The "scaling twitter" discussions got me thinking, what if everybody would be hosting their own microblog, just as people do with full blown blogs? Some people could still use Twitter or whatever, just as people still use wordpress.com or blogspot.com.
To me it certainly seems desirable to do so, but scaling problems would probably still apply, if servers would poll each other at will.
Another problem would be the free SMS that Twitter "donates". Maybe not so easy to provide an easy to set up solution for individuals.
To me it certainly seems desirable to do so, but scaling problems would probably still apply, if servers would poll each other at will.
Another problem would be the free SMS that Twitter "donates". Maybe not so easy to provide an easy to set up solution for individuals.