Twitter’s Broken, I’m Out!
Posted by Nick O'Neill on June 25th, 2008 9:00 AM
Last night I was reading a post by Jason Preston about how his Twitter usage has declined drastically since the service hasn’t been working. I had noticed the same thing and after checking my details over at TweetStats it appears that my assumptions were confirmed.
If you take a look at other users on Twitter you will find a similar trend. While the top users may have throttled their Twitter usage due to Twitter downtime and general service interruptions, it appears that the site continues to attract new users. A look at Twitter’s Alexa chart confirms this. Whether or not their service is attracting new users, they seriously need to get things under control.
With yesterday’s news that the company has raised additional funding, there will soon be no excuses for the substantial amount of downtime. While I’ve decided to move elsewhere for my conversation for the most part and may not be the only one, not everybody is running for the exits. The people I’m following still appear to be active.
Unfortunately though I can rarely check my Twitter while on the go because the Twitter app on my Blackberry is now pretty much rendered useless thanks to Twitter’s limits on API calls. So where are your conversations going on? Are you still using Twitter or have you moved to other services like Plurk and FriendFeed?
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The question is... what happens if someone comes along, offering the exact same service, but with a reliable architecture? Will twitter disappear? Or will it win because it still has so many people?
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Anyway, I think they're still in the zone, but if problems persist, a fast follower can do them in. For most people, change costs will serve as a deterrent for a while, but the tipping point approaches...
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Zvi, I'm confident that if plurk got the same level of usage that Twitter did, it'd crumble.
95% of the time I want to use Twitter it works just fine. Maybe I have low expectations but it does what I need and I'm sticking with it.
I think in general people need to chillax a bit.
If we're talking about potential competitors to Twitter, i'd be more concerned about Google. I'd read rumor somewhere that they're integrating the notion of "presence" into all their applications.
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I am just busting your chops, but I do find it ironic that you use Twitter to tell others that you may be done using Tiwtter.
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I think that Twitter has the interface, the integration (some networks still don't have sms capability) and the users so when they finally get their act together, and I hope it's soon, they'll be back on top.
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My usage is down, too. Really focused on cutting out the intermittent distractions. But, I do use Twitter for instant communication with peeps, and for coordinating meeting up in person (DM's to my phone).
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I think that the next step with this kind of service is going to be tied to geography. It seems like the obvious next layer to me.
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