Scripting News: Twitter slowdown?

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Twitter slowdown?

The furious pace of growth on Twitter, for me, has slowed to a trickle, and now all the action is on Jaiku -- or maybe it's just that Jaiku is catching up? It's hard to say because everyone's view of these systems is different. Jeff Pulver, in Scoble's video description of Twitter, said it was IM or a chatroom, and Scoble corrected him, pointing out that it was very different in one important way, that people opt-in to listen, and can opt-out at any time. So true. But to others, with very few people listening, it must look like a chatroom, a chatroom they can't post to, a conversation they can listen to but can't participate in. I imagine for some personality types this is exactly what they like.

Last update: Thursday, June 3, 2010; 4:00:40 PM

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Dave Winer, 55, is a visiting scholar at NYU's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. He pioneered the development of weblogs, syndication (RSS), podcasting, outlining, and web content management software; former contributing editor at Wired Magazine, research fellow at Harvard Law School, entrepreneur, and investor in web media companies. A native New Yorker, he received a Master's in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin, a Bachelor's in Mathematics from Tulane University and currently lives in New York City.

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