In which we explore Twitter's staying power
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Aiden:
Think identi.ca will work out?
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Jake:
Probably not
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Jake:
Dave winer will keep pushing it, but it'll never take off
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Jake:
For the same reason all the other twitter clones haven't
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Aiden:
And that is? Unoriginal?
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Jake:
The community is ingrained in Twitter
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Aiden:
I don't know. people may try it. Like you for instance and if they have enough internet cred. people may follow.
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Jake:
Sure, people always try it
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Jake:
Before identi.ca it was Plurk
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Jake:
Before Plurk, it was Pownce
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Jake:
Before Pownce, it was Jaiku
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Jake:
But they always returned to Twitter
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Aiden:
But if something just so happens to be better and someone with internet cred makes the switch. it could take off.
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Jake:
Perhaps, but its unlikely
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Jake:
Case in point: Leo Laporte has shitload of “cred”, and he was pimping Jaiku
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Jake:
That was good for a few weeks, but now its dead
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Jake:
Pownce was founded by Kevin Rose, a guy with even more cred than Leo in the 18-24 demo, and its still not even almost as big as Twitter
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Aiden:
What if it wasn't a Tech/founder but a celeb (of any degree, e.g. julia allison) was to make a switch?
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Jake:
Wouldn't be enough
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Aiden:
What if two-three made the switch?
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Aiden:
What if the founder of twitter made the switch?
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Jake:
haha
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Aiden:
well?
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Jake:
He wouldn't
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Jake:
Not that it would matter, he has less influence than the aforementioned celebrities
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Aiden:
But if the creator of such site joins a competing site. surely that would create valleywag buzz and give the opposing site some cred.
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Jake:
Not enough
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Jake:
The founder of Twitter already has accounts on all the competitors
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Aiden:
But is he active on the competing sites?
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Jake:
Yeah
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Aiden:
Fair enough then.
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