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FollowI don’t have a problem with Twitter. I can ignore the “internet enthusiasts” that go crazy over a simple CRUD/database entertainment website, thinly veild as the next big social evolution of the internet. I can’t help but feel that this is just a text-based version of the web-cam phase that the internet went through approximately 8 years ago, but with a mobile twist.
Broadcasting Text (HTML and Websites) -> Music (Shoutcast and Internet Radio, Podcasts) -> Video from a Home Computer (Youtube)
Reading Text (Ebooks, Sony Ebook Reader) -> Listening to Music (I-Pod) -> Watching Video (I-Pod, Portable DVD players) on a Mobile Device anywhere you go
Broadcasting Text (Twitter) -> Music (Zune?) -> Video (Justin.tv for everyone?) from a Mobile Device anywhere you go
But they really need to adjust their robots.txt files to stop spiders from crawling the status of every one of their users. Today I did a search for YUI DataSource and got the following Google Link headline:
Twitter / Lee Shepherd: just finished extending YUI…
What sort of value is this going to provide to anyone?
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