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[challenge entry] Twitter till death

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(I helped save b3ta! Rebel biscuit stercore sumus et nos esse novimus, Wed 6 May 2009, 23:15, archived)
# I thought this was a Twitter/Facebook mash up for a second.
Which would be clever because that's exactly what the latest iteration of Facebook is
(I helped save b3ta! zoldergoose, Wed 6 May 2009, 23:16, archived)
# as i understand it Twitter is just facebook with everything but the statuses taken out.
i wish i'd thought of that. i'd be rolling in it by now.
(I helped save b3ta! Tom OBedlam I have control of a tank, Wed 6 May 2009, 23:19, archived)
# I'm still not sure how the Twitter people make money
There are a lot of "I secretly wish I'd thought of it first" people on the internets saying they have no business plan.
(I helped save b3ta! zoldergoose, Wed 6 May 2009, 23:21, archived)
# I cannot conceive of any way to make money from short messages
apart from:

a) adverts on the twitter page
b) charging people to tweet

hmmm. I guess those are actually quite reasonable ways.
(I helped save b3ta! The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated, Wed 6 May 2009, 23:25, archived)
# It doesn't make money.
I think they were hoping to be bought by now.
Someone invented a distributed version that would continue without the need for central servers, but it's not likely to take off until Twitter dies.
(I helped save b3ta! Kamikaze Stoat £4.09, Wed 6 May 2009, 23:36, archived)
# is it called "email" or "text messaging"? :)
(I helped save b3ta! The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated, Wed 6 May 2009, 23:45, archived)
# twatter
and the too many tweets page. thats my best idea.
(great scrot! i aint afraid of no goatse, Wed 6 May 2009, 23:16, archived)