Social networks up to this point have had several major shortcomings:
- Substantial time investment to get even a semi completed profile.
- Too many features to fiddle with.
- Distasteful advertisements.
- Difficult to maintain current information.
- Must be at a computer to update.
- Hard to get non-tech savvy people to join.
The Solution: Twitter – Social Networking for Busy and Non-Tech Savvy People
Twitter works on a model of speed and simplicity. Rather than trying to pack a whole bunch of features that we don’t have time to use, Twitter
focuses on the simple and surprisingly important question of “What are you doing right now?” I originally thought this was a lame idea, until I realized that seeing what people are doing is what I use social networks for. Twitter simply simplified things.
