Twitter’s Copycat Syndrome

We have seen a rash of recent changes to Twitter making it appear to most users more like Facebook. With it’s large cover image and pinned posts, it seems that Twitter is beginning to lose its separate identity in the race to commodify its users for the benefit of its main source of income – advertisers.

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Today, we heard about even more impending changes, that will make Twitter as we know it no longer.

With major changes and additions to the Timeline feature we have come to know and love of Twitter, combined with additional content creation tools, it begs the question – Is Twitter just like the other guys, or is there hope that it will retain is separate identity?