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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 26 May 2013

    Something I wrote about Twitter in 2009 but never published: http://paulgraham.com/twitter.html 

    10:07 AM - 26 May 2013
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      1. Claudio Carnino‏ @ccarnino 26 May 2013
        Replying to @paulg

        “@paulg: Something I wrote about Twitter in 2009 but never published: http://paulgraham.com/twitter.html ”

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      2. Moshe Tamssot‏ @Tamssot 26 May 2013
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg I just broke 10,000 tweets on twitter. Yet I've been putting off writing a book for years! :)

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      4. Moshe Tamssot‏ @Tamssot 26 May 2013
        Replying to @mattvleming

        @mattvleming Ha! Tried something similar with @BourbonStories. Whenever someone took a shot from our barrel, they were supposed to tweet :)

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      1. Brandon G. Donnelly‏ @donnelly_b 28 May 2013
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        RT “@paulg: Something I wrote about Twitter in 2009 but never published: http://paulgraham.com/twitter.html ”

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      1. Tristan deMontebello‏ @Montebello 28 May 2013
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        Stop. Read. RT “@paulg: Something I wrote about Twitter in 2009 but never published: http://paulgraham.com/twitter.html ”

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      1. Dennis Palmer‏ @CoderDennis 27 May 2013
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        @paulg interesting how they've started controlling it more since then. Token limits for 3rd party apps comes to mind.

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      1. Darren Lee  ⛩ 🗻‏ @darrenlee 27 May 2013
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg interesting but would be a danger to Twitter if the public have too much control over how It would monetize later hmm

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      1. Nitin Goyal‏ @nitingoyal 26 May 2013
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        @paulg don't you think twitter is more celebrity driven than any other social media?

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      1. Platform Wars‏ @PlatformWars 26 May 2013
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        “@paulg: Something I wrote about Twitter in 2009 but never published: http://paulgraham.com/twitter.html ”

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      1. Jonathan Denner‏ @zettel_kasten 26 May 2013
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        Why Twiter is a big deal RT @paulg: Something I wrote about Twitter in 2009 but never published: http://paulgraham.com/twitter.html 

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      2. lhl‏ @lhl 26 May 2013
        Replying to @paulg

        Saw @paulg's post about @twitter from 2009. This is what I was thinking about @twitter around the same time: http://randomfoo.net/2009/04/23/random-thoughts-on-twitter …

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      3. Arrrrrrrrrrrgh‏ @alexcruise 26 May 2013
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        @lhl yeah, I stopped blogging almost completely when I really started to get into Twitter.

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      1. Michael Whidby‏ @mawhidby 26 May 2013
        Replying to @paulg

        Well said. “@paulg: Something I wrote about Twitter in 2009 but never published: http://paulgraham.com/twitter.html ”

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      1. Michael F. Martin‏ @riemannzeta 26 May 2013
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        @paulg why not publish then? Why publish now?

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      1. Ivan Kirigin‏ @ikirigin 26 May 2013
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        Was a good reason to not fuck devs. Too bad RT @paulg: Something I wrote about Twitter in 2009 but never published: http://paulgraham.com/twitter.html 

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      1. Pepijn de Vos‏ @pepijndevos 26 May 2013
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        @paulg @jasonfreedman In what sense is Twitter a protocol?

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      1. Dale Larson‏ @dalelarson 26 May 2013
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        RT @paulg: Something I wrote about Twitter in 2009 but never published: http://paulgraham.com/twitter.html 

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      1. Tim Peterson‏ @timrpeterson 26 May 2013
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        @paulg is saying its from 2009 relevant

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      1. Brody Bond‏ @brodybond 26 May 2013
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        RT @dcbyron RT @paulg: Something I wrote about Twitter in 2009 but never published: http://paulgraham.com/twitter.html 

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