Comments on: Twitter features that I'd pay for

I'm becoming dependent on Twitter, so much so that I'd happily pay for features that make my Twitter experience richer.

[jamieharrington]

Seriously? Then you just turned twitter into facebook... You write for CNET are you really so naive as to not understand the twitter concept?

[romainguinot]

I still don't get what all the hype is about.
It's like sending sms for free, but with the added "feature" that everyone can read your outbox.

All the things you wish existed in twitter are long time features of email and IM.

Don't know if you've seen it yet but i found the "real life twitter" skit hilarious : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTN9We8unmU

[nickinglis]

The "communities" feature you're looking for may be http://www.tweetworks.com. It's relatively new but does what you're looking for.

[nathandavis]

"Private Twitter communities." I would be all about this.

[WeCanDoBIZ]

Given that 60% of new Twitter users don't come back again the following month and that Twitter's phenomenal growth is showing signs of leveling, I'd imagine that there simply aren't enough people who see the value in Twitter to warrant switching on paid services.

I've said for a long time that charging third party developers to use the API would be the most palatable revenue model. It would be earning money from those who make Twitter their business, forcing them to think of revenue models of their own. Most of all, the best of the third party applications could be paid for, but with users always able to access Twitter for free from the Twitter website. Some of the other apps could be ad funded. It might make the developers think harder about the value they're adding.

I know a lot of people would happily pay for TweetDeck.

Ian Hendry
CEO, WeCanDo.BIZ
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