Get your own #dickbar

In all seriousness though, I want to give Twitter money. It has contributed to my career in ways I'll never be able to fully measure and I feel like I owe Twitter something. Ads and intrusive trend bars are annoying, so I'd much rather give money. Monthly plans, yearly plans, "pro" plans... I don't care. They just need to get something in place.

Re: Get your own #dickbar

#5

Post by raganwald » Sun, Mar 06, 2011, 5:49 PM UTC

What is a dickbar?

http://dickbar.org

Re: Get your own #dickbar

#6

Post by rhizome » Sun, Mar 06, 2011, 5:53 PM UTC

raganwald wrote: post #5

What is a dickbar? http://dickbar.org

that expander thing is weird.

Re: Get your own #dickbar

#7

Post by kcl » Sun, Mar 06, 2011, 6:02 PM UTC

In 2010 I wanted an iPhone Twitter client with a nice UI and no ads, so I paid $2.99 for Tweetie 2. This was after I bought Tweetie 1 for $2.99. Tweetie 2 wasn't a free upgrade.

In 2011, after acquiring Tweetie 2 and making it free, Twitter adds paid advertisements and wrecks the UI.

Re: Get your own #dickbar

#8

Post by flyosity » Sun, Mar 06, 2011, 6:09 PM UTC

kcl wrote: post #7

In 2010 I wanted an iPhone Twitter client with a nice UI and no ads, so I paid $2.99 for Tweetie 2. This was after I bought Tweetie 1 for $2.99. Tweetie 2 wasn't a free upgrade. In 2011, after acquiring Tweetie 2 and making it free, Twitter adds paid advertisements and wrecks the UI.

Reminds me of many Android apps: instead of selling the app on the Marketplace the developers opt to include advertisements which cheapen the overall experience.

Re: Get your own #dickbar

#9

Post by raganwald » Sun, Mar 06, 2011, 6:12 PM UTC

kcl wrote: post #7

In 2010 I wanted an iPhone Twitter client with a nice UI and no ads, so I paid $2.99 for Tweetie 2. This was after I bought Tweetie 1 for $2.99. Tweetie 2 wasn't a free upgrade. In 2011, after acquiring Tweetie 2 and making it free, Twitter adds paid advertisements and wrecks the UI.

I would email Dick and ask for a special ad-free version that goes out to all paid Tweetie customers.

Re: Get your own #dickbar

#10

Post by siglesias » Sun, Mar 06, 2011, 6:18 PM UTC

flyosity wrote: post #4

siglesias wrote: post #3

Twitter's new business model may well be subscriptions to turn off #dickbar.

I suggested that to @stop on Twitter but didn't get a response. In all seriousness though, I want to give Twitter money. It has contributed to my career in ways I'll never be able to fully measure and I feel like I owe Twitter something. Ads and intrusive trend bars are annoying, so I'd much rather give money. Monthly plans, yearly plans, "pro" plans... I don't care. They just need to get something in place.

Precisely.

We follow who we follow because we aren't interested in the rest. It's really bad to force follow a source of information that we don't care about. These ads are way not relevant.