Did Twitter just peak?
 

Lets face it, Twitter is pretty stupid. did it just peak?

Much of the net is pretty stupid. Lowest common denominator.

Yeah but they just had Ashton Kutcher hit a million followers and Oprah got on there. Sort of shining a huge light on it. It was cool, new and different. Now it is mainstream and not so cool.

Damn I really do not get some of you all.
Twitter has been around literally for a few years. Thankfully GFY in its rush to stay on top of things web wise not only took up unto a couple months ago to even begin posting about it like rabid monkeys, then they of all people begin to predict its future. Just to bad it snuck up on most peoples ass's and they did not even notice it until mainstream press began giving it a lot of attention as of late.

It does not need to be anything more than simple and something that the people will and want to use. People love to talk about themselves and be the center of the universe. Twitter gives them what the want in a format they get. It will not make the founders any money any time soon, short of a buyout. Each and everyday though they are just building more and more brand value.

Yeah, it's been around forever but for some reason everyone is talking about it like it's cold fusion or something. I don't get why suddenly people think it's the coolest invention ever, it's been around for sometime. But for some reason when old people find it, they think it's the most clever thing they've ever seen.

Websites have a moment in the sun. Myspace peaked a few years ago. Facebook seems to be close. Twitter seems to have less to offer. Seems it might have hit the wall.

how soon until google makes twitter an offer to buy them out?

only 29 employees at twitter

Do you think Google has been burned enough buying things that lose big cash.

Maybe I'll give that site another chance. No ads on that site to help with any of the costs. Plenty of free media attention driving visitors of all ages... What is not to like?

twitter sucks my cock

it seriously takes 29 people to run that site? wow, either they are all milking the gravy train, or just plain stupid. 29? jesus

Just more social networking pish !!

A reddit comment on Twitter:

You follow people you are interested in, and get a feed of what all of those people are doing.

The twitter box says 'what are you doing right now?' - but that question doesn't really relate to what twitter is used for. People use it to share news, share opinions, thoughts, links, information, even photos.

The way I see it, Facebook is relationship based - you follow people you know. Twitter is interest based - you follow people who share your interests or who you find interesting.

Now, the 'killer app' of twitter is being able to follow subjects - not just people. Using any one of the many twitter clients out there, you set up a feed for a subject. People typically tag their updates which makes it easier for people to follow that subject. #reddit is a tag, for example. So you can add that to your client, and see everything being said about reddit in realtime. Set up a few important tags for your interests and you suddenly have a very powerful way to receive information.

I was like you not so long ago, Twitter seemed pathetic and full of self-important people. But a couple of friends explained the above, I tried it out, and suddenly came to realise the power of it.

The biggest Twitter tip is you simply cannot utilize it to the full via the website. You need one of the other clients to really 'get it'.

Hope that helps ;)

if it didn't, it really will soon

99% of the people that follow me are other webmasters...

might be so

the "mainstream" media coverage has his it's peak yes, not here will be a period of backlash before it steadies off.

yep definitely

it will stay at this popularity for a while though

I am on Twitter and just broke the 7k followers and I still don't get why people are so crazy about it. Unless you are following a star or well known person and want to know when they go to the can, I don't see what's the point. It's like being in a chat room with a few thousands people. But I'm French and dumb so what can I say...

I will try this.