I never really thought of this blog as a Twitter-hater haven. I reviewed both posts you quote and didn’t see the ‘hate’.

The first post indicated that “flickr is my Twitter”, and said, “I think Twitter can be a useful tool and I will be thinking more about it over the next few weeks. But for now, you can check out my twitters on Flickr…”

The second post was a quote from Dave Ewalt making fun of people who use Twitter to explain the minutia of their lives (bathroom breaks, diet and so on). I thought it was funny, but certainly did not think of it as hateful.

At the end of the day, I am not a big Twitter user, but that isn’t the point. Twitter is a huge force in our space and to ignore it is a mistake. I didn’t know anything about Podcasting when we started the Fancast or PodServe project so we jumped headlong into the fray by building an application. We did the same with Egorcast. So why the love? I am not sure I love it…

http://www.texasstartupblog.com/2007/03/14/flickr-is-my-twitter/

http://www.texasstartupblog.com/2007/03/19/on-twitter/

But now there’s lots of luv for it - what was the reason for the turnaround?

To me, that would be the first place I went looking for money - Twitter is a gold mine for telcos. Twitter should share in that.

Beyond that, I really see a limited opportunity for revenue generation. Why? Because it would be too easy for a telco (or someone else) to replicate this. As of now, they could even exploit the Twitter API to promote thier own version of the service.

I don’t think this is a revenue play business anyway - it’s about building a “buzz”, getting a huge audience, and selling it to someone that can capitalize off the eyeballs (Google?)