Well thought out and logical Peter. This is exactly how we think about it internally. Thanks, Doug --
Doug Williams Twitter Platform Support http://twitter.com/dougw On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Peter Denton <[email protected]>wrote: > I agree with the fact that it would be a good thing for the api developers > to get as a tidbit, but if I were at Twitter Product I would decline this > because it adds complexity to the registration process that does not > translate to value for the users on twitter.com. If I am a one man shop > design firm who does work with Nike, do you really want me to have to sit > there and decide whether I am a "person" or a "business"? And after I have > run the numbers and decided I am a business, my tone might be affected > because I am now speaking on behalf oy "my business". It affects the core > nature of twitter and doesnt give the user much. > I think the definition of a business on twitter will emerge from companies > paying twitter to be identified as such. Paying a premium on an identity > itself validates the level of business, and twitter can then expsoe the > social graph of the "businesses" on twitter. You then create a scenario > where all those who want to clearly identify their species can do so in a > non-intrusive manner that does not affect Jane User's, > just-saw-Oprah-and-ready-to-tweet registration process. > > always just an opinion > > > On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 12:15 PM, MPS <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Sure, someone could develop a service for classifying twitter >> accounts, but that's less than ideal for a number of reasons: >> >> - introduces yet another 3rd party service that developers have to >> deal with >> - multiple account classification systems would result in less >> meaningful data >> - Twitter is the only company in a position to enable users to >> classify themselves - they could just make this a required dropdown in >> their signup form. >> >> I really think it would be enough just to have a flag that marks >> accounts as "Personal". Marking an account as Personal that is in fact >> used primarily for commercial purposes or driven by a bot could be >> considered a violation of Twitter's TOS. >> >> This would add huge value to users & developers. I hope someone @ >> Twitter is listening! >> >> On May 27, 11:34 am, Chad Etzel <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Need to classify a twitter account? There's an app for that! ...maybe >> > -Chad >> > >> > On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Abraham Williams <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > > Sounds like a third party app to me. >> > >> > > 2009/5/27 Adam Covati <[email protected]> >> > >> > >> Hmm, could definitely be of some use. Of course, with no policing it >> > >> would not be entirely reliable, but I guess it could help in a number >> > >> of different ways. The difficult part is classifying things, I would >> > >> probably want a few more types >> > >> > >> 1. Personal - your standard user on twitter >> > >> 2. Business - similar to personal, but represents a company >> > >> 3. FeedBot - auto tweets from rss feed >> > >> 4. Bot - auto tweets based off of some other sort of information >> > >> stream >> > >> 5. I'm sure there are more... >> > >> > >> On May 27, 10:17 am, MPS <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > I would like to propose an additional property on twitter accounts: >> > >> > account_type. >> > >> > >> > The main purpose for this would be to distinguish personal vs. >> > >> > business accounts. >> > >> > >> > This would be very useful for apps that want to target one or the >> > >> > other type of twitter account. >> > >> > >> > Who's with me on this? :-) >> > >> > >> > - Michael >> > >> > > -- >> > > Abraham Williams |http://the.hackerconundrum.com >> > > Hacker |http://abrah.am|http://twitter.com/abraham >> > > Project |http://fireeagle.labs.poseurtech.com >> > > This email is: [ ] blogable [x] ask first [ ] private. >> > > >
