Y Combinator’s Snipd Launches To The Public

Post by ryanspahn » Fri, Oct 31, 2008, 7:21 AM UTC

unalone wrote: post #4

emmett wrote: post #2

I saw all the "this is useless" comments on TechCrunch, so I thought I'd look up what that community thought of "twttr" when it launched: http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/07/15/is-twttr-interesting/ "I do not understand the utility of adding the SMS messages to a public webpage or making messages from my network public. I would have to pass on that type of offering. The ability to make messages private should be added…

You know, a lot of people still do think that Twitter is stupid. Myself included. I've said before and I'll say again that I don't understand the utility of Twitter. While I think some people write amusingly on it, I've never seen what makes people so fascinated in it. I doubt I ever will. Just because something's successful doesn't mean it's useful.

Post by unalone » Fri, Oct 31, 2008, 6:21 PM UTC

ryanspahn wrote: post #21

unalone wrote: post #4

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You know, a lot of people still do think that Twitter is stupid. Myself included. I've said before and I'll say again that I don't understand the utility of Twitter. While I think some people write amusingly on it, I've never seen what makes people so fascinated in it. I doubt I ever will. Just because something's successful doesn't mean it's useful.

Its an amazing simple idea and tool! So much data on there for us start-uppers to use for research, marketing, as well as building innovating services using the data. One could create a crowd sourced Rotten Tomatoes-esque site. One example of many what can be done with the data there!