Comments on: Is Twitter the Tech Version of Britney Spears?

By: Dennis Howlett

Dennis Howlett — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

In enterprise circles, there’s a lot of thought that Twitter-esque services could be very useful in collaborative environments, especially among service teams that come together and then disband. As a metaphor it is great for that. The problem comes when you look at the fundamental design weaknesses around scaling. Solving this in a small company setting is darned hard because inevitably egos will get bruised. The question is not when they’ll solve it but if they’ve got the character to recognize that deep down, they’ve no idea what they’re doing.

By: tilll

tilll — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I think Twitter built their own infrastructure now. Afaik (or read) is it not that Joyent “sucks”, but Twitter outgrew even them – or maybe it’s a financial issue where they believe they are better off in the long-term when they setup their own datacenter.

And on a side-note. The webhost is not really to blame for their issues. Even people working for Twitter acknowledged how difficult it is to maintain this software (especially because of the Rails part).

By: Mark Evans

Mark Evans — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Twitter is the flavor of the day – just like Facebook had its time in the spotlight. I would suggest there has been some interesting posts on Twitter’s impact as a communications tool, although the coverage of its, um, technical difficulties have been fast and furious.

By: Aidan Henry

Aidan Henry — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Allen… you missed my post :( Just kidding.

Anyways, I think Twitter is on the brink of bigger things. Once the hosting issue is sorted out, there isn’t much holding the company back. I’m certain that a revenue model, somewhat akin to the Pownce “integrated ads” model, will be implemented.

Anyways, here is my post on why I think Twitter will go mainstream: http://www.mappingtheweb.com/2008/01/31/future-twitter/

Cheers,
Aidan