Go2web20.net - Web Applications Index
Classic Go2web20 Advertise Feedback

Saturday, July 04, 2009

Killer App or Twitter Killer?



I've been watching this video over and over again while trying to understand what these kind of "magic apps" are doing to Twitter. The only conclusion I came up with is that it's killing Twitter slowly now, fast in the near future.

The Traffic Machine service in the video above offers you more targeted followers to your brand. Now, your brand.. what that means? As far as I see it, everyone can be a brand today, and with a push of this service you won't have to do much in order to drive traffic to your site/blog/any other page you have on the web. Yes, I hear you: free traffic, what's your problem? Well, my problem is that sooner or later Twitter will become a spam swamp with no communication value. How can you have any communication or start a conversation when you follow thousand of people? (unless you're Scoble, you can't).

The other problem is the recognition Twitter community gives those people. Do they really worth the fame just because they use some system to generate more followers? What's next? Find one of these fake power users and ask them to submit your blog post URL? It's probably been done already.

In my opinion individual people who uses this service (or any other service alike) are just ones that manipulate twitter to gain more traffic no matter what content they submit their. Someone called it a crappy spam of a new generation, I agree.

Please answer this quick poll - Results.


Update: Find the differences
  1. This is how Bill Crosby encourages you to use Twitter. and,
  2. This is how Kevin Rose use it.

Labels: , , ,

posted by Orli Yakuel at 2:20 PM

10 Comments:

Blogger spinchange said...

I've been tempted to create a 2nd, dummy account just to tryout some of these services as an experiment. I don't mainly for the reasons you outlined.

They're inevitable because they play to our vanities and what I think all users want (an audience) but really aren't good for the community whatsoever. Good post, Orli.

4:43 PM  
Anonymous Khürt said...

This is the fault of the "Oprahs". Taking a service that empowers conversations and tribal gathering and turn it into a marketing tool to do something for "the brand". If this continues, eventually twitter will die. By then we will all have moved on to another place to hang out; free from all the commercials.

4:44 PM  
Anonymous Twitter_Tips said...

Makers of one of the most popular of this kind of software just had their accounts suspended by Twitter: http://ow.ly/gvlK

9:15 PM  
Blogger Alicia said...

Followtwitter.com is another one. I tried it...and I started regretting that after two minutes of starting the trial...It was hard to find how to unsuscribe but I managed to...I WILL NEVER EVER try sth similar again

12:40 AM  
Blogger Rob Clarke said...

I agree with you Orli, twitter is a powerful medium for communication and connecting with others.

If it becomes more of a marketing tool, then spammers will ruin it.

12:51 AM  
Blogger nick tadd said...

All of these "systems" seem to be bad.

Spammers need no encouragement, therefore, I agree all this will do is help "their" cause.

Ironically this system is being "punted" about in a "spammy" sort of way.

N

2:17 PM  
Anonymous Andre said...

These guys are losers and are doomed to fail from the start. These guys sound like they run late night infomercials. Get rich quick scheme, except you have to give us $3000 first.
Obviously Bill Crosby doesn't understand Twitter. It's all just spam.

6:37 PM  
Blogger x10 said...

In my opinion, this is a Twitter killer, the ads are annoying and it gets away from the relational aspect that is Twitter.

2:47 PM  
Blogger Bill Crosby said...

Orli,

Why don't you just ask me why I created this? I would be happy to tell you the whole story...

Bill Crosby
@BillCrosby

4:36 AM  
Blogger Orli Yakuel said...

Bill, I'm sure I understood the video quite well, but you're welcome to explain about whole story...

1:29 PM  

Post a Comment

<< Home