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[edit] Too many links

Does anyone else think theres a bit too many links ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jenkinsp (talk • contribs) 16:25, June 4, 2007 (UTC)

I've added {{nomorelinks}}, I'll try to go through them later but look at WP:EL for the policy -- pb30<talk> 16:33, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
I cleaned up all of the links that don't directly relate to Twitter, its creator, or its partners. White 720 02:37, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

I just added two links before looking here. Maybe there should be a different header titled 'Third Party Services' or something similar. Twitter has an API and stimulates external services so I do think it is justified to link to these on this page.

In References section - link №10 is bad. Lesha 15:32, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Really?

"It made its debut at South by Southwest Interactive in March 2005.[1]" -- In March 2007 it just turned one year old.

Yeah. This above statement citing March 2005 as the debut date is false. Twitter was launched in the summer of 2006.

[edit] Prod notice

I removed the prod notice, added a reference and added some stubs. Capitalistroadster 06:37, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

I'm not sure it passes WP:WEB yet as that requires it to have "been the subject of multiple and non-trivial published works" --J2thawiki 11:10, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
Take a look: http://news.google.com/news?q=twitter&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&sa=N&tab=wn Though there's tons of blog references there, there are still several newspaper articles (San Francisco Chronicle, Arizona Republic, The Guardian) about the site's growing popularity and importance. Jeff Greco 04:33, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] International Numer

Im not sure how global it is, but I get Twitter updates on my Australian Mobile, and it comes from the US number Conufsed 04:51, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

There is a UK number that I think is recommended for use in Australia phocks 04:57, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Twitter.gif

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[edit] Updates via email?

Considering removing where it says you can update via email as Twitter does not support this natively as far as I know. There is another separate service at twittermail.com that you can sign up for and email tweets, but it is a separate service and so probably shouldn't be considered as part of this article. phocks (talk) 04:13, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Prominent users?

According to the entry "Prominent Twitter users include US presidential candidates John Edwards and Barack Obama[10] and author and journalist Anna David.[11]". While Edwards and Obama are clearly prominent public figures, I'd never heard of Anna David before (I'm not from the US) and when I checked her Twitter profile she is only followed by 16 people. Does she deserve to be mentioned here? Bobbiejohnson (talk) 11:36, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

I agree. I'm removing her. Josephgrossberg (talk) 13:22, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
Now, let's be honest here. Edwards and Obama? Or maybe some unpaid campaign intern, more likely. The whole "Prominent Users" section is just more of what makes this "article" less of an article and more of an "advertisment". Good show, Twitter folks, you snowed Wikipedia. Proxy User (talk) 16:56, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Ecosystem

I think, now that Twitter is getting an ecosystem, we should add SOMETHING about components such as Twhirl.Martin Packer (talk) 21:21, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] this

why have i not heard of it before now? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.238.83.27 (talk) 23:37, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Vert

Love the advert. That's what this article is, right? Right. I'm not saying that there should not be an article about Twitter in Wikipedia, but HONESTLY! This is the most obvious "viral" blog pap! Good grief! Proxy User (talk) 16:53, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] C.N.N.

C.N.N. doesn't run it's feed, a separate individual setup a script that checks the site and then posts it. He considered selling it on eBay and then decided not to so he removed the auction. Peachey88 (Talk Page | Contribs) 09:22, 10 May 2008 (UTC)