I don’t think I’m necessarily against Twitter users getting paid for promoting products in their stream, but I do feel that the automatic and autonomous way that Magpie places ads goes against the true spirit of Twitter.

In addition, I think it devalues both Twitter as a service, and Twitter users that decide to use Magpie, because it turns the service, which has otherwise remained rather spam free, into a virtual spam factory, with friends willingly spamming their friends and contacts for a few extra dollars a month.

It’s interesting to see the community debate the service in such an open and public way, as we are all acting as the gatekeepers for a service that none of us own (except of course @EV I guess) so I’m interested to hear both sides of the argument, but for now, I’m a firm voter for No on Magpie.

- @coryobrien