Last week TechCrunch reported on Be-A-Magpie a new service that automatically inserts ads into a twitter stream (something that the Icon Factory has been doing with Twitterific for ages).
What’s most interesting about this service is that it puts Twitter into the same situation that Facebook recently went through. When Facebook allowed third parties to create applications they realized that RockYou, Slide, and Social Media were monetizing relationships that Facebook hadn’t been able to. So Facebook responded by segregating applications and widgets out of the main interface.
Twitter founder Evan Williams has repeatedly said that they will not insert ads into feeds, but now that a third party is doing it, will Twitter be able to hold out and if not will users flee?
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Learn internet marketing strategy // January 12, 2009 at 10:59 pm
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Will Hawkins // January 14, 2009 at 7:16 am
I hate to say it but I think that it is only a matter of time before this happens and I will have to spend time filtering out ‘Twitterers’ who send irrelevant advertisements. Not all advertisements are bad and Twitter should develop its service to provide tools to filter more effectively.
Michael Tim // February 28, 2009 at 5:19 pm
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