Advertising on Twitter?
Sunday, September 13, 2009
By Michelle Zimmerman
Twitter is becoming increasingly more and more popular around the world and as any other company it would make sense that the owners would like to make a profit. Therefore to remain free for the members they needed to look into other options such as advertising.
It is important to Twitter that they remain a site that is merely focused on members communicating being that communications between members is the entire purpose of the site. If there is any type of advertising it will remain in small quantities and not override the motive of the company.
Facebook and Myspace are prime examples of other social networks that use advertising to maintain free memberships. Being a member of both of those networks I among other users dislike the amount of advertising that occurs all over the sites. There is constantly something flying across the screen and almost retracts me from continuing the use of the site.
Hopefully Twitter continues to keep their objective in mind and does not overflow the community of the site with advertisements because it possible they will lose supporters.
2 comments:
I agree. It's very frustrating to log into facebook or myspace and be bombarded with all the advertisements of companies trying to get you into their stuff. I feel that it's becoming more of a business tool than a social network for friends.
Although I understand the frustration of pop up ads flying across your computer screen and cell phone, at the same time i understand their purpose. We can't take for granted the fact that tools like Facebook and Twitter are free to public. The owners have to make a buck somewhere.
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