Would you pay to use Twitter?
According to SitePoint:
Author and investor Guy Kawasaki posted a poll today asking, “How much would you pay to use Twitter?” Surprisingly, about 50% said they would pay some amount, the majority thinking the service worth $5 per month.
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In fact, in an April poll on TechCrunch, about 25% of respondents said they would pay to have ads removed on Twitter if they service started putting ads in the feed (and 50% supported the idea of ads — which might be a better way to generate revenue than to charge end users directly).
The full article can be found here.
I would be willing to pay to remove ads from Twitter if they existed. I am not a huge fan of having to pay for the service though. I have always wondered how Twitter makes its money without ads or payment options.
Twhirl and Growl
I am a recent convert to Twhirl. It is my new favorite Twitter client. I formally used Twitterific. Twitterific is a great client still in my opinion, but the ads were a bit distracting and I didn't want to pay the $15 dollars for the full version (Okay, so I may be a little cheap, but I can't see a reason to pay for something when there are free alternatives.) The only feature I see Twhirl missing is Growl. I asked @twhirl (on twitter) if supporting Growl was planned to be supported. As of now, its not and doesn't look like it is going to be anytime soon.
I believe the lack of support is a limitation of Adobe Air rather then Twhirl. Air tries to be multi compatible with different operating systems while Growl is a OSX only application. Hopefully some day Twhirl will offer support for Growl. Its not a ruiner for me personally, It has its own notification system that doesn't interfere with Growl. It would just be nice to have one notification system running since all other applications I use have support for Growl (where necessary).
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