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Re: Twitter Business Model and the End of Freemium

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Ben Bacarisse wrote:

>So in a way, it works slightly more like usenet. We toss messages out there,  
>and whether you read it depends upon whether you subscribe to view the group  
>the message is within
yes, that's what I meant. A tweet normally goes out to many people, few of  
whom answer. Mailing lists and Usenet normally have a few active participants  
who respond to each other (ie many-to-many) and lots of lurkers, and other  
email is typically one-one.

If I wanted to subscribe to all your emails or posts, regardless of which  
group you post to, I couldn't. Which might be why Usenet is more topic-based  
discussions rather than broadcasts of funny pictures.

The biggest difference though, is that Twitter has a central server, so they  
can control all messages, meaning no spam or flame wars. Some people prefer  
it outside the walled garden, which is why Usenet is still here. Most people  
prefer convenience to liberty, which is why it's only just still here.

There are some attempts [1]to create peer-to-peer replacements for twitter,  
but I think without some kind of moderation system, they will fail.



[1] http://www.wired.com/2014/01/twister/
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regards

~tdk
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Twitter Business Model and the End of Freemium RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-07-12 17:39 +0000
  Re: Twitter Business Model and the End of Freemium Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2014-07-12 20:15 +0000
    Re: Twitter Business Model and the End of Freemium mm0fmf <none@mailinator.com> - 2014-07-13 00:05 +0100
      Re: Twitter Business Model and the End of Freemium G Skinner <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-07-13 21:40 +0000
        Re: Twitter Business Model and the End of Freemium "tdk" <forum.tdk@squte.com> - 2014-07-14 04:21 -0500
          Re: Twitter Business Model and the End of Freemium Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-07-15 20:51 +0100
            Re: Twitter Business Model and the End of Freemium Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-07-15 21:00 +0000
              Re: Twitter Business Model and the End of Freemium Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-07-15 21:09 +0000
                Re: Twitter Business Model and the End of Freemium RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-07-17 12:46 +0000
                Re: Twitter Business Model and the End of Freemium Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-07-17 14:33 +0000
                Re: Twitter Business Model and the End of Freemium Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-07-17 16:06 +0000
                Re: Twitter Business Model and the End of Freemium Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-07-17 13:55 -0400
              Re: Twitter Business Model and the End of Freemium Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-07-15 23:59 +0100
              Re: Twitter Business Model and the End of Freemium "tdk" <forum.tdk@squte.com> - 2014-07-16 11:32 -0500
                Re: Twitter Business Model and the End of Freemium Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-07-16 18:02 +0000
                Re: Twitter Business Model and the End of Freemium Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-07-16 19:29 +0100
                Re: Twitter Business Model and the End of Freemium "tdk" <forum.tdk@squte.com> - 2014-07-17 07:17 -0500

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