Comments on: Twitter hits the mainstream and a crossroads: Time for an open server http://trishussey.com/2009/04/17/twitter-hits-the-mainstream-and-a-crossroads-time-for-an-open-server/ Social Media News, WordPress Info and Opinion from Tris Hussey author of Create Your Own Blog, Using WordPress and Teach Yourself Foursquare Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: DreamHost offers Status.net as a 1-click install. Great step towards distributed micromessaging — A View from the Isle http://trishussey.com/2009/04/17/twitter-hits-the-mainstream-and-a-crossroads-time-for-an-open-server/#comment-9279 DreamHost offers Status.net as a 1-click install. Great step towards distributed micromessaging — A View from the Isle Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:57:30 +0000 http://www.trishussey.com/2009/04/17/twitter-hits-the-mainstream-and-a-crossroads-time-for-an-open-server/#comment-9279 [...] a pretty heavy Twitter user but I have long argued that we need the equivalent of SMTP/POP for micromessaging as we have for email. I know Twitter is great and has a great ecosystem going, but it can’t last forever. Sure a [...] [...] a pretty heavy Twitter user but I have long argued that we need the equivalent of SMTP/POP for micromessaging as we have for email. I know Twitter is great and has a great ecosystem going, but it can’t last forever. Sure a [...]

]]> By: Is Twitter grinding to a halt? « Memoirs of an Underwater Photographer http://trishussey.com/2009/04/17/twitter-hits-the-mainstream-and-a-crossroads-time-for-an-open-server/#comment-6657 Is Twitter grinding to a halt? « Memoirs of an Underwater Photographer Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:28:40 +0000 http://www.trishussey.com/2009/04/17/twitter-hits-the-mainstream-and-a-crossroads-time-for-an-open-server/#comment-6657 [...] Twitter grinding to a halt? Now that its gone mainstream do you find that twitter is slower to respond and sometimes does not load the pages [...] [...] Twitter grinding to a halt? Now that its gone mainstream do you find that twitter is slower to respond and sometimes does not load the pages [...]

]]> By: Ianiv http://trishussey.com/2009/04/17/twitter-hits-the-mainstream-and-a-crossroads-time-for-an-open-server/#comment-6622 Ianiv Fri, 17 Apr 2009 23:51:30 +0000 http://www.trishussey.com/2009/04/17/twitter-hits-the-mainstream-and-a-crossroads-time-for-an-open-server/#comment-6622 One of the problems is who is going to pay for all of this? You don't pay for email today, but someone is paying to keep all those servers running. Will you pay to be able to send 140 character messages around? If you come up with a good business model around sending short messages around, let me know and I'll help you with the tech :) One of the problems is who is going to pay for all of this? You don’t pay for email today, but someone is paying to keep all those servers running. Will you pay to be able to send 140 character messages around?

If you come up with a good business model around sending short messages around, let me know and I’ll help you with the tech :)

]]> By: Ianiv http://trishussey.com/2009/04/17/twitter-hits-the-mainstream-and-a-crossroads-time-for-an-open-server/#comment-10868 Ianiv Fri, 17 Apr 2009 23:51:00 +0000 http://www.trishussey.com/2009/04/17/twitter-hits-the-mainstream-and-a-crossroads-time-for-an-open-server/#comment-10868 One of the problems is who is going to pay for all of this? You don't pay for email today, but someone is paying to keep all those servers running. Will you pay to be able to send 140 character messages around? If you come up with a good business model around sending short messages around, let me know and I'll help you with the tech :) One of the problems is who is going to pay for all of this? You don’t pay for email today, but someone is paying to keep all those servers running. Will you pay to be able to send 140 character messages around?

If you come up with a good business model around sending short messages around, let me know and I’ll help you with the tech :)

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