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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral 5 Mar 2013

    Truth is, Twitter owes you exactly as much as you pay them each month. Nothing. So why do you expect them to act in your interests?

    1:27 AM - 5 Mar 2013
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      2. MonkeyDog‏ @monkeydogify 5 Mar 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral Good point, well put. Morning Aral :)

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 5 Mar 2013
        Replying to @monkeydogify

        @monkeydogify ’morning :) (& thanks!) Hope the kitty is not being too annoying.

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      4. MonkeyDog‏ @monkeydogify 5 Mar 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral I'm contemplating suicide :-/

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      5. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 5 Mar 2013
        Replying to @monkeydogify

        @monkeydogify Please don’t. Maybe do some research into what might be causing the behaviour.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. MonkeyDog‏ @monkeydogify 5 Mar 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral she's old. She was mine for 14 years before my mum took her. I think she's going a bit mad (both the cat and my mum)

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      7. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 5 Mar 2013
        Replying to @monkeydogify

        @monkeydogify Aww, poor thing.

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      8. MonkeyDog‏ @monkeydogify 5 Mar 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral I trust you mean me?

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      9. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 5 Mar 2013
        Replying to @monkeydogify

        @monkeydogify lol, I guess you could be considered old in cat years :)

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      2. Cennydd Bowles‏ @Cennydd 5 Mar 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral Well, they hire people like me, whose job is to act in users’ interests.

        1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 5 Mar 2013
        Replying to @Cennydd

        @Cennydd Indeed, but it’s a juggling act. It’s just the nature of the business model. And the business model determines the user experience.

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Cennydd Bowles‏ @Cennydd 5 Mar 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral ALL business is a juggling act, paid or no. It's the very nature of capitalism.

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 5 Mar 2013
        Replying to @Cennydd

        @Cennydd Indeed, but different business models do result in different user experiences ;)

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      1. Starski‏ @mstarski 5 Mar 2013
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        @aral but I read their ads in my stream. I must be worth something.

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      1. Dan Bennett‏ @dbennettweb 5 Mar 2013
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        @aral because whether they charge users or not, they need users to make money so they should act in whatever way attracts/retains the most

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      1. ⦿ Alexander‏ @Alexhorre 5 Mar 2013
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        @aral That’s the rules, yes; but it’s a sucker punch to the user: we’re the product they say, no ads they say. I can see why people mad.

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      1. Arved Sandstrom‏ @ArvedSandstrom 5 Mar 2013
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        @aral Errrr, we do "pay" them. With usage of their service. That's their lifeblood.

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      1. Kimb Jones‏ @mkjones 5 Mar 2013
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        @aral did I miss some news? What are twitter up to now?

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      1. Andy Davies‏ @AndyDavies 5 Mar 2013
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        @aral I don't but that doesn't mean I can't tell express my displeasure with them

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      1. Suleyman Okan‏ @WoodsieLord 5 Mar 2013
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        @aral You mean if Twitter owed me 5 bucks it had to please me? A service can't put a price on happy users. Without them it will perish.

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