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		exolymph on March 18, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Twitter kills TweetDeck for Windows, automates log... Social networks need to be free so they can gain as many users as possible and generate network effects. Anything but advertising messes with the incentives. https://stratechery.com/2014/ello-consumer-friendly-business...

sp332 on March 18, 2016 | [–]

Ello made things weird for new users. The stuff I'm talking about would only affect commercial users, or people who are already heavily invested in being on Twitter.

uptown on March 18, 2016 | [–]

But is Twitter really a social network?

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