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Why There Are No Good Ideas for Twitter Replacements

Started by Rishabh Mishra (possible248) · 1 year ago

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Twitter. From the beginning, it’s had stability problems. Now that it’s popular, it’s gotten worse. We’ve all been talking about Twitter replacements, and I was going to post my own ideas here too. But there is a problem with a lot of the Twitter replacement ideas floating around. These ideas are too complex. ... Continue reading »

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chrisbaskind
1 year ago

The killer feature to compete with Twitter is very simple: reliability. Most people like Twitter's feature set. What they hate is downtime and latency.

The most likely Twitter competitor is a better Twitter.

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CyndyA
1 year ago

I think you are right, Chris. The question is, if someone builds a better Twitter, will the bellyachers switch or stay with the old and keep complaining?

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Julian Baldwin
1 year ago

I think you're right in general. One method of adding particular new features would be to completely hide the feature unless the user went to settings and enabled it. That would allow users who want more functionality to gain it and users who like the simple interface to not be bothered at all.

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Rishabh Mishra (possible248)
1 year ago

But isn't a part of Twitter about limits? At first, the 140 character limit seems very strict and forces you to write short, punchy sentences. If upping the limit were an option, new users might do so, and then ruin part of the point in Twitter.

There's also the issue of such a simple application with a complex settings dialog.

Of course, a putting it in a settings dialog can be applicable to many things, such as Blogger-like customization of the Twitter page, where you're allowed to move boxes around and so forth.

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Voyagerfan5761
1 year ago

Well, there's also the little issue of Twitter already having -- what is it, five? six? -- tabs upon tabs of options. Why not simplify the interface for those, too? But I digress...

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