On: Dear Twitter

[shazow]

I was reading through the Twitter dev mailing list, and found this poignant observation from a poster:

    The most telling change in the Terms of Service occurred in sentence 
    #2 or paragraph #1 under section Rules of the Road. 

    It used to read: "We want to empower our ecosystem partners to build 
    valuable BUSINESSES around the information flowing through Twitter." 

    It now (since March 11, 2011) reads: "We want to empower our ecosystem 
    partners to build valuable TOOLS around the information flowing 
    through Twitter." 

- https://groups.google.com/d/msg/twitter-development-talk/yCz...

[runjake → shazow]

It's not so much poignant (or any such emotional response) as it is interesting. And it doesn't really strike me as interesting either. It just seems like a rewording to be more inclusive.

To me, "businesses" imply "people that make money", "tools" implies "people that make money, produce public services, etc".

[Qz → runjake]

'Businesses' make money for the business owners, 'tools' make money for Twitter.