Ramblings on Twitter at a cross-road

Twitter at a crossroads: Economic value vs. information value July 31, 2012

Reblogged from GigaOM:

Updated: Almost every day, it seems, we get further evidence of the dilemma at the heart of Twitter's ongoing evolution from real-time information network into multibillion-dollar commercial media entity -- and the latest is the furor over the company's suspension of the Twitter account belonging to Guy Adams, a British journalist. As Jeff Jarvis and Dan Gillmor and others have noted, regardless of the details of this specific case, it…

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This could get real interesting on how this is ultimately resolved. Twitter needs to maintain focus on their vision. This deals with more than sharing information. This can also set a precedent about where the line is to sharing responsibly. Twitter's major value add has always been the ability to monitor events in real time.