Comments on: Twitter Investors Celebrate: The Paparazzi Proof! http://kara.allthingsd.com/20090928/twitter-investors-celebrate-the-paparazzi-proof/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:33:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sam Harrison http://kara.allthingsd.com/20090928/twitter-investors-celebrate-the-paparazzi-proof/#comment-17256 Sam Harrison Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:29:41 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/?p=18871#comment-17256 i have a twitter id and no updates on it yet continue to get 'followers' which indicates to me that automated bots are signing accounts up on their own...which means nobody is *really* using twitter as much as twitter claims... i have a twitter id and no updates on it yet continue to get ‘followers’ which indicates to me that automated bots are signing accounts up on their own…which means nobody is *really* using twitter as much as twitter claims…

]]> By: TechKive » Blog Archive » Twitter Investors Celebrate: The Paparazzi Proof! [BoomTown] http://kara.allthingsd.com/20090928/twitter-investors-celebrate-the-paparazzi-proof/#comment-17152 TechKive » Blog Archive » Twitter Investors Celebrate: The Paparazzi Proof! [BoomTown] Tue, 29 Sep 2009 03:59:41 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/?p=18871#comment-17152 [...] the article here: Twitter Investors Celebrate: The Paparazzi Proof! [BoomTown] Share and [...] [...] the article here: Twitter Investors Celebrate: The Paparazzi Proof! [BoomTown] Share and [...]

]]> By: Kool-Aid Guy Too Harsh? Then How About These Visual Metaphors for Twitter’s $1 Billion Valuation! | Kara Swisher | BoomTown | AllThingsD http://kara.allthingsd.com/20090928/twitter-investors-celebrate-the-paparazzi-proof/#comment-17139 Kool-Aid Guy Too Harsh? Then How About These Visual Metaphors for Twitter’s $1 Billion Valuation! | Kara Swisher | BoomTown | AllThingsD Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:13:05 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/?p=18871#comment-17139 [...] Matthew Alexander, Fox News’ new media editor called my use of the wacky Kool-Aid pitcher man image “harsh” in a tweet (see image [...] [...] Matthew Alexander, Fox News’ new media editor called my use of the wacky Kool-Aid pitcher man image “harsh” in a tweet (see image [...]

]]> By: Mac Beach http://kara.allthingsd.com/20090928/twitter-investors-celebrate-the-paparazzi-proof/#comment-17137 Mac Beach Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:27:46 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/?p=18871#comment-17137 I can't help but see the only way out of this is for them to be acquired just for their user base, not the actual function of the product. Many companies could re-invent this technology in their spare time, but Twitter has an attractive critical mass. Everyone I know that has an ID has one "just in case" the product turns into something useful, but so far, not so much. Judging by the number of unsolicited "hotties" that have followed me out of the blue (and in spite of my grand total of two tweets), I assume my ID has been written on a bathroom wall somewhere. Maybe the business plan isn't easily discussed in mixed company. I can’t help but see the only way out of this is for them to be acquired just for their user base, not the actual function of the product. Many companies could re-invent this technology in their spare time, but Twitter has an attractive critical mass.

Everyone I know that has an ID has one “just in case” the product turns into something useful, but so far, not so much.

Judging by the number of unsolicited “hotties” that have followed me out of the blue (and in spite of my grand total of two tweets), I assume my ID has been written on a bathroom wall somewhere.

Maybe the business plan isn’t easily discussed in mixed company.

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