On: Twitter is not dying. It’s on the cusp of getting ...

[rhizome]

I believe a lot of the major players these days to be pretty fragile. All it takes is a good privacy policy and a "sign in with Twitter" button to move a person's environment over. Sure, you lose your messaging history, but I doubt that's a dealbreaker for a lot of people. All it takes is a crappy enough experience to motivate people to pick another corner to hang out and gab.

[ronaldx → rhizome]

In my experience, "sign in with Twitter" acts as a significant barrier because people don't actually know their Twitter password.

[rhizome → ronaldx]

You know what I mean: it's a solved problem to transfer your addressbook or contact list to a new service.