There are some limitations of Twitter that I would like to see addressed, namely embedded content and perhaps a better way to curate posts and exchange dialog . However, I feel like the platform is just starting to grow and develop. It may be some time before the public is clamoring for a new product. It takes a critical mass of people to make any new social networking service relevant and people hate change.
Dave Winer on Twitter’s future:
What rises to replace it will either be an open system built around RSS, or something indistinguishable from RSS. I would stake my reputation as a technologist on this one. I’ve been through so many of these loops, I never hedge my bets, and the bet has never been wrong. It always takes longer than you think it should, but eventually the open formats and protocols replace the systems built on corporate training wheels.
Read More: http://scripting.com/stories/2011/01/03/whatWillBecomeOfTwitter.html
