Comments on: Will Twitter suffer the same fate as Netscape? http://www.socialmedia.biz/2009/12/08/yaniv-golan-calls-twitter-the-140-characters-netscape/ Social media consulting for midsize businesses Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:26:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: @yanivg http://www.socialmedia.biz/2009/12/08/yaniv-golan-calls-twitter-the-140-characters-netscape/comment-page-1/#comment-17978 @yanivg Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:49:50 +0000 http://www.socialmedia.biz/?p=15134#comment-17978 Absolutely, that was my point :) the Twitter form of communication is here to stay, though the service/brand delivering it may change over time. Absolutely, that was my point :) the Twitter form of communication is here to stay, though the service/brand delivering it may change over time.

]]> By: Paul Balcerak http://www.socialmedia.biz/2009/12/08/yaniv-golan-calls-twitter-the-140-characters-netscape/comment-page-1/#comment-17937 Paul Balcerak Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:08:52 +0000 http://www.socialmedia.biz/?p=15134#comment-17937 It's not inconceivable that Twitter will get replaced by a competitor or current third party adopter. What I keep telling people in the news business, though (people who write it off as a "fad") is Who cares? Twitter itself may not be around in five years, but if you think the <em>form of communication</em> Twitter invented is just going to disappear, you're wrong. It's like trying to say bars are a fad. It may be that <em>that one bar</em> is popular now and it'll be replaced by something cooler five years down the line, but that's the point: people will always go to bars. It's not inconceivable that Twitter will get replaced by a competitor or current third party adopter. What I keep telling people in the news business, though (people who write it off as a "fad") is Who cares? Twitter itself may not be around in five years, but if you think the form of communication Twitter invented is just going to disappear, you're wrong. It's like trying to say bars are a fad. It may be that that one bar is popular now and it'll be replaced by something cooler five years down the line, but that's the point: people will always go to bars.

]]> By: Paul Balcerak http://www.socialmedia.biz/2009/12/08/yaniv-golan-calls-twitter-the-140-characters-netscape/comment-page-1/#comment-17952 Paul Balcerak Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:08:52 +0000 http://www.socialmedia.biz/?p=15134#comment-17952 It's not inconceivable that Twitter will get replaced by a competitor or current third party adopter. What I keep telling people in the news business, though (people who write it off as a "fad") is Who cares? Twitter itself may not be around in five years, but if you think the <em>form of communication</em> Twitter invented is just going to disappear, you're wrong. It's like trying to say bars are a fad. It may be that <em>that one bar</em> is popular now and it'll be replaced by something cooler five years down the line, but that's the point: people will always go to bars. It's not inconceivable that Twitter will get replaced by a competitor or current third party adopter. What I keep telling people in the news business, though (people who write it off as a "fad") is Who cares? Twitter itself may not be around in five years, but if you think the form of communication Twitter invented is just going to disappear, you're wrong. It's like trying to say bars are a fad. It may be that that one bar is popular now and it'll be replaced by something cooler five years down the line, but that's the point: people will always go to bars.

]]> By: @nitemareglitch http://www.socialmedia.biz/2009/12/08/yaniv-golan-calls-twitter-the-140-characters-netscape/comment-page-1/#comment-17936 @nitemareglitch Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:07:53 +0000 http://www.socialmedia.biz/?p=15134#comment-17936 You mean Netscape Communicator, not the ones based on the Mozilla source code at all. I think a better comparison would of been AOL, going from a full out service to a stripped down API for sending chats and email. Netscape evolved and changed, became Firefox eventually (even with the mozilla source code being entirely new) Even so, I do not see this happening, Twitter is based in the cloud. Even if the BRAND Twitter goes away, it's API will keep living on. BUT, seeing as you Twitter, and I never heard anyone Netscape anything, I do not think it will go anywhere. You mean Netscape Communicator, not the ones based on the Mozilla source code at all. I think a better comparison would of been AOL, going from a full out service to a stripped down API for sending chats and email. Netscape evolved and changed, became Firefox eventually (even with the mozilla source code being entirely new)

Even so, I do not see this happening, Twitter is based in the cloud. Even if the BRAND Twitter goes away, it's API will keep living on. BUT, seeing as you Twitter, and I never heard anyone Netscape anything, I do not think it will go anywhere.

]]> By: @nitemareglitch http://www.socialmedia.biz/2009/12/08/yaniv-golan-calls-twitter-the-140-characters-netscape/comment-page-1/#comment-17946 @nitemareglitch Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:07:53 +0000 http://www.socialmedia.biz/?p=15134#comment-17946 You mean Netscape Communicator, not the ones based on the Mozilla source code at all. I think a better comparison would of been AOL, going from a full out service to a stripped down API for sending chats and email. Netscape evolved and changed, became Firefox eventually (even with the mozilla source code being entirely new) Even so, I do not see this happening, Twitter is based in the cloud. Even if the BRAND Twitter goes away, it's API will keep living on. BUT, seeing as you Twitter, and I never heard anyone Netscape anything, I do not think it will go anywhere. You mean Netscape Communicator, not the ones based on the Mozilla source code at all. I think a better comparison would of been AOL, going from a full out service to a stripped down API for sending chats and email. Netscape evolved and changed, became Firefox eventually (even with the mozilla source code being entirely new)

Even so, I do not see this happening, Twitter is based in the cloud. Even if the BRAND Twitter goes away, it's API will keep living on. BUT, seeing as you Twitter, and I never heard anyone Netscape anything, I do not think it will go anywhere.

]]> By: @nitemareglitch http://www.socialmedia.biz/2009/12/08/yaniv-golan-calls-twitter-the-140-characters-netscape/comment-page-1/#comment-17955 @nitemareglitch Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:07:53 +0000 http://www.socialmedia.biz/?p=15134#comment-17955 You mean Netscape Communicator, not the ones based on the Mozilla source code at all. I think a better comparison would of been AOL, going from a full out service to a stripped down API for sending chats and email. Netscape evolved and changed, became Firefox eventually (even with the mozilla source code being entirely new) Even so, I do not see this happening, Twitter is based in the cloud. Even if the BRAND Twitter goes away, it's API will keep living on. BUT, seeing as you Twitter, and I never heard anyone Netscape anything, I do not think it will go anywhere. You mean Netscape Communicator, not the ones based on the Mozilla source code at all. I think a better comparison would of been AOL, going from a full out service to a stripped down API for sending chats and email. Netscape evolved and changed, became Firefox eventually (even with the mozilla source code being entirely new)

Even so, I do not see this happening, Twitter is based in the cloud. Even if the BRAND Twitter goes away, it's API will keep living on. BUT, seeing as you Twitter, and I never heard anyone Netscape anything, I do not think it will go anywhere.

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