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Title: Evan Williams on what's behind Twitter's explosive growth
Added: Feb 27, 2009
Author: TEDtalksDirector
Duration: 9:45
Description:
http://www.ted.com In the year leading up to this talk, the web tool Twitter exploded in size (up 10x during 2008 alone). Co-founder Evan Williams reveals that many of the ideas driving that growth came from unexpected uses invented by the users themselves.TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes and "Lost" producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Watch the Top 10 TEDTalks on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10
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Youtube Comments: 134
jellyboy123 Says:
May 23, 2009 - the only reason twitter is what it is today because so many celebrates got twitter and you can stalk celebrates. Twitter will be a flash in the pan once the celebrates move the people will move with the celebrates. Trust me in 3 years time people will be say stuff like twitter omg that's so retro . The future is video and live web cam feeds the faster internet will become the better quality live feeds will become.
WERDMARC Says:
May 26, 2009 - try plurk.i think its cooler because you dont only brag about your unexceptional lie but you can connect and share ideas and stories with your friends. try plurk.
Fulcanellius Says:
May 27, 2009 - Anyone else find it funny that we used to use BBS systems to communicate together then came the web and we got lost in it for lo these many years and now a BBS like system with a GUI is now the hot "New" thing, i mean come on its just a socialized message board with a trojan in it to provide updates to others on your botnet, i mean people following you
jose449 Says:
May 28, 2009 - follow applefeed on twitter for the lates apple news and free apps!
trevgoodchild Says:
Jun 10, 2009 - I couldn't care less about somebody dropping their phone in the W.C. But relying it on "Important Events Unfolding" can cause hysteria and confusion when the message is miss read. It'll die like webcrawler & geocities. "-I've just yawned " trev_goodchild 10:37am 11/06/09.
ivo2296 Says:
Jul 11, 2009 - Twitter is just another version of getting your personal data and store it on databases for making user behavior profiles.
sandracvm Says:
Aug 4, 2009 - great video.. i love twitter . follow me @twitrobo
samwisegamgee16 Says:
Aug 6, 2009 - Twitter is only what you make it. If you think its just for people who like to brag, try following useful tweeters like your university or local events manager. That's where twitter can become worthwhile. And why get news from twitter instead of a news paper website? Because twitter is real-time. It takes time to produce quality professional media, but don't you want to know what's happening now?? Thats the beauty of web 2.0.
modelmotion Says:
Aug 20, 2009 - Odeo rocked back in the day:):):)
TweetPit Says:
Sep 27, 2009 - So many people think Twitter is just for telling friends that you're "on the toilet" or "eating some soup", but if you think that then you're missing out in a massive way. Twitter can be used for so many amazing things as this talk shows, and the more people that "get it", the faster and bigger their growth will be. I think Twitter should change the "what are you doing" box/question to something with a broader meaning! I ignored Twitter for a year until I understood its uses... now I love it!
tripleredx Says:
Mar 16, 2010 - And yet, I bet you still use failbook.
robotpanda77 Says:
Apr 2, 2010 - I just tweeted that I am commenting on youtube. DURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
instereovideos Says:
Feb 18, 2011 - Hey, great speech. Twitter is narcissistic bullshit, and if you have one you should close it.
SpaceHeaterStudios Says:
Mar 14, 2011 - This is a very thorough overview of the history and complexities of twitter. Its important to understand the purpose of Twitter and how it is commonly used so that businesses can reach their customers in the most effective way.
KittyyyLaceyao602 Says:
Mar 25, 2011 - hey_ÅñÿÔNe_wAññÃ_chàt_wÎth_mê_Ï_fÈÊl_sø_löNèlY_tÓDÂÿ♫
najemelmushtary Says:
Oct 10, 2011 - Twitter ..... a stalker's dream.
juanmarketing Says:
Nov 2, 2011 - Pretty average talk to be the founder of Twitter, don't you think?
MrHmoob17 Says:
Feb 4, 2012 - Twitter is awsome!
rociocal23 Says:
Feb 21, 2012 - Doesn't Facebook do what twitter does and a lot of other things more and better?
jcmonr81 Says:
Mar 3, 2012 - If used properly, Twitter can be a very useful tool for sharing information. Just like youtube, it will always be filled with weirdos. Just have to weed them out.
sixstring1991 Says:
Mar 5, 2012 - i dont think he's the founder. he's the businessman with money who bought out the company at an early stage
PetadeAztlan Says:
May 13, 2012 - Good video. Just saw it. I have missed so much as much as I Tweet about Global News and stuff @Peta_de_Aztlan
jimjoneislaw Says:
May 22, 2012 - Yeah but Facebook actually has a deal with Twitter for use of their TwitFeed technology.
jimjoneislaw Says:
May 22, 2012 - Haha, agreed but so is facebook and myspace as well lol
cygnus1899 Says:
May 21, 2009 - If people have internet access to use Twitter, can't they use news website to get information on wildfires, rather than reading max. 140 characters status updates!! duh!!