Comments on: Can Twitter Survive Downtime? http://www.socialtimes.com/2008/04/can-twitter-survive-downtime/ The Social Times covers news, analysis and insight pertaining to the social web. Learn how to brand yourself and your company via the social web. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:56:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: SharonG http://www.socialtimes.com/2008/04/can-twitter-survive-downtime/#comment-1565 SharonG Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:30:09 +0000 http://www.socialtimes.com/?p=383#comment-1565 How in the world does Twitter make money? Because maybe if they made some, they would have a more sustainable backend. And yes, someone could start something else and could get a migration - but it would depend on timing. Could you get the top 10-20 people with most followers over to your new service? That would be Scoble, Brogan, etc. Is there a time in which they all would be sick of Twitter because of the broken functionalities that would actually end up in a mass exodus to something extremely similar? Facebook is no Twitter. It's an application thang. People don't want a whole browser window to be open all day; take up too much screen real estate. People like their little AIR apps in the corner of their screen sitting open all day to check in from time to time. How in the world does Twitter make money? Because maybe if they made some, they would have a more sustainable backend.

And yes, someone could start something else and could get a migration - but it would depend on timing. Could you get the top 10-20 people with most followers over to your new service? That would be Scoble, Brogan, etc. Is there a time in which they all would be sick of Twitter because of the broken functionalities that would actually end up in a mass exodus to something extremely similar?

Facebook is no Twitter. It’s an application thang. People don’t want a whole browser window to be open all day; take up too much screen real estate. People like their little AIR apps in the corner of their screen sitting open all day to check in from time to time.

]]> By: SharonG http://www.socialtimes.com/2008/04/can-twitter-survive-downtime/#comment-5118 SharonG Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:30:09 +0000 http://www.socialtimes.com/?p=383#comment-5118 How in the world does Twitter make money? Because maybe if they made some, they would have a more sustainable backend.<br><br>And yes, someone could start something else and could get a migration - but it would depend on timing. Could you get the top 10-20 people with most followers over to your new service? That would be Scoble, Brogan, etc. Is there a time in which they all would be sick of Twitter because of the broken functionalities that would actually end up in a mass exodus to something extremely similar? <br><br>Facebook is no Twitter. It's an application thang. People don't want a whole browser window to be open all day; take up too much screen real estate. People like their little AIR apps in the corner of their screen sitting open all day to check in from time to time. How in the world does Twitter make money? Because maybe if they made some, they would have a more sustainable backend.

And yes, someone could start something else and could get a migration - but it would depend on timing. Could you get the top 10-20 people with most followers over to your new service? That would be Scoble, Brogan, etc. Is there a time in which they all would be sick of Twitter because of the broken functionalities that would actually end up in a mass exodus to something extremely similar?

Facebook is no Twitter. It's an application thang. People don't want a whole browser window to be open all day; take up too much screen real estate. People like their little AIR apps in the corner of their screen sitting open all day to check in from time to time.

]]> By: Cesar Diaz http://www.socialtimes.com/2008/04/can-twitter-survive-downtime/#comment-1543 Cesar Diaz Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:22:20 +0000 http://www.socialtimes.com/?p=383#comment-1543 Arrington also mentioned how his traffic saw a dip during the Twitter problems the last few days. I'd be interested in seeing how that might have affected other sites. I unsubscribed from several feeds, including Social Times, since I was keeping up on new articles via Twitter. I missed some content yesterday because of that and I wonder if sites saw a noticeable change in traffic. Arrington also mentioned how his traffic saw a dip during the Twitter problems the last few days. I’d be interested in seeing how that might have affected other sites. I unsubscribed from several feeds, including Social Times, since I was keeping up on new articles via Twitter. I missed some content yesterday because of that and I wonder if sites saw a noticeable change in traffic.

]]> By: Cesar Diaz http://www.socialtimes.com/2008/04/can-twitter-survive-downtime/#comment-5117 Cesar Diaz Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:22:20 +0000 http://www.socialtimes.com/?p=383#comment-5117 Arrington also mentioned how his traffic saw a dip during the Twitter problems the last few days. I'd be interested in seeing how that might have affected other sites. I unsubscribed from several feeds, including Social Times, since I was keeping up on new articles via Twitter. I missed some content yesterday because of that and I wonder if sites saw a noticeable change in traffic. Arrington also mentioned how his traffic saw a dip during the Twitter problems the last few days. I'd be interested in seeing how that might have affected other sites. I unsubscribed from several feeds, including Social Times, since I was keeping up on new articles via Twitter. I missed some content yesterday because of that and I wonder if sites saw a noticeable change in traffic.

]]> By: BarbaraKB http://www.socialtimes.com/2008/04/can-twitter-survive-downtime/#comment-1542 BarbaraKB Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:12:16 +0000 http://www.socialtimes.com/?p=383#comment-1542 Twitter has survived worse. And, yes, there is competition but it's not Facebook. Jaiku is the closest but Google doesn't seem to care about it. And Pownce has never caught on. I have to say, for now, when Twitter is down, I go to Utterz. At least there I can leave an audio rant... ;-) Twitter has survived worse. And, yes, there is competition but it’s not Facebook. Jaiku is the closest but Google doesn’t seem to care about it. And Pownce has never caught on. I have to say, for now, when Twitter is down, I go to Utterz. At least there I can leave an audio rant… ;-)

]]> By: BarbaraKB http://www.socialtimes.com/2008/04/can-twitter-survive-downtime/#comment-5116 BarbaraKB Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:12:16 +0000 http://www.socialtimes.com/?p=383#comment-5116 Twitter has survived worse. And, yes, there is competition but it's not Facebook. Jaiku is the closest but Google doesn't seem to care about it. And Pownce has never caught on. I have to say, for now, when Twitter is down, I go to Utterz. At least there I can leave an audio rant... ;-) Twitter has survived worse. And, yes, there is competition but it's not Facebook. Jaiku is the closest but Google doesn't seem to care about it. And Pownce has never caught on. I have to say, for now, when Twitter is down, I go to Utterz. At least there I can leave an audio rant… ;-)

]]> By: Connie Bensen http://www.socialtimes.com/2008/04/can-twitter-survive-downtime/#comment-1541 Connie Bensen Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:11:10 +0000 http://www.socialtimes.com/?p=383#comment-1541 Some good points, Nick! I've seen the comments about FriendFeed too, but Twitter definitely has it's appeal. I'm sure that scaling is a challenge for them. I don't understand why they do their maintenance when they do? Some good points, Nick! I’ve seen the comments about FriendFeed too, but Twitter definitely has it’s appeal. I’m sure that scaling is a challenge for them.

I don’t understand why they do their maintenance when they do?

]]> By: Connie Bensen http://www.socialtimes.com/2008/04/can-twitter-survive-downtime/#comment-5115 Connie Bensen Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:11:10 +0000 http://www.socialtimes.com/?p=383#comment-5115 Some good points, Nick! I've seen the comments about FriendFeed too, but Twitter definitely has it's appeal. I'm sure that scaling is a challenge for them.<br><br>I don't understand why they do their maintenance when they do? Some good points, Nick! I've seen the comments about FriendFeed too, but Twitter definitely has it's appeal. I'm sure that scaling is a challenge for them.

I don't understand why they do their maintenance when they do?

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