Comments on: Would you pay for business critical Twitter service? http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/04/would_you_pay_for_business_critical_twitter_service.html Daily news and opinion for 250,000 industry executives and mobile fanatics Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:14:00 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Terence Eden http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/04/would_you_pay_for_business_critical_twitter_service.html/comment-page-1#comment-222459 Terence Eden Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:32:38 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=6237#comment-222459 Nope. I'm on it, and it's fun as a diversion. If it ever reaches the critical mass that facebook has or myspace had, it will be a great, low maintenance way of keeping up with friends and acquaintances. Why on Earth would I use it for business? If I wanted something easy to set up, cost effective, easy to access, I'd use IRC or NNTP. I could be a bit web 2.0 and run MediaWiki. Or go all enterprisey and use IBM's Teamrooms. Same question goes for Jaiku. It's a fun social tool - it has some place in formal business, sure - but I'm not going to micro-blog "Working on Project Neptune (Vodafone's top secret plan to sell branded underwear - don't tell O2) anyone got a tape measure?". Nope. I’m on it, and it’s fun as a diversion. If it ever reaches the critical mass that facebook has or myspace had, it will be a great, low maintenance way of keeping up with friends and acquaintances.

Why on Earth would I use it for business? If I wanted something easy to set up, cost effective, easy to access, I’d use IRC or NNTP. I could be a bit web 2.0 and run MediaWiki. Or go all enterprisey and use IBM’s Teamrooms.

Same question goes for Jaiku. It’s a fun social tool – it has some place in formal business, sure – but I’m not going to micro-blog “Working on Project Neptune (Vodafone’s top secret plan to sell branded underwear – don’t tell O2) anyone got a tape measure?”.

]]> By: Kim Dushinski http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/04/would_you_pay_for_business_critical_twitter_service.html/comment-page-1#comment-222444 Kim Dushinski Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:11:13 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=6237#comment-222444 Absolutely. I would pay a monthly fee for Twitter service. Without blinking twice. I think that newcomers would not though. Most folks don't "get" Twitter until they have tried it and become addicted. So, it would have to have a free trial period and some sort of education and evangelizing to get people using it. Absolutely. I would pay a monthly fee for Twitter service. Without blinking twice.

I think that newcomers would not though. Most folks don’t “get” Twitter until they have tried it and become addicted. So, it would have to have a free trial period and some sort of education and evangelizing to get people using it.

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