I believe that many of you know what Twitter is. It is similar to blogging except that there is a limit to the length of the messages being posted up online. Twitter is such a convenient form of communicating with online users be it for the purpose of leisure or even for business. Anyone can twitter anywhere even on-the-go on their mobile devices. Twitter has indeed become a popular culture amongst people in the world.
Twitter is an example of the interactive model in communication in which senders and receivers on Twitter are active participants of the communication process. Currently, using Twitter even for the purpose of advertising, which makes use of Logos, Pathos or Ethos or a combination of them by persuasion, is free. However, the co-founder of Twitter, Biz Stone, has had a second thought about making advertising on Twitter chargeable especially for business companies that use Twitter as a platform to advertise their campaigns for instance. This issue has been recently raised online on http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/technologynews/view/1004539/1/.html.
Do you think it is advisable to charge fees for businesses that use Twitter for commercial purposes? Personally, I think that Twitter should not do so. It would seem rather unreasonable to make businesses pay for what they advertise on Twitter because who knows, there could even be individuals out there who use Twitter for advertisement. If Twitter were to start charging for advertising, then might as well charge Twitters for tweeting or blogs might as well charge blog shop owners for advertising their products. It would seem rather late for Twitter to start charging its users who advertise because if it really wanted to do so, it should have been stated in the first place under its Terms and Conditions.
Since Twitter started out as a free online platform for its users to post up messages, it should continue to do so. Even if businesses were willing to pay for what they advertise on Twitter, it would seem unfair because like I have mentioned, there could be individuals who advertise too. Besides, Twitter found out that even if they charge its users in general, it would not be able to generate revenue.
Thus, if Twitter were to make money out of its services, it would defeat its original purpose of providing a free means of allowing its users to spread messages on Twitter.
Twitter should not start charging their users now, at such late a time. As said, it should have been implemented in the first place. Else it would be less than ideal as those who have already used Twitter as a platform for advertising would have already benefitted in the beginning.
ReplyDeleteIf Twitter were to start charging advertisers, they would definitely lose out to other competitors such as other networking sites who have more users per day as compared to Twitter. Also, businesses could also set up their own account and advertise for free. Unless Twitter is able to monitor evry users' daily activity 24/7, and prevent other businesses from taking advantage of the system, they should not even attempt to start asking advertisers to pay.
Twitter should not charge its users because it defeats its initial purpose of providing a free online interactive platform for communication. By charging, I think that it would drain away the efforts of making its popularity to skyrocket.
ReplyDeleteI am not using Twitter so i know nothing about it...However i felt that if they started out as FREE then why change?? Like has been mentioned, it would only defeat the purpose of being a FREE online interactive platform for communication...Moreover, by charging, there might be a reduction in its users...so...i think it might have a negative impact...Shud be...
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