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Bass_X0 02/09/21 1:19:01 PM #1:	I watched a YouTube video saying its a real possibility now. --- "Well, it's not a bad game. It's made by Capcom, so how could it?" ~ AVGN <cite>Bass_X0 posted [p:950453166] in Twitter to... [t:79286370]...</cite> <quote>I watched a YouTube video saying its a real possibility now. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
E32005 02/09/21 1:20:10 PM #2:	Bass_X0 posted... I watched a YouTube video --- https://imgur.com/LAvnefi <cite>E32005 posted [p:950453203] in Twitter to... [t:79286370]...</cite> <quote>Bass_X0 posted... </cite> <quote>I watched a YouTube video</quote> </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Doom_Art 02/09/21 1:21:34 PM #3:	Bass_X0 posted... I watched a YouTube video --- Not removing this until Mega Man 64 is released on the Wii Virtual Console. Started on: 12/1/2009 https://imgur.com/mPvcy <cite>Doom_Art posted [p:950453256] in Twitter to... [t:79286370]...</cite> <quote>Bass_X0 posted... </cite> <quote>I watched a YouTube video</quote> </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Bass_X0 02/09/21 1:21:34 PM #4:	Yes, and? --- "Well, it's not a bad game. It's made by Capcom, so how could it?" ~ AVGN <cite>Bass_X0 posted [p:950453257] in Twitter to... [t:79286370]...</cite> <quote>Yes, and? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TheBlueMonk_ 02/09/21 1:22:07 PM #5:	my uncle works at twitter and he said that Facebook 2 is launching this fall --- Park Minyoung NOONA <3 https://imgur.com/F5yuHSF <cite>TheBlueMonk_ posted [p:950453274] in Twitter to... [t:79286370]...</cite> <quote>my uncle works at twitter and he said that Facebook 2 is launching this fall </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TheMikh 02/09/21 1:22:43 PM #6:	what i read is that twitter is introducing functionality for users to post exclusive content for users that pay for it so something like patreon style features, rather than twitter becoming pay-only --- https://imgur.com/A0TAfek <cite>TheMikh posted [p:950453292] in Twitter to... [t:79286370]...</cite> <quote>what i read is that twitter is introducing functionality for users to post exclusive content for users that pay for it so something like patreon style features, rather than twitter becoming pay-only </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
E32005 02/09/21 1:22:57 PM #7:	TheBlueMonk_ posted... my uncle works at twitter and he said that Facebook 2 is launching this fall my best friends mailman works at nintendo and he said THIS IS SPARTA! --- https://imgur.com/LAvnefi <cite>E32005 posted [p:950453300] in Twitter to... [t:79286370]...</cite> <quote>TheBlueMonk_ posted... </cite> <quote>my uncle works at twitter and he said that Facebook 2 is launching this fall</quote>my best friends mailman works at nintendo and he said THIS IS SPARTA! </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Funkydog 02/09/21 1:23:17 PM #8:	Lets hear the rest of your stand up TC. This was a good start so far, got a good chuckle out ofme. --- https://imgur.com/BGbZK <cite>Funkydog posted [p:950453319] in Twitter to... [t:79286370]...</cite> <quote>Lets hear the rest of your stand up TC. This was a good start so far, got a good chuckle out ofme. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 02/09/21 1:24:51 PM #9:	TheMikh posted... what i read is that twitter is introducing functionality for users to post exclusive content for users that pay for it so something like patreon style features, rather than twitter becoming pay-only So.... OnlyTwits? <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:950453374] in Twitter to... [t:79286370]...</cite> <quote>TheMikh posted... </cite> <quote>what i read is that twitter is introducing functionality for users to post exclusive content for users that pay for it so something like patreon style features, rather than twitter becoming pay-only</quote>So.... OnlyTwits? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TheMikh 02/09/21 1:25:48 PM #10:	Questionmarktarius posted... definitely potential for twitter to eat part of their pie since there's significant overlap from a userbase standpoint and similar permissiveness with respect to what users can post --- https://imgur.com/A0TAfek <cite>TheMikh posted [p:950453409] in Twitter to... [t:79286370]...</cite> <quote>Questionmarktarius posted... </cite> definitely potential for twitter to eat part of their pie since there's significant overlap from a userbase standpoint and similar permissiveness with respect to what users can post </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
RedJackson 02/09/21 1:26:23 PM #11:	I hope so, the more people off that platform the better --- https://imgur.com/e6aBSof - Pus_N_Pecans original! https://imgur.com/bve6U7T - Error1335 original! <cite>RedJackson posted [p:950453437] in Twitter to... [t:79286370]...</cite> <quote>I hope so, the more people off that platform the better </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 02/09/21 1:26:41 PM #12:	TheMikh posted... definitely potential for twitter to eat part of their pie since there's significant overlap from a userbase standpoint and similar permissiveness with respect to what users can post Well... that's clever, then. <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:950453447] in Twitter to... [t:79286370]...</cite> <quote>TheMikh posted... </cite> <quote>definitely potential for twitter to eat part of their pie since there's significant overlap from a userbase standpoint and similar permissiveness with respect to what users can post</quote>Well... that's clever, then. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
HylianFox 02/09/21 1:29:45 PM #13:	RedJackson posted... I hope so, the more people off that platform the better --- This is my signature until I can think of a better one. <cite>HylianFox posted [p:950453551] in Twitter to... [t:79286370]...</cite> <quote>RedJackson posted... </cite> <quote>I hope so, the more people off that platform the better</quote> </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Bass_X0 02/09/21 2:38:54 PM #14:	Well here's the video that I watched. I didn't post the video originally because the usual suspects would discredit it without even watching it just because its youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPliN6K93iE --- "Well, it's not a bad game. It's made by Capcom, so how could it?" ~ AVGN <cite>Bass_X0 posted [p:950456075] in Twitter to... [t:79286370]...</cite> <quote>Well here's the video that I watched. I didn't post the video originally because the usual suspects would discredit it without even watching it just because its youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPliN6K93iE </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Giant_Aspirin 02/09/21 2:42:43 PM #15:	it does kinda blow my mind that twitter is still as successful as it is w/o having ANY revenue stream. it doesnt even have ads AFAIK so i have no idea how they stay afloat --- Playing: A Plague Tale: Innocence; Hades; Dead Cells; You see it your way, I'll see it mine and I'll be fine <cite>Giant_Aspirin posted [p:950456217] in Twitter to... [t:79286370]...</cite> <quote>it does kinda blow my mind that twitter is still as successful as it is w/o having ANY revenue stream. it doesnt even have ads AFAIK so i have no idea how they stay afloat </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
NeonOctopus 02/09/21 2:44:13 PM #16:	Bass_X0 posted... Yes, and? Bass_X0 posted... I watched a YouTube video --- https://imgur.com/2aof3ao <cite>NeonOctopus posted [p:950456272] in Twitter to... [t:79286370]...</cite> <quote>Bass_X0 posted... </cite> <quote>Yes, and?</quote> Bass_X0 posted... </cite> <quote>I watched a YouTube video</quote> </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Lordgold666 02/09/21 2:46:52 PM #17:	Imagine having the product pay you? lol --- "May the Father of Understanding guide you." http://error1355.com/ce/Lordgold666.html <cite>Lordgold666 posted [p:950456365] in Twitter to... [t:79286370]...</cite> <quote>Imagine having the product pay you? lol </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
darkprince45 02/09/21 2:48:10 PM #18:	I heard jagex censors your password guys --- https://imgur.com/NvktIWl <cite>darkprince45 posted [p:950456395] in Twitter to... [t:79286370]...</cite> <quote>I heard jagex censors your password guys </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Damn_Underscore 02/09/21 2:48:49 PM #19:	If Twitter was like Instagram and required you to log in to view more than a few tweets, it would become irrelevant --- Shenmue II = best game of all time Shenmue = 2nd best game of all time <cite>Damn_Underscore posted [p:950456427] in Twitter to... [t:79286370]...</cite> <quote>If Twitter was like Instagram and required you to log in to view more than a few tweets, it would become irrelevant </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
buddhamonster 02/09/21 2:49:20 PM #20:	E32005 posted... my best friends mailman works at nintendo and he said THIS IS SPARTA! Big if true. --- Hey Trashcan Man! What did old lady Semple say when you burned her pension check? Boston Bruins - 2011 Stanley Cup Champs! <cite>buddhamonster posted [p:950456452] in Twitter to... [t:79286370]...</cite> <quote>E32005 posted... </cite> <quote>my best friends mailman works at nintendo and he said THIS IS SPARTA!</quote>Big if true. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Tenlaar 02/09/21 2:52:41 PM #21:	Giant_Aspirin posted... it does kinda blow my mind that twitter is still as successful as it is w/o having ANY revenue stream. it doesnt even have ads AFAIK so i have no idea how they stay afloat Advertising Services Advertising makes up $808.4 million, or about 86%, of Twitter's revenue as of Q3 2020. The segment's revenue rose 15.1% compared to Q3 2019.8 Twitter generates most of its advertising revenue by selling promoted products, including promoted tweets, promoted accounts, and promoted trends, to advertisers. The company creates tailored advertising opportunities by using an algorithm to make sure promoted products make it into the right users' timelines, "Who to Follow" lists, or at the top of the list of trending topics for an entire day in a particular country or globally. Advertisers also have the option of paying for in-stream video ads delivered to a targeted audience or sponsoring video content from publishing partners. While the majority of revenue from advertising services is generated through Twitter's owned and operated platform, a small portion of the advertising products Twitter sells are also placed on third-party publishers websites, applications and other offerings.9 Data Licensing and Other Nearly 14% of Twitter's revenue in Q3 2020, or $127.8 million, was from data licensing and other sources.Revenue for the segment grew 5.2% compared to the same quarter a year ago.8 Twitter also sells subscriptions to public data beyond its public API to companies and developers looking to "access, search and analyze historical and real-time data" on the platform. The "other sources" includes service fees Twitter collects from users of its mobile ad exchange, MoPub. https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/120114/how-does-twitter-twtr-make-money.asp <cite>Tenlaar posted [p:950456573] in Twitter to... [t:79286370]...</cite> <quote>Giant_Aspirin posted... </cite> <quote>it does kinda blow my mind that twitter is still as successful as it is w/o having ANY revenue stream. it doesnt even have ads AFAIK so i have no idea how they stay afloat</quote> <quote>Advertising Services Advertising makes up $808.4 million, or about 86%, of Twitter's revenue as of Q3 2020. The segment's revenue rose 15.1% compared to Q3 2019.8 Twitter generates most of its advertising revenue by selling promoted products, including promoted tweets, promoted accounts, and promoted trends, to advertisers. The company creates tailored advertising opportunities by using an algorithm to make sure promoted products make it into the right users' timelines, "Who to Follow" lists, or at the top of the list of trending topics for an entire day in a particular country or globally. Advertisers also have the option of paying for in-stream video ads delivered to a targeted audience or sponsoring video content from publishing partners. While the majority of revenue from advertising services is generated through Twitter's owned and operated platform, a small portion of the advertising products Twitter sells are also placed on third-party publishers websites, applications and other offerings.9 Data Licensing and Other Nearly 14% of Twitter's revenue in Q3 2020, or $127.8 million, was from data licensing and other sources.Revenue for the segment grew 5.2% compared to the same quarter a year ago.8 Twitter also sells subscriptions to public data beyond its public API to companies and developers looking to "access, search and analyze historical and real-time data" on the platform. The "other sources" includes service fees Twitter collects from users of its mobile ad exchange, MoPub.</quote> https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/120114/how-does-twitter-twtr-make-money.asp </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
twitterfriends 02/09/21 2:53:38 PM #22:	Not true. --- #BidenHarris #JusticeDemocrats #Hive #WolfPAC #Dogecoin #WeAre12 #12thMan #Seahawks #Belieber #DENT #UBI #PokemonGo #twitterfriends #MMA #PopularHashtags <cite>twitterfriends posted [p:950456608] in Twitter to... [t:79286370]...</cite> <quote>Not true. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
NeonOctopus 02/09/21 2:54:50 PM #23:	Giant_Aspirin posted... it does kinda blow my mind that twitter is still as successful as it is w/o having ANY revenue stream. it doesnt even have ads AFAIK so i have no idea how they stay afloat Yeah, it's a wonder how they have access to all this consumer data and don't constantly sell it to marketing firms for a profit. Oh wait..... --- https://imgur.com/2aof3ao <cite>NeonOctopus posted [p:950456657] in Twitter to... [t:79286370]...</cite> <quote>Giant_Aspirin posted... </cite> <quote>it does kinda blow my mind that twitter is still as successful as it is w/o having ANY revenue stream. it doesnt even have ads AFAIK so i have no idea how they stay afloat</quote>Yeah, it's a wonder how they have access to all this consumer data and don't constantly sell it to marketing firms for a profit. Oh wait..... </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Giant_Aspirin 02/09/21 2:55:57 PM #24:	Tenlaar posted... https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/120114/how-does-twitter-twtr-make-money.asp TIL twitter has ads. probably because i never view my 'timeline', i only view specific tweets people link to. thank ya --- Playing: A Plague Tale: Innocence; Hades; Dead Cells; You see it your way, I'll see it mine and I'll be fine <cite>Giant_Aspirin posted [p:950456699] in Twitter to... [t:79286370]...</cite> <quote>Tenlaar posted... </cite> <quote>https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/120114/how-does-twitter-twtr-make-money.asp</quote> TIL twitter has ads. probably because i never view my 'timeline', i only view specific tweets people link to. thank ya </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Tenlaar 02/09/21 2:59:01 PM #25:	Giant_Aspirin posted... TIL twitter has ads. probably because i never view my 'timeline', i only view specific tweets people link to. thank ya Yeah, it was actually surprising to me too. I am the same way, only looking at something on twitter when a tweet is linked to, so I had no idea that promoted tweets and products were such a huge bulk of their income. I assumed that it was primarily selling personal data. <cite>Tenlaar posted [p:950456812] in Twitter to... [t:79286370]...</cite> <quote>Giant_Aspirin posted... </cite> <quote>TIL twitter has ads. probably because i never view my 'timeline', i only view specific tweets people link to. thank ya</quote>Yeah, it was actually surprising to me too. I am the same way, only looking at something on twitter when a tweet is linked to, so I had no idea that promoted tweets and products were such a huge bulk of their income. I assumed that it was primarily selling personal data. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Bio1590 02/09/21 3:12:37 PM #26:	TheMikh posted... definitely potential for twitter to eat part of their pie since there's significant overlap from a userbase standpoint and similar permissiveness with respect to what users can post It wouldn't work. Their UI is a flaming trashpile and they're way too ban-happy. --- https://imgur.com/bbRWLI8 https://imgur.com/A0BErSV https://imgur.com/S1m3po4 https://imgur.com/7fCcfko <cite>Bio1590 posted [p:950457367] in Twitter to... [t:79286370]...</cite> <quote>TheMikh posted...</cite> <quote> definitely potential for twitter to eat part of their pie since there's significant overlap from a userbase standpoint and similar permissiveness with respect to what users can post </quote> It wouldn't work. Their UI is a flaming trashpile and they're way too ban-happy.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
EnterTheTekken 02/10/21 8:59:00 AM #27:	Even if this happened, what's to stop someone from posting the exclusive content or re-tweeting it? --- https://imgur.com/2KslScv <cite>EnterTheTekken posted [p:950482359] in Twitter to... [t:79286370]...</cite> <quote>Even if this happened, what's to stop someone from posting the exclusive content or re-tweeting it? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FL81 02/10/21 9:02:51 AM #28:	my uncle is shigeru miyamoto he says gamefaqs is being sold off to epic games --- Thanks to Proofpyros for the sig images https://imgur.com/Nv4Pi1v https://imgur.com/N43HJYv <cite>FL81 posted [p:950482421] in Twitter to... [t:79286370]...</cite> <quote>my uncle is shigeru miyamoto he says gamefaqs is being sold off to epic games </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
buddhamonster 02/10/21 9:04:15 AM #29:	Giant_Aspirin posted... it does kinda blow my mind that twitter is still as successful as it is w/o having ANY revenue stream. it doesnt even have ads AFAIK so i have no idea how they stay afloat There's a saying. If you're not paying for the product, then the product is probably you. --- Hey Trashcan Man! What did old lady Semple say when you burned her pension check? Boston Bruins - 2011 Stanley Cup Champs! <cite>buddhamonster posted [p:950482447] in Twitter to... [t:79286370]...</cite> <quote>Giant_Aspirin posted... </cite> <quote>it does kinda blow my mind that twitter is still as successful as it is w/o having ANY revenue stream. it doesnt even have ads AFAIK so i have no idea how they stay afloat</quote>There's a saying. If you're not paying for the product, then the product is probably you. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FrozenPie 02/10/21 9:04:50 AM #30:	paid service? Are they trying to get people to leave? --- "Guessing GameFAQs alts is the original Among Us." 16-BITTER <cite>FrozenPie posted [p:950482458] in Twitter to... [t:79286370]...</cite> <quote>paid service? Are they trying to get people to leave? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Bio1590 02/10/21 11:27:06 AM #31:	EnterTheTekken posted... Even if this happened, what's to stop someone from posting the exclusive content or re-tweeting it? I'm assuming it'd work the same way as making your account "Protected" does now - no one but yourself can retweet your own tweets. For reposting, that just becomes a bannable and legal offense --- https://imgur.com/bbRWLI8 https://imgur.com/A0BErSV https://imgur.com/S1m3po4 https://imgur.com/7fCcfko <cite>Bio1590 posted [p:950486302] in Twitter to... [t:79286370]...</cite> <quote>EnterTheTekken posted...</cite> <quote>Even if this happened, what's to stop someone from posting the exclusive content or re-tweeting it? </quote> I'm assuming it'd work the same way as making your account "Protected" does now - no one but yourself can retweet your own tweets. For reposting, that just becomes a bannable and legal offense</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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