I'll admit that when MarkSu first blogged about building a scalable Twitter / Twitter client about a year ago (he kept going with his second, third, and fourth posts) I just started laughing, because like Stephen Forte I just couldn't figure why anyone would care.
Then I started looking at it closer, drawn primarily out of curiosity about why they kept going whump. Of course, most of the early adopters are fairly vocal, so the commotion over these failures was ... well is high-volume.
After using twitter for a couple of weeks I think I mostly agree with Alex Miller on why he likes twittering.
I think the "rules of engagement" will morph quite a bit as usage grows, and I do think usage will grow. Only, like a growing number of folks I'm not sure there's any particular need for a centralized service, particularly one that isn't stable.
Maybe Twitter will fix it's scaling problems (very doable) and discover a revenue model, or maybe the whole idea of micro-blogging will go decentralized, or maybe some combination of both (which gets my vote for most probably outcome right now).
So MarkSu, I have to admit: you were right!
MarkSu also just bought a SmartCar (actually two - one that's pictured above and obviously already here, one on the way), but I really doubt that he'll get me to do one of those - but you never know!
