Twitter Sells "Trending Topics" To Advertisers 67
destinyland writes "Twitter's 'Promoted Tweets' platform already allows advertisers to insert ads directly into its users' Twitter feeds. But advertisers will soon also be able to purchase spaces in the 'Trending Topics' area of Twitter. The space reserved for tracking topics seeing the most discussion will be sold for 'thousands of dollars a day,' according to advertisers who've been approached by Twitter, and while it could be a real cash cow for the service, some users argue that Twitter 'risks ruining the site if it lets the pursuit of profit interfere with the organic nature of the social network.'"
twitter (Score:3, Informative)
Okay poop is coming out now
Re:Well duh...sooner or later (Score:5, Informative)
Did what gradually? One day there were no ads and the next day ads.
I think the parent was referring to the obnoxiousness of the ads, not their existence.
If I remember correctly:
- One day there were no ads
- Next they started adding small graphic/text banners on the top right corner and shared revenue with top uploaders (?)
- Later they added a tiny text-ad bar above the movie player controls
- Then they increased the bar size to cover a quarter of the screen and made it stick around for longer
- And now they have full 15-30 second videos before popular videos begin to play
Not that I care, but they certainly did this gradually.
Re:Can twitter be decentralized? (Score:4, Informative)
I believe Sir is speaking of StatusNet [status.net] and identi.ca [identi.ca].