usage of the network. Average client accounts won't be affected.
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bytememehard
06/08/09

@Unsolicited Advice: You may have a good idea. Can't you express it in 144 characters, though?
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SeaBassTian
06/08/09

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At the very least, Denton should subscribe so that his minions can mock the Wall Street Warrior and his Tweets. Although that hardly seems like a steady income stream.
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MosseyCade
06/08/09

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A much better business model:

You pay me to follow you on Twitter. I'll read every Tweet. I promise.
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Shadowlayer
06/11/09

@MosseyCade: I second
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