Saturday, April 11, 2015 at 11:41 AM

Twitter's advertising model

This has happened a few times for me.

  1. I follow a company.

  2. They start advertising on Twitter.

  3. Now, every time I go to Twitter, their ad is at the top of the page. The same message. I've read it a dozen times. I do not want to keep reading it.

  4. I have a choice, I can get rid of the ad by unfollowing them. I do it with regret, because there was a reason I chose to follow them. I am interested, and I want to keep up on what they're doing. So maybe I don't unfollow at first, or the second or third time. But eventually it seems I always do. I keep meaning to write this post to make sure Twitter and the advertisers understand this.

  5. Because of this I am reluctant to advertise. I was thinking about doing it when I come out with a new product. I think Twitter could be part of my promotion, but...


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By Dave Winer, Saturday, April 11, 2015 at 11:41 AM. Reallll soooon now...