Interesting. I'd be assuming it's for making audio tweets, but even then it's kind of restricting. Putting voice in front of other people is something people might not still be ready for.
With text/tweets, you can process the text and what it is about at a glance. With video, you have thumbnails and they usually give you a good idea what to expect from that video. With audio, there's nothing. I think people are not ready for that, because audio only is so hard to filter and "consume" without having to listen to it.
Twitter in talks to buy online music firm SoundCloud
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Re: Twitter in talks to buy online music firm SoundCloud
#12According to Swedish media, refering to Financial Times, Twitter is in talks to acquire Spotify as well. Link that I can't visit: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7ad44fd2-ec08-11e3-ab1b-00144feabd...
Twitter raised $2.1 billion in its IPO -- Spotify is valued north of $4 billion.
Re: Twitter in talks to buy online music firm SoundCloud
#13According to Swedish media, refering to Financial Times, Twitter is in talks to acquire Spotify as well. Link that I can't visit: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7ad44fd2-ec08-11e3-ab1b-00144feabd...
Twitter raised $2.1 billion in its IPO -- Spotify is valued north of $4 billion.
Re: Twitter in talks to buy online music firm SoundCloud
#14Soundcloud songs overlaid on Vine vids, etc. could prove amazing as well.
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#15I think this could be an interesting move for Twitter. Especially for podcasting, since Twitter started out as Odeo, and pivoted due to lackluster interest in the medium.
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#16Vine is nothing without a distribution method, so that kind of acquisition makes sense.
If Facebook turns to Shitbook, I really don't want SoundCloud impacted, because they're unassociated and can thrive independently.
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#18Interesting. I'd be assuming it's for making audio tweets, but even then it's kind of restricting. Putting voice in front of other people is something people might not still be ready for.
With text/tweets, you can process the text and what it is about at a glance. With video, you have thumbnails and they usually give you a good idea what to expect from that video. With audio, there's nothing. I think people are not ready for that, because audio only is so hard to filter and "consume" without having to listen to it.
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#19Please buy Soundcloud. They have a great product that hasn't made many improvements in the last couple years. Hopefully an acquisition by Twitter would give them the resources they need to thrive, without too much negative oversight. (Vine is an example of a very successful Twitter acquisition.)
was vine an acquisition or an internal dev project?
Re: Twitter in talks to buy online music firm SoundCloud
#20Please buy Soundcloud. They have a great product that hasn't made many improvements in the last couple years. Hopefully an acquisition by Twitter would give them the resources they need to thrive, without too much negative oversight. (Vine is an example of a very successful Twitter acquisition.)
I think their approach to discovery needs some attention, but definitely wouldn't expect Twitter to be instrumental in helping with that.
I'm biased, as I'd hate to see anything ruin what I think is one of the best music services right now.