Comments on: Twitters Business Model Does Not Matter http://facereviews.com/2008/07/01/twitters-business-model-does-not-matter/ Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:13:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Erik Giberti http://facereviews.com/2008/07/01/twitters-business-model-does-not-matter/#comment-103213 Erik Giberti Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:39:27 +0000 http://facereviews.com/2008/07/01/twitters-business-model-does-not-matter/#comment-103213 I suspect throwing hardware at Twitter would help in the short term while they re-architect the back end. I'm not sure what they could have possibly done on the back end that was so terrible that it needs massive re-tooling now to be stable. I agree with Scoble though that the business model will find you. If you're routinely attracting many many people - someone will find a way to make money off that traffic. Twitter doesn't need to focus on that right now. They need to focus on reliability. I suspect throwing hardware at Twitter would help in the short term while they re-architect the back end. I’m not sure what they could have possibly done on the back end that was so terrible that it needs massive re-tooling now to be stable. I agree with Scoble though that the business model will find you. If you’re routinely attracting many many people – someone will find a way to make money off that traffic. Twitter doesn’t need to focus on that right now. They need to focus on reliability.

]]> By: Rodney Rumford http://facereviews.com/2008/07/01/twitters-business-model-does-not-matter/#comment-103211 Rodney Rumford Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:48:45 +0000 http://facereviews.com/2008/07/01/twitters-business-model-does-not-matter/#comment-103211 Ryan, Well said. They do need a revenue model. But in the short term they have to put the reliability issue behind them. And quickly. Otherwise they wont have users to monetize. ;) I agree that the competition is coming hard at them, friendfeed, plurk (which i am liking more and more), socialthing, etc. Ryan,
Well said. They do need a revenue model. But in the short term they have to put the reliability issue behind them. And quickly. Otherwise they wont have users to monetize. ;)

I agree that the competition is coming hard at them, friendfeed, plurk (which i am liking more and more), socialthing, etc.

]]> By: Ryan Merket http://facereviews.com/2008/07/01/twitters-business-model-does-not-matter/#comment-103210 Ryan Merket Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:43:33 +0000 http://facereviews.com/2008/07/01/twitters-business-model-does-not-matter/#comment-103210 You can only give so much money to a cool toy before you run out utility or you find a utility that functions better, for a small price. Once the VCs get tired of shoveling cash at you, you better have a revenue stream that can sustain your growth... Twitter is cool, but the barrier to entry is extremely small. All it takes is another start up, that is smaller, faster, and provides a few more features that Twitter hasn't thought about -- oh, and stable. Plurk ALMOST has this, but they need to rethink their UI to be more conventional, and come out with a few more features. You can only give so much money to a cool toy before you run out utility or you find a utility that functions better, for a small price. Once the VCs get tired of shoveling cash at you, you better have a revenue stream that can sustain your growth…

Twitter is cool, but the barrier to entry is extremely small. All it takes is another start up, that is smaller, faster, and provides a few more features that Twitter hasn’t thought about — oh, and stable. Plurk ALMOST has this, but they need to rethink their UI to be more conventional, and come out with a few more features.

]]> By: Len Kendall http://facereviews.com/2008/07/01/twitters-business-model-does-not-matter/#comment-103208 Len Kendall Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:30:31 +0000 http://facereviews.com/2008/07/01/twitters-business-model-does-not-matter/#comment-103208 I agree the reliability is the key to sustaining growth. Although only half serious, I started up a facebook group to raise money on a private level for Twitter. Check it out: http://www.facebook.com/install.php?api_key=7ba2e1f815d14583831f2c98b221db47#/group.php?gid=21624136569 We've got $1,700 pledged so far :) I agree the reliability is the key to sustaining growth. Although only half serious, I started up a facebook group to raise money on a private level for Twitter. Check it out: http://www.facebook.com/install.php?api_key=7ba2e1f815d14583831f2c98b221db47#/group.php?gid=21624136569

We’ve got $1,700 pledged so far :)

]]> By: Kim Dushinski http://facereviews.com/2008/07/01/twitters-business-model-does-not-matter/#comment-103207 Kim Dushinski Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:24:18 +0000 http://facereviews.com/2008/07/01/twitters-business-model-does-not-matter/#comment-103207 Excellent point and a lesson we can all learn from - create a business that works and the business model will naturally follow. Excellent point and a lesson we can all learn from – create a business that works and the business model will naturally follow.

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