Comments on: What made Twitter do it: the essential difference between sms handling in Europe and US http://thenextweb.com/2008/08/14/what-made-twitter-do-it-the-essential-difference-between-sms-handling-in-europe-and-us/ International technology news, business & culture Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:22:25 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Please kill the replies feature Twitter, it really sucks http://thenextweb.com/2008/08/14/what-made-twitter-do-it-the-essential-difference-between-sms-handling-in-europe-and-us/#comment-365761 Please kill the replies feature Twitter, it really sucks Thu, 11 Sep 2008 07:20:30 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=3322#comment-365761 [...] Call it vanity, call it the need to stay in touch with other human beings. Ever since Twitter decided to stop sending SMS updates outside North-America and India, I depend on the replies function to see updates about me. At [...] [...] Call it vanity, call it the need to stay in touch with other human beings. Ever since Twitter decided to stop sending SMS updates outside North-America and India, I depend on the replies function to see updates about me. At [...]

]]> By: Sacha Vekeman http://thenextweb.com/2008/08/14/what-made-twitter-do-it-the-essential-difference-between-sms-handling-in-europe-and-us/#comment-365760 Sacha Vekeman Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:43:17 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=3322#comment-365760 Has anyone thought about mobile advertising as a way to subsidize the Twitter service? Read: Rethinking Twitter's Business Model - http://mobiya.typepad.com/blog/2008/08/rethinking-twit.html Has anyone thought about mobile advertising as a way to subsidize the Twitter service?
Read: Rethinking Twitter’s Business Model -
http://mobiya.typepad.com/blog/2008/08/rethinking-twit.html

]]> By: Internetpret | Wat mij opvalt http://thenextweb.com/2008/08/14/what-made-twitter-do-it-the-essential-difference-between-sms-handling-in-europe-and-us/#comment-365759 Internetpret | Wat mij opvalt Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:06:44 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=3322#comment-365759 [...] What made Twitter do it: the essential difference between sms handling in Europe and USha ge weet het toch, sms kost fortuinen in dit land [...] [...] What made Twitter do it: the essential difference between sms handling in Europe and USha ge weet het toch, sms kost fortuinen in dit land [...]

]]> By: longggshot http://thenextweb.com/2008/08/14/what-made-twitter-do-it-the-essential-difference-between-sms-handling-in-europe-and-us/#comment-365758 longggshot Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:03:06 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=3322#comment-365758 @Patrick Hi Patrick It might be attractive to the mobile carriers as it could be neat marketing tool that costs them nothing if they are only sending txts to their own customers. It may be more attrative where there is currently a larger twitter population. Just imagine a vodafone PAYG twitter package. @Patrick
Hi Patrick
It might be attractive to the mobile carriers as it could be neat marketing tool that costs them nothing if they are only sending txts to their own customers. It may be more attrative where there is currently a larger twitter population. Just imagine a vodafone PAYG twitter package.

]]> By: the prophet http://thenextweb.com/2008/08/14/what-made-twitter-do-it-the-essential-difference-between-sms-handling-in-europe-and-us/#comment-365757 the prophet Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:42:30 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=3322#comment-365757 twitter is so cool! twitter is so cool!

]]> By: Patrick de Laive http://thenextweb.com/2008/08/14/what-made-twitter-do-it-the-essential-difference-between-sms-handling-in-europe-and-us/#comment-365756 Patrick de Laive Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:57:02 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=3322#comment-365756 @ longgshot I believe that the Netherlands is the 3rd country regarding to the number of active Twitter users, but twitter is still very small here. I doubt if twitter would be an interesting party for a Dutch mobile carrier. That twitter would massively benefit from the marketing effort of such a deal is obvious. Well I think it will be a long and tough way, but who knows... @ longgshot I believe that the Netherlands is the 3rd country regarding to the number of active Twitter users, but twitter is still very small here. I doubt if twitter would be an interesting party for a Dutch mobile carrier. That twitter would massively benefit from the marketing effort of such a deal is obvious.
Well I think it will be a long and tough way, but who knows…

]]> By: Patrick de Laive http://thenextweb.com/2008/08/14/what-made-twitter-do-it-the-essential-difference-between-sms-handling-in-europe-and-us/#comment-365755 Patrick de Laive Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:39:50 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=3322#comment-365755 Hi Anon, true, only big parties can get a deal like this. I'm not 100% sure that twitter has a deal like this, but when Biz Stone was asked about the business model behind the text messages on a dutch conference in 2007 he came up with the answer that when sending a huge amount of messages they could make deals in the US and he expected to make deals with European carriers as well. The latter obviously didn't work Hi Anon,

true, only big parties can get a deal like this. I’m not 100% sure that twitter has a deal like this, but when Biz Stone was asked about the business model behind the text messages on a dutch conference in 2007 he came up with the answer that when sending a huge amount of messages they could make deals in the US and he expected to make deals with European carriers as well. The latter obviously didn’t work

]]> By: dropzone http://thenextweb.com/2008/08/14/what-made-twitter-do-it-the-essential-difference-between-sms-handling-in-europe-and-us/#comment-365754 dropzone Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:21:41 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=3322#comment-365754 I think the pro account is probably the only way it would work. If you look at the number of people outside the cohort who read blogs like this that are regular twitter users the 'marketing benefit' angle quickly begins to look pretty negligible. Mobile ops are mass market, and are used to dealing with big numbers. Unless you have something like the iphone which will get recognition outside the (relatively small) group who will actually pay for one it's just not worth it, and twitter isn't high enough profile. But the people who DO use it are precisely the people who are prepared to pay extra for premium services. I think the pro account is probably the only way it would work. If you look at the number of people outside the cohort who read blogs like this that are regular twitter users the ‘marketing benefit’ angle quickly begins to look pretty negligible. Mobile ops are mass market, and are used to dealing with big numbers. Unless you have something like the iphone which will get recognition outside the (relatively small) group who will actually pay for one it’s just not worth it, and twitter isn’t high enough profile. But the people who DO use it are precisely the people who are prepared to pay extra for premium services.

]]> By: Jonathan Conway http://thenextweb.com/2008/08/14/what-made-twitter-do-it-the-essential-difference-between-sms-handling-in-europe-and-us/#comment-365753 Jonathan Conway Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:59:32 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=3322#comment-365753 I always found DM's to be useful for web friends and even work colleagues for things that have urgency. I just wished they'd tried to offer a pro account to European users first. I definitely would of stumped up the cash. I always found DM’s to be useful for web friends and even work colleagues for things that have urgency.
I just wished they’d tried to offer a pro account to European users first. I definitely would of stumped up the cash.

]]> By: longggshot http://thenextweb.com/2008/08/14/what-made-twitter-do-it-the-essential-difference-between-sms-handling-in-europe-and-us/#comment-365752 longggshot Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:54:47 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=3322#comment-365752 Twitter could do a deal with a mobile company that allows that companies users to exclusivly receive free twitter updates. This could be used as a major marketing tool by the mobile company and would benfit twitter Twitter could do a deal with a mobile company that allows that companies users to exclusivly receive free twitter updates. This could be used as a major marketing tool by the mobile company and would benfit twitter

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