A long, long time ago, email was invented. Then soon enough, someone created email lists (groups).
No one has invented anything new in this regard, since then.
No one has invented anything new in this regard, since then.
Kind of the AOL of the modern era, if you think of AOL culturally in the 90s, twitter is in the same spot today.
There is also a lack of purpose, lack of elevator pitch. By that I mean I don't know what twitter is for. Originally, right after I found out about it WRT SXSW, its the AOL-ified IRC on top of SMS text messages. Then it morphed into brand spam delivery for AOL users who can't figure out RSS from either the spammer or recipient side, be sure to follow our corporate PR dept because... well just because. Now its apparently going to be the AOL of photo sharing for those too confused by the complexities of facebook photo sharing and snapchat. But what is it, assuming my joke about them being the AOL of 2015 isn't just a joke (or ... is it?)
In particular I think it is a great tool for startups, as:
- We recruited most of our alpha/beta users over Twitter
- Our testimonials page is full of Tweets like this:
https://twitter.com/jhooks/status/558736048134438913
- We're still monitoring for support and issues people have and jumping in to help (which people seem to really like).
Combining tweets about [subject of choice] inline with your favourite subreddits and websites, all filterable and searchable (with the right client) was a brilliant innovation.