Is Twitter a Media or Technology Company? - Nick Bilton via NYTimes.com ⇢

Nick Bilton wonders if Twitter is crossing some line that once upon a time divided media and technology landscape. For a long time I have been making the claim that all future successful media companies will act and look like tech companies.

Huffington Post is an example, or Forbes post-Dvorkin, where the user experience of media is being mediated by technology — social architecture, or algorithmic curation — instead of being mediated purely by editorial controls.

And the recent explosion in curatorial tools is making the blur even blurrier.

So the answer to ‘is Twitter a media or technology company?’ is yes.

30 July 2012 19
twittermedia v tech

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