On: Twitter Gives Developers 6 Months To “Properly” Display Tweet

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A walled garden lets anyone in, but not out. You're thinking of something more along the lines of a gated community.

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No, I'm thinking of a walled garden. https://www.google.com/search?q=walled+garden+twitter

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Ah, appears we're both correct: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walled_garden_(technology)

"... refers to a carrier or service provider's control over applications, content, and media on platforms..."

"More generally ... refers to a closed or exclusive set of information services provided for users"

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No, i actually think just he's correct. It's OK to be wrong though, so no big deal.

Though I do disagree with his sentiment. I think App.Net is a perfectly good alternative to Twitter and every attempt at open, federated services since the original one (eg www) have failed to catch-on.

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www was not the original federated service. E-mail is still around and quite successful.

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Usenet is dead now, but worked for quite some time.