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Testing a way for you to make purchases on Twitter

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Re: Testing a way for you to make purchases on Twitter

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Post by cowls »

blackaspen wrote: post #27
aapje wrote: post #24

My main concern is security. When Twitter stores your payment information it will be easy to buy something with a single click. But I've seen way too many Twitter hacking going on when I look at friends' timelines. If tweets like 'How I lost 100 lbs in 3 months! Click > bit.ly/youwillbehacked' can be posted without too much effort, these same hackers could buy stuff for free by just hacking into your Twitter account.

Twitter offers 2 factor authentication for account logins (SMS a code every time you login).

This should be forced whenever you try to purchase something

Re: Testing a way for you to make purchases on Twitter

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Post by u124556 »

pradn wrote: post #74
u124556 wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Amazon does use more than 140 characters to present a product.

You can always add a link to the tweet for more details.

And then you can buy from the page with the details. Forcing you to go back to the twit to buy would be a bad idea.

Re: Testing a way for you to make purchases on Twitter

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Post by fudged71 »

kordless wrote: post #44

There are exactly zero times I wished I could buy something from a Tweet with a button. Given that limited observation of buyer behavior, and knowing full well Twitter wishes to make profit, I'm assuming these buttons will be forced into my public stream somewhere, somehow. Some people on here think these buttons will be placed there by Twitter via ads, but I have another idea: Provide a micropayment channel program…

Yes, an affiliate marketing scheme like this would have a big impact

as well at turn the social network into a cesspool.

Re: Testing a way for you to make purchases on Twitter

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Post by benologist »

u124556 wrote: post #82
pradn wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can always add a link to the tweet for more details.

And then you can buy from the page with the details. Forcing you to go back to the twit to buy would be a bad idea.

Embedding the buy button wired up to your twitter account might not be so awful?

Re: Testing a way for you to make purchases on Twitter

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Post by steveklabnik »

chton wrote: post #54
arrrg wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thing is, Twitter should be a protocol. It clearly fills an existing need (I see it as very similar to email in that regard, just filling a different need – people want to chat publicly with each other and in a very informal way inform the public about things), but it doesn’t really make sense as a service that wants to make money. Twitter should be just like email, not this one monopoly controlling everything. It’s…

I'm not sure if it's even possible to build a twitter-like system with distributed servers in the vein of e-mail. It's possible for e-mail because it's a one-way system. Twitter has the concept of following a user, and that user's tweets appear to me. It's a 2-way system that needs to constantly be kept in sync. Even if it's possible to do, it won't be easy, with loads of extra technical challenges that SMTP doesn't…

There was already an open standard to do everything but the private messaging part: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OStatus

Re: Testing a way for you to make purchases on Twitter

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Post by freehunter »

arrrg wrote: post #41
pionar wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Twitter isn't a protocol. If it was, there'd be Twitter (the protocol) based services everywhere, and it'd be open and federated. Twitter is a service. Services need money. It's a simple as that.

Thing is, Twitter should be a protocol. It clearly fills an existing need (I see it as very similar to email in that regard, just filling a different need – people want to chat publicly with each other and in a very informal way inform the public about things), but it doesn’t really make sense as a service that wants to make money. Twitter should be just like email, not this one monopoly controlling everything. It’s…

App.net is like Twitter, the protocol. Not quite the same, but it's basically Twitter as a platform, where the core business is federation and an API for services to build off.

Still centralized, still controlled by one company, but it's a step in the right direction. It's a shame they're struggling to survive against worse services.

Re: Testing a way for you to make purchases on Twitter

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Post by legohead »

kordless wrote: post #44

There are exactly zero times I wished I could buy something from a Tweet with a button. Given that limited observation of buyer behavior, and knowing full well Twitter wishes to make profit, I'm assuming these buttons will be forced into my public stream somewhere, somehow. Some people on here think these buttons will be placed there by Twitter via ads, but I have another idea: Provide a micropayment channel program…

You sound exactly like their target market, too! /s

Re: Testing a way for you to make purchases on Twitter

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Post by saryant »

jimktrains2 wrote: post #58
u124556 wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Amazon does use more than 140 characters to present a product.

And often has reviews on the same page.

The reviews are the key. I always jump straight to the reviews. Half the time I never read the item description.
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