On: Journalist saved by Twitter wants to start a Twitter-driven emergency network

[icey]

I'm honestly kind of amazed that another startup hasn't emerged to eat Twitter's lunch.

I guess they must have an amazing marketing department, because they are down as much as they are up, and I bet just about nobody can name a competitor.

[kschrader → icey]

High switching costs + nothing compelling enough to move to a competitor for.

[fourlittlebees → icey]

I know of at least one coming with another rumored to be in development. Without the cutesy factor of Plurk.

[erickhill → icey]

Plurk (www.plurk.com) funky UI, so a slightly higher learning curve, but pretty interesting.

[derefr → erickhill]

I'm currently only using Twitter as a sideblog, and Plurk's version seems quite obtrusive. I don't understand sites' obsessions with branding their widgets.