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		<title>No more Twitter apps</title>
		<dateCreated>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 12:55:16 GMT</dateCreated>
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		<ownerName>Dave Winer</ownerName>
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		<outline created="Wed, 15 Sep 2010 12:55:16 GMT" ctSaves="3" flPreview="false" server="xmlrpc://cms.scripting2.com:5337/RPC2" storySerialNum="534" text="No more Twitter apps" type="scripting2Post" url="http://scripting.com/stories/2010/09/15/noMoreTwitterApps.html" username="davewiner" versionClient="0.39" versionServer="0.38" whenLastSave="Wed, 15 Sep 2010 22:48:04 GMT">
			<outline created="Wed, 15 Sep 2010 12:41:54 GMT" pgfnum="2054" text="&lt;img src=&quot;http://scripting.com/images/2010/09/15/fatLady.jpg&quot; width=&quot;163&quot; height=&quot;257&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; hspace=&quot;15&quot; vspace=&quot;5&quot; alt=&quot;A picture named fatLady.jpg&quot;&gt;Every so often I get asked to look at a Twitter app. I usually look, and usually am depressed by what I see."></outline>
			<outline created="Wed, 15 Sep 2010 12:42:25 GMT" pgfnum="2055" text="They're all scams. If they're any good they'd be better without the connection to Twitter. At least they'd be more honest."></outline>
			<outline created="Wed, 15 Sep 2010 12:42:54 GMT" pgfnum="2056" text="I don't like calling software or platforms dead, but if I did, I'd say that about the Twitter API. "></outline>
			<outline created="Wed, 15 Sep 2010 12:47:50 GMT" pgfnum="2058" text="In any case, I don't expect to see any compelling Twitter apps from here-out. ">
				<outline created="Wed, 15 Sep 2010 12:48:18 GMT" pgfnum="2059" text="PS: One area I'd like to see more development in is alternatives to Disqus. It's an excellent product that I use here on scripting.com. But there are lots of ways to do discussions, lots of social organizations that are not reflected in the open-to-all approach. This is an area where some serious innovation is possible."></outline>
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