(No inside knowledge but pretty sure). Twitter won't explode the timeline. Like all ad-driven platforms, It wants your attention, to sell.
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@zeynep Agreed on t/l, but how can T kill the link? Ads and publishers who promote on twitter must have links. Smart users demand links. - Show replies
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@zeynep they like it when people expand tweets since it gives another chance to deliver an ad. (vs. a link where someone else gets to)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@AlexJamesFitz I disagree: for some types of content Twitter drives links. Facebook traffic already reported lower; guess they want same.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@_Almaqah Yep. Ad-driven platforms need huge scale and also to keep users within walls. I don't like it but here it is.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@zeynep This makes sense. What would one do now? Blogspot, tumblr or whatev, post link on twitter. Cut out the middle man.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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As usual, it's follow the financing model. I've written this before: we need to make the creator/user the customer. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/04/opinion/zeynep-tufekci-mark-zuckerberg-let-me-pay-for-facebook.html …
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@jack. Screenshots will live. Sometimes the point is not to be searchable. My paper: http://www.aaai.org/ocs/index.php/ICWSM/ICWSM14/paper/view/8062 …https://twitter.com/jack/status/684496529621557248 …
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@zeynep phew. Was just thinking how many tweeps I might have to unfollow if they dumped a 10k tweet on me.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@zeynep fwiw, I find the instant articles experience far superior to most of the mobile sites for news I readThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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