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title: What makes Twitter Twitter?
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author: Matthias Kretschmann

date: 2012-07-07 08:18:58+00:00
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Couldn't agree more:

> People. 140-character messages. That’s Twitter.
>
> So simple. So powerful. So fragile.
>
> So leave it alone. We’re talking. Don’t interrupt.

But just rebuilding Twitter before it gets more "richer stories" and crammed by ads probably won't help: [We could build an open Twitter, but would anyone use it?](http://gigaom.com/2012/07/04/we-could-build-an-open-twitter-but-would-anyone-use-it/)
-												start with content edits

											
										
										
											2013-11-18 23:54:59 +01:00
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											2013-11-19 23:21:19 +01:00
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 								title: What makes Twitter Twitter?
 								linkurl: http://alt.adrianshort.co.uk/blog/2012/06/30/what-makes-twitter-twitter/
-												start with content edits

											
										
										
											2013-11-18 23:54:59 +01:00
+								author: Matthias Kretschmann
-												all posts back to 2011 done

											
										
										
											2013-11-19 23:21:19 +01:00
-												start with content edits

											
										
										
											2013-11-18 23:54:59 +01:00
+								date: 2012-07-07 08:18:58+00:00
 								wordpress_id: 2252
 								categories:
 								- links
 								post_format:
 								- Link
 								---
 								Couldn't agree more:
 								> People. 140-character messages. That’s Twitter.
-												handle WP more tag if present in some posts

											
										
										
											2013-11-21 22:01:36 +01:00
+								>
 								> So simple. So powerful. So fragile.
 								>
 								> So leave it alone. We’re talking. Don’t interrupt.
-												start with content edits

											
										
										
											2013-11-18 23:54:59 +01:00
 								But just rebuilding Twitter before it gets more "richer stories" and crammed by ads probably won't help: [We could build an open Twitter, but would anyone use it?](http://gigaom.com/2012/07/04/we-could-build-an-open-twitter-but-would-anyone-use-it/)