Comments on: Will Twitter Fly in a Walled Garden? http://philbaumann.com/2008/12/07/will-twitter-fly-in-a-gardened-wall/ Dream. But don't fall out of bed. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:57:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: @Twitter_Tips Twitter tips from Minneapolis couple « Tweetabix http://philbaumann.com/2008/12/07/will-twitter-fly-in-a-gardened-wall/#comment-311 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:54:27 +0000 http://philbaumann.com/?p=885#comment-311 [...] Will Twitter Fly in a Walled Garden? [...]

]]> By: xavierv http://philbaumann.com/2008/12/07/will-twitter-fly-in-a-gardened-wall/#comment-303 Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:42:57 +0000 http://philbaumann.com/?p=885#comment-303 That's funny because I got the same feeling they are going to monetize search, and wrote about it 3 days ago: Tracking Keyword Subscribers on Twitter.

Twitter opens up everything, except search feeds analytics, which I think is a hint :) I don't think they will do it through advertisement though, but more as selling Twitter intelligence to brands (like they could sell to Apple the info that 150,000 users have subscribed to the keywords 'apps' (and maybe identify those users), or those who subscribed to 'apps' also subscribed to…)

]]> By: philbaumann http://philbaumann.com/2008/12/07/will-twitter-fly-in-a-gardened-wall/#comment-305 Mon, 08 Dec 2008 23:19:15 +0000 http://philbaumann.com/?p=885#comment-305 Yes, I think that's what I was getting at. (I really should re-consider
hitting Publish when beer's on my desk.)

]]> By: philbaumann http://philbaumann.com/2008/12/07/will-twitter-fly-in-a-gardened-wall/#comment-302 Mon, 08 Dec 2008 23:18:15 +0000 http://philbaumann.com/?p=885#comment-302 Excellent…I think you put things into a better perspective than I (me?).
Minimalism seems to work best for Twitter. And you're right, they probably
have a built-in interest in keeping things simple.

I suspect it's Search that they'll monetize (in addition to other revenue
streams, say for large enterprise clients). Recently, I have been able to
find more information about things on Search.Twitter than on Google itself.
The search feature is simple and provides results that are more current than
Google (not for everything, but it is pretty impressive as the database
grows). We'll see if there's a TwitterSense developed. Again, simplicity is
silver.

Thanks for stopping by again.

Phil

]]> By: xavierv http://philbaumann.com/2008/12/07/will-twitter-fly-in-a-gardened-wall/#comment-310 Mon, 08 Dec 2008 23:05:48 +0000 http://philbaumann.com/?p=885#comment-310 Ah, ok, I didn't get that from your post, thanks for the clarification.

We can all agree that the reason why Twitter is growing is its simplicity. I sometimes project myself as an employee of Twitter reflecting on what to do next. Outsiders of the company (like tech bloggers, me included) have tens of thousands of suggestions based on just a few info they hold about twitter. The Twitter team has access to everything that happens on their platform. Everything! They must be ten thousand miles ahead of us in the development of their strategy. Yet Twitter remains the same, simple service. It hasn't turned into Pownce where too many features saturated (and killed) the usability. So I think we can trust the team for preserving this less is more philosophy.

]]> By: PeopleBrowsr - the new kid on the block | netspotter http://philbaumann.com/2008/12/07/will-twitter-fly-in-a-gardened-wall/#comment-313 Mon, 08 Dec 2008 22:46:00 +0000 http://philbaumann.com/?p=885#comment-313 [...] Will Twitter Fly in a Walled Garden? [...]

]]> By: 2bestrong http://philbaumann.com/2008/12/07/will-twitter-fly-in-a-gardened-wall/#comment-304 Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:42:38 +0000 http://philbaumann.com/?p=885#comment-304 I don't feel Twitter is a Walled Garden, in fact just the opposite. It's quite the mutable entity. It's funny how all the other web 2.0 services are trying to 'Twitterize' their service, so to be more marketable and desirable for the masses.
Twitter is as simple as they come. We complicate it by adding all the other possible ways to USE the twitter service.
It will be interesting to see it's growth~ not like it hasn't been growing!

]]> By: philbaumann http://philbaumann.com/2008/12/07/will-twitter-fly-in-a-gardened-wall/#comment-309 Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:54:19 +0000 http://philbaumann.com/?p=885#comment-309 I'm sorry if you misunderstood the post. I'm not saying Twitter is a walled
garden or if I wasn't clear enough – maybe I had too much beer :)

Twitter's wide open and that's what makes it so easy for people to adopt.
There's just been a lot of chatter about all sorts of new features which, if
actually realized, could create a sort of walled garden by virtue of how
users would behave.

]]> By: xavierv http://philbaumann.com/2008/12/07/will-twitter-fly-in-a-gardened-wall/#comment-308 Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:25:26 +0000 http://philbaumann.com/?p=885#comment-308 Hey Phil,

From what you wrote, I still don't see what makes a walled garden out of Twitter :(

I mean, ebay was a walled garden. Twitter? that's hard to agree with you since they are one of the most successful example of API.

]]> By: Wake Up! English Majors: Twitter is Literature « [AT] : Admiring Thoughts http://philbaumann.com/2008/12/07/will-twitter-fly-in-a-gardened-wall/#comment-312 Sun, 07 Dec 2008 20:02:35 +0000 http://philbaumann.com/?p=885#comment-312 [...] on Twitter about the simplicity of Twitter and its future changes. Baumann posted his thoughts, Will Twitter Fly In A Walled Garden?, earlier this morning and inspired me to write my own thoughts from our [...]

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