Doesn't this sort of brownie fluff belong on one's blog, and not on a dev mailing list?
On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 3:13 PM, Amir Michail <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > Why should a Web 2.0 site that has nothing to do with microblogging be > a twitter app? > > Putting aside twitter's viral marketing potential, I will focus > instead on two key issues in Web 2.0 apps: (1) reducing spam/ > inappropriate content; and (2) encouraging user contributions. > > (1) Reducing spam/inappropriate content > > Since twitter users have a reputation to preserve, they are unlikely > to spam your site and/or submit inappropriate content. Moreover, > filtering of inappropriate profile images is already done by twitter > so you don't have to do it. > > Moreover, you could only allow contributions from users with at least > some minimum number of followers to ensure that they have a reputation > to preserve. > > (2) Encouraging user contributions > > Whenever users contribute content to your site, you can put their > photo, name, twitter home page, bio, url alongside that content as a > reward. So basically, the incentive to contribute quality content to > your site is self-promotion. > > Amir >
