Twitter faces the same dilemma as the New York Times

Mathew Ingram @ PaidContent - on 3/7/12
There’s been a lot written recently about Twitter Loading... and the choices it seems to be making about the future of the network, although the exact nature of those choices still remains shrouded in mystery. Some say Twitter made the wrong choice when it decided to focus on advertising as a business model, rather than expanding its status as an open platform for others to build on, while others argue th...
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There’s been a lot written recently about Twitter and the choices it seems to be making about the future of the network, although the exact nature of those choices still remains shrouded in mystery. Some say Twitter made the wrong choice when it decided to focus on advertising as a business model, rather than expanding its status as an open platform for others to build on, while others argue that doing this was the only possible move the company could make if it wanted to build a business.

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