http://middledigit.net/2008/04/29/12-a-month-on-twitter-vote/ If technology doesn't seem like magic, it's probably obsolete. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:09:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 http://middledigit.net/2008/04/29/12-a-month-on-twitter-vote/#comment-3270 Giles Thu, 01 May 2008 10:27:48 +0000 http://middledigit.net/2008/04/29/12-a-month-on-twitter-vote/#comment-3270 Surely subscription isn't the way forward?!? Friends Reunited messed up by going the subscription route when they should have gone down the advertising one. Surely subscription isn’t the way forward?!? Friends Reunited messed up by going the subscription route when they should have gone down the advertising one.

]]> http://middledigit.net/2008/04/29/12-a-month-on-twitter-vote/#comment-3271 Jonathan Thu, 01 May 2008 10:58:12 +0000 http://middledigit.net/2008/04/29/12-a-month-on-twitter-vote/#comment-3271 Maybe. My thought was would you rather pay £1 per month or look at ads either in an app, on the site or (even worse) tweeted to you amongst all your other tweets (I think Twitteriffic used to do that) . We all love Twitter and whinge like crap when it goes down. We expect it to work all the time and are frustrated because it doesn't do loads of stuff we want it to. But, we want it to be free and wouldn't pay £1 a month for using it. Problem is, with an open API, not sure how they can do the ad thing - so just asking people to pay for access might be an option? And one that people might be up for in exchange for an ad free, 100% reliable fully functional Twitter? I don't know the answer but I'm sure I'll have an opinion when we know ! PS good to see you yesterday at Internet World. Maybe. My thought was would you rather pay £1 per month or look at ads either in an app, on the site or (even worse) tweeted to you amongst all your other tweets (I think Twitteriffic used to do that) . We all love Twitter and whinge like crap when it goes down. We expect it to work all the time and are frustrated because it doesn’t do loads of stuff we want it to. But, we want it to be free and wouldn’t pay £1 a month for using it. Problem is, with an open API, not sure how they can do the ad thing - so just asking people to pay for access might be an option? And one that people might be up for in exchange for an ad free, 100% reliable fully functional Twitter? I don’t know the answer but I’m sure I’ll have an opinion when we know ! PS good to see you yesterday at Internet World.

]]> http://middledigit.net/2008/04/29/12-a-month-on-twitter-vote/#comment-3277 Giles Wed, 07 May 2008 13:43:48 +0000 http://middledigit.net/2008/04/29/12-a-month-on-twitter-vote/#comment-3277 Good to see you too. I wouldn't have thought Twitter cant physically go the ad route either. Time will tell! Good to see you too. I wouldn’t have thought Twitter cant physically go the ad route either. Time will tell!

]]> http://middledigit.net/2008/04/29/12-a-month-on-twitter-vote/#comment-3302 Roger Thu, 22 May 2008 12:43:25 +0000 http://middledigit.net/2008/04/29/12-a-month-on-twitter-vote/#comment-3302 Twitter's impact and reach is becoming too pervasive for the clock to be turned back. People will demand something like Twitter, if Twitter itself cannot deliver. If people see value they will pay. If they want the service without ads they will pay. If Twitter can scale effectively, they may have no option but to introduce a subscription model if they want to monetize their technology. Twitter’s impact and reach is becoming too pervasive for the clock to be turned back. People will demand something like Twitter, if Twitter itself cannot deliver. If people see value they will pay. If they want the service without ads they will pay. If Twitter can scale effectively, they may have no option but to introduce a subscription model if they want to monetize their technology.

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