Comments on: Why Twitter is a Ponzi Scheme http://www.freshnetworks.com/blog/2009/04/why-twitter-is-a-ponzi-scheme/ Social media agency, online communities, marketing Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:02:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Vince Stevenson http://www.freshnetworks.com/blog/2009/04/why-twitter-is-a-ponzi-scheme/comment-page-1/#comment-4150 Vince Stevenson Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:13:04 +0000 http://www.freshnetworks.com/blog/?p=637#comment-4150 Is everybody on Twitter a show off? There are plenty sure, but I don't tend to follow them. Rgds Vince Is everybody on Twitter a show off? There are plenty sure, but I don’t tend to follow them. Rgds Vince

]]> By: atul chatterjee http://www.freshnetworks.com/blog/2009/04/why-twitter-is-a-ponzi-scheme/comment-page-1/#comment-3851 atul chatterjee Wed, 06 May 2009 08:02:21 +0000 http://www.freshnetworks.com/blog/?p=637#comment-3851 Twitter enables communication. For the sake of argument let us assume it is a Ponzi scheme and collapses in 2010. Does that mean that people who have become friends during the course of their Twitified existence will break apart forever? Twitter enables communication. For the sake of argument let us assume it is a Ponzi scheme and collapses in 2010. Does that mean that people who have become friends during the course of their Twitified existence will break apart forever?

]]> By: Taj http://www.freshnetworks.com/blog/2009/04/why-twitter-is-a-ponzi-scheme/comment-page-1/#comment-3794 Taj Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:44:15 +0000 http://www.freshnetworks.com/blog/?p=637#comment-3794 Your argument, while a lark, still rests upon a number of assumptions, chief among them, the idea that social capital is a fixed asset. You're forgetting the network effect, where the usefulness of a product increases as more people adopt it. Are fax machines and email equatable to a Ponzi scheme? How about Facebook? I venture to say they are not. Your argument, while a lark, still rests upon a number of assumptions, chief among them, the idea that social capital is a fixed asset. You’re forgetting the network effect, where the usefulness of a product increases as more people adopt it. Are fax machines and email equatable to a Ponzi scheme? How about Facebook? I venture to say they are not.

]]> By: andrew weir http://www.freshnetworks.com/blog/2009/04/why-twitter-is-a-ponzi-scheme/comment-page-1/#comment-3787 andrew weir Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:30:32 +0000 http://www.freshnetworks.com/blog/?p=637#comment-3787 Interesting perspective. Does that mean, given that Twitter is a micro blogging site, that all bloggers are engaged in a grand Ponzi Scheme? Interesting perspective.

Does that mean, given that Twitter is a micro blogging site, that all bloggers are engaged in a grand Ponzi Scheme?

]]> By: socialseo.com/socialnews http://www.freshnetworks.com/blog/2009/04/why-twitter-is-a-ponzi-scheme/comment-page-1/#comment-3779 socialseo.com/socialnews Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:53:16 +0000 http://www.freshnetworks.com/blog/?p=637#comment-3779 <strong>Why Twitter is a Ponzi Scheme...</strong> Thinking there might be something in that I headed over to Slideshare to take a second look at a PowerPoint walkthrough of Ponzi schemes. Apparently this ppt was used to help a jury understand how Ponzi Schemes work. Would a few minor changes show Twit... Why Twitter is a Ponzi Scheme…

Thinking there might be something in that I headed over to Slideshare to take a second look at a PowerPoint walkthrough of Ponzi schemes. Apparently this ppt was used to help a jury understand how Ponzi Schemes work. Would a few minor changes show Twit…

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