Seesmic, TweetMeme Say Twitter Ecosystem Is Just Fine, Thank You
April 17, 2010 at 21:02 PM EDT
Yesterday we showed a teaser of our conversation with Loic Le Meur of Seesmic , and Nick Halstead of Tweetmeme . Here's the full video, in two parts. This is a debate around the recent decision by Twitter to compete directly with third party developers who are making Twitter applications that Twitter has deemed to be mere "hole fillers." A variety of third party apps are now competing directly with Twitter. Most developers we've spoken with are upset, and say that Twitter gave them guidance that they wouldn't compete with them. And in the past Twitter has been consistent in saying that they want to provide the plumbing for the Twitter ecosystem. Now it's quite clear that they want to build on top of that plumbing, too.