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Re: Now on Twitter: Group direct messages and mobile video camera

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And yet still the worst photo sharing experience of any social platform. 5mb upload limit, constant upload failures with cryptic error messages, and clicking an image only to see a smaller version aren't a great experience.

I'm skeptical of what they'll do with video.

edit: lack of retina support for images is also inexcusable.

Re: Now on Twitter: Group direct messages and mobile video camera

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A long, long time ago, email was invented. Then soon enough, someone created email lists (groups). No one has invented anything new in this regard, since then.

Its a pity you're getting downvoted for insight. One problem twitter has is lack of innovation. Then again they have users who are self selected to be used to it, or are even happy with that.

Kind of the AOL of the modern era, if you think of AOL culturally in the 90s, twitter is in the same spot today.

There is also a lack of purpose, lack of elevator pitch. By that I mean I don't know what twitter is for. Originally, right after I found out about it WRT SXSW, its the AOL-ified IRC on top of SMS text messages. Then it morphed into brand spam delivery for AOL users who can't figure out RSS from either the spammer or recipient side, be sure to follow our corporate PR dept because... well just because. Now its apparently going to be the AOL of photo sharing for those too confused by the complexities of facebook photo sharing and snapchat. But what is it, assuming my joke about them being the AOL of 2015 isn't just a joke (or ... is it?)

Re: Now on Twitter: Group direct messages and mobile video camera

#10
post #8

This sentence grossed me out: "The Twitter you experience today is rich and immersive, full of images, gifs, Vines, audio files and videos from some of the world’s most recognizable figures and brands."

Then you'll absolutely love their "strategy statement".

"Reach the largest daily audience in the world by connecting everyone to their world via our information sharing and distribution platform products and be one of the top revenue generating Internet companies in the world."

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