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Mischa Nachtigal@mischa
My knee-jerk thoughts (totally biased as I used to work for Twitter and worked on a precursor to this idea, back in 2011-12). 1) At last! Great to see Twitter finally play in the arena it's meant to be in: curation and shining that big ol' bird-shaped spotlight. Interesting to see this with the launch of Upvoted today http://www.producthunt.com/tech/... Com… See more
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Hiten Shah@hnshah · Crazy Egg, KISSmetrics & Quick Sprout
@mischa thank you for your sobering comment here. Twitter didn't have to play catch up in this area but now they are when they had the opportunity first years ago.
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Madhu ⚡@justmadhu
@mischa Moments isn't a walled garden at all. We are inviting partners like BuzzFeed, MLB and Washington Post to make their own Moments (all featured today)! In the future, we're going to open the tools up to more and more people. Syndication, Logged Out or Logged-In -- Moments will be available :)
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Mischa Nachtigal@mischa
@justmadhu Thanks for responding, but it's still a walled garden unless you open it to all users to craft their own moments, whether that user is big or small. For now: you'll do what you should, which is to cherry pick the best Twitter curators. Might be different if you find a way to highlight regular users' collections without giving them access to the Mo… See more
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Lucas Lindsey@urbnist · Community Manager, Domi Station
@justmadhu @mischa Centralization of curation is still a walled approach. I get it from a business angle. Tough from a philosophical one. But that's the line we all tip toe around. No easy answer.
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Lucas Lindsey@urbnist · Community Manager, Domi Station
@mischa The NY Times comment system, with highlighted staff picks and readers picks comes to mind.
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Paul Wicker@wickerpedia · Product, AdStage
@urbnist @mischa Agree. Why not make it accessible to all as a format to use? Hasn't curated media clearly been outdone by live streaming and Snapchat? Open it up to your top 1M tweeters and see what magic they can make. Then decide if you want it for select users only. I think you're baking in selection bias into your product rollout. You want this product… See more
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