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自从各种电脑技术问世以来，人们就一直在争论哪一种更好。当然这大部分的争论也都是没有什么结果的，因为不同人有不同的需求和感受。

由于一些人对某种技术的虔诚和热衷并认定其它技术都不如它使得各技术之间的竞争更加激烈。再加上有时候一些技术的创造者也加入到这些技术优劣的争讨中，使得战火更加凶猛。

让我们来看看从过去到现在最为出名的几对技术冤家吧！

操作系统和平台

Amiga vs. Atari

上世纪八十年代末到九十年代初是Amiga和Atari的高峰期。他们的用户之间经常互相争辩和嘲讽对方。不过这两家公司本身还不能算是最好，特别 是自从 Jack Tramiel创建了Commodore之后并购买了Atari的电子消费事业部成立 Atari ST, 才成为了Amiga的直接竞争对手。

PC vs. Mac

持续不断的PC 和Mac 之战更确切的说是Windows和Mac OS系统之间的战争。这是一对永无休止的冤家之一。这里，Windows以其庞大的用户群而获胜，但 Mac OS也是非常有震撼力的并且一般都是有专门用途的。

Windows vs. Linux

与Windows对抗的也非苹果一家公司，Linux社区的人们也会对他进行攻击。争论的焦点是，Linux不仅便宜同时还更安全和稳定。
Windows的用户却也不甘示弱，认为Linux 完全是一个业余的操作系统，实用性根本不值一提。

Android vs. iPhone

随着苹果Iphone智能手机的问世，几乎把其他的竞争对手给抹杀了，在智能手机市场上，Iphone或多或少都有点山中之王的感觉，接着谷歌也宣 告了发布Android。这无疑激起了一阵轰动，现在Android手机已开始大军出动了，相信大家也不会停止对这两个平台的激烈争讨，究竟谁能获胜呢？

游戏

Nintendo vs. Sega

任天堂和世嘉各自的用户向来互斗也很激烈，特别是九十年代的时候，两个公司完成了数代游戏系统，即任天堂的娱乐系统和世嘉的大师系统。最终以世嘉的屈服而告终，因为他的粉丝们已失望透顶了。

Sony vs. Microsoft vs. Nintendo

现在的游戏行业呈现出三国鼎立的局势。到处都可见激烈的争讨，究竟哪一家才是最好的，提供的内容最有娱乐性，Xbox 360、Playstation 3 butting heads 和任天堂的Wii不停地卷入人们的争讨中。

浏览器

Netscape vs. Internet Explorer

上世纪90年代，网景几乎是每个人的首选浏览器。当微软后来进入浏览器市场时，谁也没料到它会超过网景，不过事实是最终竟然发生了。现在，IE是最常见的浏览器而网景已经消失得无影无踪了。

关于这两个浏览器的争论最多的是，开发者之间经常讨论到的，这两款浏览器，哪一个的错误最严重，并且很多网站都会有告示告诉你应该使用哪一个浏览器。

Internet Explorer vs. Firefox, Safari and Chrome

虽然IE拥有最庞大的用户群，不过来自Firefox、 Safari、Chrome 等其他浏览器的压力也不小。这些“可替代”的浏览器正慢慢获得IE用户的支持，用户数也不在少数。

软件

Gnome vs. KDE

Linux/Unix 的桌面环境也不少，最常见的有Gnome和KDE。他们各自走不通的路吸引不同的用户，当然最终的结果也会引起用户的讨论，究竟哪者更好呢？

VI vs. Emacs

这一对应该算是最为怪胎的一对。关于使用哪一个Unix 的文本编辑器的讨论有非常久的历史，最有代表性的应该是最新成立的一个叫做alt.religion.emacs的组织。
这一对之间的战争永不停止。

PHP vs. ASP.NET

当说到网站编程的时候，很多开发者都有他们自己偏爱的语言和平台。虽然有很多种语言可选择，PHP和 ASP.NET应该是最难和睦相处的一对了。

硬件

AMD vs. Intel

处理器的选择上，大多数人会关注价格和性能。但是也有部分人就认定AMD或Intel。

Nvidia vs. ATI (now AMD)

显卡制造商Nvidia、ATI一直在图像上开展竞争很久了。他们的用户也会在性能、功能、视觉质量上互相拿二者讨论。

其它

盗版 vs. 传媒产业

这场战争在各个层次上都有显现，甚至还闹上了法庭。盗版 (也叫做非法文件共享)认为传媒业要改变现状提供更符合潮流、方便、实惠的内容。而传媒行业则坚决维护著作权人的合法权益。

为什么就不能携手共创和谐生活呢？

也许有的人可能会觉得所有这些技术应该互相吸收和借鉴，从而把竞争提高到一个更高的智力层次，不过这似乎是一个乌托邦的梦想。 毕竟，太多人都对他们的技术选择有坚强的信念。这就犹如政治和宗教信仰一般， 所不同的是后者是真枪实战，而我们并没有看到Mac粉丝疯狂到真的去猛攻微软。

附原文：The holy tech flame wars

Since the dawn of technology people have been arguing about which technology is better. As with all such debates there are usually no simple answers and it often comes down to personal taste.

These discussions tend to be very infected due to the almost religious belief shown by the most hardcore supporters of a technology, a thorough conviction that all other options are inferior. Sometimes the technology creators themselves also add fuel to the fire by joining the discussions.

Let’s have a look at some of the more famous tech wars – or tech feuds – from both past and present.

Operating systems and platforms

Amiga vs. Atari

During the late ‘80s and early ‘90s when the Amiga and Atari computers were at their peak, their users were constantly arguing and making fun of each other. While not directly fanning the flames, the companies themselves weren’t on the best of terms, especially since Jack Tramiel who funded Commodore later on bought the Atari Consumer Electronics Division and launched the Atari ST, a direct competitor to the Amiga.

PC vs. Mac

The ongoing PC versus Mac war is really more about Windows versus Mac OS and is one of those never-ending conflicts. While Windows really is the winner here because of its much larger user base, the Mac OS crowd is very vocal and dedicated.

And the companies play along. Apple’s Mac versus PC ads are a recent example.

Windows vs. Linux

Windows doesn’t just take fire from the Apple crowd, it’s also under constant attack from the Linux community. The arguments are that not only is Linux cheaper (free) but also more secure and stable.

Windows users on the other hand think Linux is a hobby OS with poor usability.

Android vs. iPhone

After Apple burst onto the smartphone scene with the iPhone and pretty much wiped the floor with the competition, the iPhone more or less became the king of the hill in the smartphone market. Then Google announced Android. This of coursed caused a stir, and now when Android phones are starting to come out in force, people just can’t stop debating which platform will be the winner.

Gaming

Nintendo vs. Sega

Both Nintendo and Sega and their respective users fought hard, especially during the ‘90s. The companies competed for several console generations starting with the Nintendo Entertainment System and Sega Master System. Eventually Sega had to give in, much to the disappointment of its fans.

Sony vs. Microsoft vs. Nintendo

The console industry of today has a three-way battle going on. You don’t have to look far to find fans in heated arguments about which console is the best and provides the most entertainment, with the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 butting heads and the Nintendo Wii being pulled into the discussion from time to time.

Browsers

Netscape vs. Internet Explorer

During the ‘90s, Netscape was the web browser of choice for almost everyone. When Microsoft entered the browser market relatively late no one thought they would manage to simply run over Netscape, but this is what eventually happened. Today Internet Explorer is the most common browser and Netscape is nowhere to be seen.

The debate mostly raged between developers regarding which of the two browsers had the worst bugs and many websites had badges telling you which browser to use, for compatibility.

Internet Explorer vs. Firefox, Safari and Chrome

While Internet Explorer has the largest user base today it’s under heavy attack from Firefox, Safari, Chrome and others. These “alternative” browsers are steadily gaining on Internet Explorer and have a very vocal user base.

Software

Gnome vs. KDE

There are several desktop environments available for Linux/Unix, but the two most common are Gnome and KDE. They have both taken different paths and attracted different types of users, the end result of course being an endless discussion on which one is the best.

VI vs. Emacs

This has to be the ultimate geek war topic. The debate about which Unix text editor one should be using has a long history, and the conviction of the followers of these two editors is perhaps best illustrated by the fact that there is a newsgroup called alt.religion.emacs.

This war will never end.

PHP vs. ASP.NET

When it comes to programming websites most developers have their preferred language and platform. While there are lots of different languages available it seems like the PHP and ASP.NET crowds are the least likely to live in harmony.

Hardware

AMD vs. Intel

The choice of processor is something most people base on the current price and performance. But there are people who have picked either AMD or Intel and are sticking by their side no matter what.

Nvidia vs. ATI (now AMD)

The video card makers Nvidia and ATI have been fighting each other for graphics supremacy for a long time, and many of their users got carried along into endless discussions about performance, features and visual quality.

Other

Pirates vs. the Media industry

This battle is fought on all levels, including in court. Pirates (a.k.a. illegal file sharers) argue that the media industry needs to shape up and offer content in more modern, convenient and affordable ways. The media industry and its followers on the other hand argue the absolute right of the copyright holders.

Can’t we just join hands and live happily together?

One would think that these groups could live together and accept each others’ choices and opinions, and keep discussions on a more intellectual level, but this seems to be a utopia.

After all, we are talking about groups of people that often have very strong feelings about the technological choices they have made. It’s like politics and religion, but with the difference that the latter ones start real wars and we haven’t seen any Mac fans preparing to storm Redmond (yet). Perhaps they did release a cougar on Microsoft’s grounds, though . . . ]]> http://xwxy.zzspy.com/2009/09/27/472/feed/ 0 http://xwxy.zzspy.com/2009/09/27/%e9%9b%85%e8%99%8e%e4%bf%ae%e6%94%b9%e6%90%9c%e7%b4%a2%e7%bb%93%e6%9e%9c%e9%a1%b5%e9%9d%a2-%e5%90%91bing%e9%9d%a0%e8%bf%91/ http://xwxy.zzspy.com/2009/09/27/%e9%9b%85%e8%99%8e%e4%bf%ae%e6%94%b9%e6%90%9c%e7%b4%a2%e7%bb%93%e6%9e%9c%e9%a1%b5%e9%9d%a2-%e5%90%91bing%e9%9d%a0%e8%bf%91/#comments Sun, 27 Sep 2009 07:01:53 +0000 jacobxx http://xwxy.zzspy.com/?p=470 除了主页重新设计以及微软雅虎搜索协议外，雅虎创建了一个全新的搜索结果页面。

新的搜索页面现在已经对所有的用户开放，在搜索框的下方添加了一个新的发现栏，在左侧添加了一个导航栏 (跟Bing没什么不同), 并添加了更多的功能以及新的配色方案。

修改后的页面是什么样子的呢？最好的办法是看看修改前后的对比图片。 首先，这是修改前的页面:

仔细研究，你会发现，侧栏是在右边，配色方案也不同，其搜索记事本工具栏SearchPad也从右侧移到了左侧。搜索栏在左上方。

看看现在的设计:

下面是观察的一些结果:

• 导航在左侧：新的雅虎搜索页面重心放在相关的体验上。如果你搜索 “WordPress”，左侧导航栏就会出现类似的搜索词以及相关的信息。如果你搜索“小狗” 你就会得到一列不同品种的狗，美国养犬俱乐部、Iams以及Flickr (用来共享狗狗的照片)。
• 搜素相关的概念：这是在搜索框下方的下拉框出现的。你可以通过点击相关概念的搜索来获得更多相关的搜索。
• 人物搜索：与Bing一致，当你搜索人物时，雅虎搜索会链接到该人物的Facebook、Twitter等其他社交网站上。
• 设计：这个新的搜索页面跟雅虎的主页面保持了一致，是一个很好的设计。

新的搜索最终完成了两件事，第一，树立了雅虎作为Bing替身的可能。左侧的导航栏就跟Bing十分像。这些修改有助于雅虎搜索向Bing过渡。

更重要的是，它改善了搜索体验。它提供了一些有用的功能，搜索体验更有连续性了。很高兴看到雅虎并没有放弃搜索体验，他们将不断创新直到Bing完全取代了雅虎的搜索算法。

附原文：

Yahoo Revamps Search Results (And Prepares Them for Bing)

Fresh off of its homepage redesign (and the Microsoft search deal), Yahoo has launched a full revamp of its search results page.

The new search page, which is now active for all users, adds a new discovery bar just under the search box, adds a left-hand navigation column (not unlike BingBing), and aligns more with the functionality and color scheme of the new widget-based Yahoo homepage.

So what’s the change look like? Perhaps the best way to assess the differences is to do a before and after comparison. First, here is what Yahoo Search looked like before the upgrade:

Study it. Notice the right hand sidebar, the old color scheme, and the search bar in the far left hand corner.

Now, take a look at the redesign:

Here are some of our observations:

- Left hand navigation: The new Yahoo search page is focused on creating a relevant experience. If you search “MashableMashable,” the left-hand navigation comes up with similar search terms and related information. If you search “puppies,” you’ll get a list of searches of different dog breeds, the American Kennel Club, Iams, and FlickrFlickr (so you can share those puppy pictures).

- Explore related concepts: This is a dropdown right under the search bar. Clicking on it adds even more related searches that you can explore.

- People Search: Following in the footsteps of Bing, Yahoo Search’s related concepts takes a twist when you search for people. It links you to that person’s FacebookFacebook, TwitterTwitter, and other social networks.

- Design: The new search feels like an extension of the new Yahoo homepage. That’s a good thing.

The new search does two things in the end. First, it positions Yahoo for its eventual Bing switchover. The left-hand navigation bar is just like Bing. These changes should help smooth the transition.

More importantly though, it improves the search experience a great deal. It provides some useful features and more continuity in the search experience. It’s nice to see that Yahoo isn’t just going to abandon the search experience and that they will innovate until Bing replaces Yahoo’s search algorithm.

在英国的1188名年龄在16-64的成人抽样调查中，当问他们如果他们喜欢的新闻站点开始付费，他们会怎么办。结果可能会有点出乎你的意料。 在下面的柱形图中的绿色一栏显示了各个年龄段愿意为线上内容付费的百分比。

愿意付费 (不同年龄组):

• 16-24: 13%
• 25-34: 6%
• 35-44: 1%
• 45-54: 2%
• 55-64: 1%

那么至少这次调查显示了：年轻人更愿意为在线内容付费。16至24岁的年龄组将近是35-44或55-64的13倍。

有意思的是年老的一代，他们从小看的新闻报纸都是付费的，但是提到为在线内容付费却显得比较吝啬，而更愿意寻找其他免费的可替代新闻来源。如果再把这些人的口袋比年轻人更多钱这个因素考虑在内，就更让人觉得费解了。

也许是因为对于自小互联网就成为生活一部分的年轻人来说，总体上，他们更习惯于在线交易，因此也更有可能为在线内容付费。

当然这是在英国的调查，如果能够在多个国家展开这项调查的话，应该会更有说服力，才能知道这些结果从全球来讲是否也同样站得住脚。

附原文：

Are young Internet users more likely to pay for content?

Are young Internet users less stingy than old ones? That certainly seems to be the case when it comes to paying for online content according to a new survey by paidContent:UK.

In the survey, 1,188 UK adults between the ages 16-64 were asked what they would do if their favorite news site started charging money. The results weren’t exactly what you might expect.

Pay attention to the green column in the chart here below, i.e. the one that shows how likely each age group is to pay for content access.

Willing to pay (sorted by age group):

• 16-24: 13%
• 25-34: 6%
• 35-44: 1%
• 45-54: 2%
• 55-64: 1%

So, at least in the scenario of the survey – paying for access to your favorite news site – young people are much more likely to pay for online content. Thirteen times more likely than those aged 35-44 or 55-64.

It’s interesting that the older generation, having grown up with newspapers (paid content) are not only less likely to pay for content, but more likely to seek out similar free content as an alternative. It’s even more baffling considering the older generation is bound to have more money.

Perhaps it could simply be that those who have grown up with the Internet as a part of their lives from the start are more used to handling money online in general and therefore more likely to pay for content.

This was a UK survey. It would be interesting to see the results of such a survey in more countries to see if these findings hold true internationally as well.

这个世界是不公平的，互联网在世界不同地区的普及率又再一次惨痛地揭示这个事实。看看这个不公平的世界对当今互联网用户区域分布有什么影响：

在我们列出其它图表之前，请先快速浏览下上图，你就会明白什么是所谓的“公平竞争”，其实根本不存在：

• 当今网络普及率是24.7%。
• 北美，虽然只占全球5%的人口，但是它的网民占了全球的15%，这主要归功于这里的网络普及率高达73.9%，全球之首。（北美是大洲中普及率最高的地方，但是个别国家的普及率比这还高。）
• 如果亚洲的普及率也和北美一样，那么亚洲会有28.1亿网民，这个数据是目前全球网民数量的1.7倍（目前全球市16.7亿网民）。
• 如果全球各地互联网普及率都能像北美一样高，那么世界上互联网用户将达到50亿。

当然，像上面这样的“假设”还可以有很多，但是这里我们不把它们作为这篇文章的主要部分，我们主要想搞清楚的是：互联网的普及率的不同如何影响了整个互联网人口。

全球人口分布 VS 上网人口分布

当你比较各大洲人口分布与互联网用户分布时，结果会是什么的呢？

首先，下图是全球66.7亿人口在各大洲的分布情况的饼图，如果都是公平的话，那么，全球网民的分布图应该与人口分布图是一样的结果，但是事实上却是不一样的。

现在我们看看网民在各大洲的实际分布。

由于各个洲的网络普及率不同，上图的比例发生了巨大变化，全球16.7亿网民在各个大洲的分布就显示为下图：

看看非洲缩小得真可怜，再看看亚洲也缩小了不少。虽然有庞大的人口，但是上网的人口却大大减少了。相反的是，像欧洲和北美地区，其互联网用户与实际 人口数相比却是大大膨胀了。可以说网络世界是一个有别于现实的世界，那就是互联网用户数量真正反映了世界不同地区的工业化程度。

附原文：

The world isn’t a fair place, and yet another way this is laid bare is the huge differences shown in Internet penetration among the population of the various world regions. We thought it would be interesting to see what kind of an effect this is having on the world Internet population of today.

First some quick observations before we head on to more charts, just to give you an idea of how level the playing field is NOT:

• Today’s world Internet penetration is 24.7%.
• North America, with only 5% of the world’s population, has 15% of the world Internet population thanks to having the world’s largest Internet penetration with 73.9% (largest for a world region, but there are individual countries with a higher percentage).
• If Asia had the same Internet penetration as North America, it would have 2.81 billion Internet users. That’s 1.7 times the current Internet population of the entire world (1.67 billion).
• If the entire world had the same Internet penetration as North America, the world Internet population would be 5 billion people.

There are lots of interesting “what if” scenarios like the above, but we don’t want to get too carried away or we’ll never get to the main part of this post, which is to look at how the differences in Internet penetration have affected the division of the Internet population as a whole.

World population share vs. Internet population share

What happens when you compare how the actual world population is divided with how the world’s Internet users are divided?

First off, here below is a pie chart that shows the share each world region has of the planet’s 6.77 billion people. This is also what the division of the Internet population would look like if the Internet penetration were equal all over the world, but of course it isn’t.

Now let’s look at the ACTUAL division of the world Internet population.

Thanks to the different levels of Internet penetration the balance shifts drastically. This is the share each region has of the world’s 1.67 billion Internet users:

Look at how Africa dwindles, look at how Asia shrinks. Giants in terms of population, but the weight of those populations are greatly diminished online. In contrast, regions like Europe and North America swell past the actual weight of their populations. You could say the Internet is a different world, one where the population truly reflects the different levels of industrialization in the world.

We could throw more statistics your way, but we’ll call it a day this time.

It’s when we see this kind of data that we really count ourselves lucky to live in Sweden, which has an Internet penetration of 80% and decent broadband connections for more or less anyone who wants it.

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人们越来越依赖于互联网链接，对网络浏览器的期望也越高，总的来说就是期望网速能够更快有一个更好的上网体验。一项新的研究表明与2006年相比，几年的时间内，互联网用户的期望发生了巨大改变，我们所有的互联网使用者都期盼网站打开的速度能再快点。

这项调查是由世界上最大的内容传送网络服务提供商Akamai开展的，作为先前2006年所做类似调查的后续补充。Forrester咨询公司代表Akamai对1048名网购用户开展了调查，了解了他们网购时（包括在零售网站、旅游网站等）的期盼。

对比这两项调查结果，你会发现: 2006年，如果一个电子商务网站的下载超过四分钟的话人们可能开始不安，而在2009年最新的调查结果显示，如果电子商务网站要花两秒钟来下载人们就不耐烦了。

这是一个很大的不同。互联网用户对网页下载的速度要求整整达到2006年的两倍。在短短三年的时间里，用户对互联网速度的期望发生了巨大变化。

下面是该研究的一些结果:

• 47%的用户希望在两秒或更短的时间内下载完。
• 40%的用户，如果网站下载需要花超过三秒钟的时间就会自动放弃。
• 52% 的网购用户认为，快速页面加载对他们对网站的忠诚度有非常重要的作用。
• 14%的用户，如果网页加载速度太慢的话他们就会转到另一个网站上购物， 23%的用户将会直接停止购物或者干脆离开电脑。
• 要是对上一次网站访问速度感觉不满意，64% 网购者下次将到另一个家店铺购物。

虽然这项研究重点放在了电子商务网站，但这些结果应该跟任何网站都是相关的，不管哪一种类型的网站都一样。因为这些结果很明确地表明了加载速度过慢对人们行为的影响是多么大。

当然Akamai其服务内容就是加快网速，它想通过这个研究来引起人们对网速的关注也是可以理解的。

网站的性能会直接影响到用户的行为，多年来也有很多如谷歌、雅虎等其他大公司也做过这样的研究。网站性能的重要性，每个站长都不容忽视。

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Internet users expect websites to load twice as fast now as in 2006

People are getting used to broadband connections, more powerful web browsers, and a speedier web experience in general. A new study shows how the expectations of Internet users have changed significantly over the last couple of years. We expect websites to be a lot faster.

The survey was commissioned by Akamai, the world’s largest content delivery network (CDN) provider, as a follow-up to a similar survey made back in 2006. On behalf of Akamai, Forrester Consulting surveyed 1,048 online shoppers about their expectations when shopping online (on retail sites, travel sites, etc).

Now here is a highly interesting result when you compare the new study with the old one: In the old study from 2006, people got restless if an ecommerce site took more than four seconds to load. In the 2009 study, people got restless if an ecommerce site took more than two seconds to load.

That’s a big difference. Internet users expect web pages to load twice as fast in 2009 as they did in 2006. User expectations have changed significantly in just three years.

Here are some of the findings from the study:

• 47% expect a web page to load in two seconds or less.
• 40% will abandon a web page if it takes more than three seconds to load.
• 52% of online shoppers claim that quick page loads are important for their loyalty to a site.
• 14% will start shopping at a different site if page loads are slow, 23% will stop shopping or even walk away from their computer.
• 64% of shoppers who are dissatisfied with their site visit will go somewhere else to shop next time.

Although this study focused on ecommerce sites, the findings should be relevant to any site owner regardless of the type of site since the results clearly show how big an effect slow load times can have on user behavior.

This is of course something that Akamai, which provides services that speed up websites, wants to shine a spotlight on.

That site performance affects user behavior has been shown in a ton of studies through the years by big players like Google, Yahoo, and others. Just a couple of weeks ago we wrote about a study of Facebook user behavior and how site performance affects page views. Site performance can be more important than you imagine when it comes to your bottom line as a site owner. ]]> http://xwxy.zzspy.com/2009/09/27/458/feed/ 0 http://xwxy.zzspy.com/2009/09/27/456/ http://xwxy.zzspy.com/2009/09/27/456/#comments Sun, 27 Sep 2009 06:41:33 +0000 jacobxx http://xwxy.zzspy.com/?p=456

你知道那些在网站注册表或者在Facebook上发布更新时，经常看到的字符号框吧？它们被称作验证码，主要用于防止垃圾信息和欺诈行为的。

reCAPTCHA，是该技术的最大服务商之一，现在属于Google了。搜索巨头谷歌在他们的博客上宣布了这次收购行为，世界上已有超过10万个网站应用该公司的技术。

谷歌想拥有该技术的缘由何在呢？首先，reCAPTCHA拥有着独特的解决方案。就像谷歌所说的：

“但是，这种情况扭转了。很多由reCAPTCHA提供的验证码中的文字是来自档案报纸和旧书的扫描。由于时间因素墨汁褪色或者破损导致计算机很难识别它们，但是通过验证码人工输入，让大众来教电脑去识别扫描的文字。”

那这又跟谷歌投资的谷歌电子书了有什么关系呢？公司继续解释道：

“该技术增强了谷歌的大型文本扫描项目，如谷歌电子书和谷歌新闻档案搜索。拥有纯文本形式的文件很重要，这样它才可以被搜索，可被转到移动设备上还可以展现给视力障碍的用户。这样应用该技术不仅可以防止欺骗和垃圾信息，而且也提高了我们的书籍报纸的扫描效果。”

换句话说，超过10万个字谜游戏现在已经是谷歌的了，该技术可以促进谷歌旧书和报纸的电子化，使它们可以易于网络搜索。它还有其他意义，让谷歌与将来的竞争对手相比，在战略上又多了个筹码。

Facebook仍持续火爆中。昨天Facebook宣布其活跃用户达到三亿 。三亿是什么样的概念？ 可以从下面这三方面对比来看这个数据:

• 整个世界上总共才三个国家的人口数超过三亿。他们是中国（13.3亿）印度(11.7亿)、美国(3.07亿)。
• 俄罗斯的人口数为1.42亿，还不到Facebook用户的一半。
• Facebook的用户数将近是英国人口（0.62亿）总数的五倍。
• 随着Facebook的快速发展，它的用户数将很快要超过美国总人口数，这同时还引出我们的下一个疑问. . .

Facebook的发展空间还有多大？

根据InternetWorldStats 的统计，全球互联网用户数将近16.7亿。这意味着将近8% 的互联网用户都在使用Facebook,这实属罕见。 即使还有很大的发展空间,更实际点讲Facebook还会强大到什么程度呢？

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Only 3 countries in the world have more people than Facebook

The Facebook phenomenon continues. Yesterday Facebook announced that it has a whopping 300 million active users.Three. Hundred. Million. Users.

For some perspective on how huge that is:

• There are only THREE countries in the entire world that have a population of more than 300 million. Those are China (1.33 billion), India (1.17 billion) and USA (307 million).
• Russia has a population of 142 million. That’s not even half of Facebook’s user base.
• Facebook has almost five times as many users as the entire population of the UK (62 million).

With Facebook’s rapid growth rate, it will soon have more users than there are people in the US. Which leads us to the following question . . .

How large can Facebook get?

There are almost 1.67 billion Internet users in the world according to InternetWorldStats. That would mean that approximately 18% of all Internet users in the world use Facebook, which is exceptional.

Even though there’s still plenty of room to grow, how much larger can Facebook realistically get?

Country population data source: Wikipedia. ]]> http://xwxy.zzspy.com/2009/09/27/454/feed/ 0 http://xwxy.zzspy.com/2009/09/27/451/ http://xwxy.zzspy.com/2009/09/27/451/#comments Sun, 27 Sep 2009 06:35:38 +0000 jacobxx http://xwxy.zzspy.com/?p=451

Twitter的一炮走红实在是超出大家的想象，特别是2009年以来飞速发展。最新的数据显示该服务单单在美国就即将达到1800万用户。 我们大家都知道Twitter在美国非常受欢迎，但是在世界其他地方却也相当流行。 让我们来看看自从Twitter在2006年创建后到现在2009年，这三年中它在世界范围内的扩张。

下面的地图是根据谷歌搜索数据显示的，谷歌搜索数据是我们经常使用的一个搜索兴趣转化为实际受欢迎度的一个很重要参考，这次我们搜的是“Twitter”。

2006

第一年，Twitter只是在美国才流行，看下面的地图就可以很清楚地看出Twitter当时的区域受欢迎度。

更多关于2006 Twitter的谷歌搜素数据：点击这里

2007

2007年，Twitter开始拓展到美国以外的边界地区。值得一提的是，在日本，人们对它的兴趣激增，Twitter服务在那里大受欢迎。

更多关于2007 Twitter的谷歌搜素数据： 点击这里.

2008

2008年开始，情况变得更目前有点像了。对Twitter的兴趣仍在增长，有些用户还是非常有来头的大人物(举个例子，奥巴马在其竞选中就以使用Twitter 出名)。Twitter在日本继续受人们的关注，还有像英国、澳大利亚、加拿大也加入了这个阵列中。

更多关于2008 Twitter的谷歌搜素数据： 点击这里

2009

总所周知，2009年是Twitter真正像火箭一般迅速飞翔的日子。 它在美国大受关注，并且在其他地区也继续受到热烈的欢迎 (甚至于在 Oprah上都有展示)，在英国，Twitter经历了惊人的提升，该服务已经向名人展开双臂，帮助了Stephen Fry、John Cleese 成名。加拿大、巴西、爱尔兰、澳大利亚、南非和新西兰这些国家都属于对Twitter热情非常高的国家。

更多关于2009 Twitter的谷歌搜素数据： 点击这里.

今昔对比，Twitter 2006和Twitter 2009

我们见证了Twitter的成长，让我们来看另一组数据，看看当时Twitter的受欢迎度和今日的区别。数据是相同的，下面是以图表的形式显示：

毫无疑问，Twitter确实征服了整个世界。

一个有意思的地方是，这其中所有的重要国家，除了巴西之外都是英语国家。这或许不足为奇，因为要获得Twitter的最大价值和用户群，必须得说英语。 另一方面，可能Twitter上其他语言的飞起是迟早的事，只是时间的问题。

有没有敢大胆预测下2010年的Twitter将会如何呢？

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A year-by-year tour of how Twitter has been taking over the world

Twitter’s meteoric rise to fame has been hard to miss, especially after it really took off in 2009. The latest number being thrown around is that the service will soon have 18 million users in the United States alone.We all know that Twitter is extremely popular in the United States, but it’s pretty darn popular in the rest of the world as well (Pingdom is on Twitter, and we’re Swedes!) But it took Twitter a while to get there.

Let’s take a tour of the geographic expansion of Twitter from its launch in 2006 until today in 2009.

The maps below are based on Google search data. We have found over and over again that a high search interest translates well into actual popularity of an online service, in this case searches for “Twitter”.

2006

In its first year Twitter was pretty much a US-only phenomenon, made blatantly clear by this map showing the regional interest for Twitter back then.

More Google search insights for Twitter in 2006 available here.

2007

In 2007 the word about Twitter started to spread outside the US borders. Especially noteworthy is the strong surge of interest in Japan, where the service became very popular.

More Google search insights for Twitter in 2007 available here.

2008

In 2008 the situation was starting to look a bit more like it does today. The interest in Twitter continued to surge, triggered in part by high-profile Twitter users (Obama famously used Twitter during his presidential campaign, to name an example). Interest for Twitter continued to be strong in Japan and countries like the UK, Australia and Canada were also jumping on the bandwagon.

More Google search insights for Twitter in 2008 available here.

2009

As is widely known, 2009 is the year that Twitter really took off like a rocket. It has received huge amounts of attention in the US where it continues to show up basically everywhere (even showcased by Oprah), and Twitter experienced a phenomenal boost in the UK where the service has been embraced with open arms and helped by celebrities like Stephen Fry and John Cleese (we wrote about this back in March). Canada, Brazil, Ireland, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand are other countries where the interest for Twitter is very strong.

More Google search insights for Twitter in 2009 available here.

Then and now, Twitter in 2006 and in 2009

Now that we’ve gone through the years of Twitter’s existence, let’s look at another representation of the relative popularity of Twitter in its first year versus today. It’s the same data as above, but shown here in diagram form.

It’s pretty safe to say that Twitter IS indeed conquering the world.

An interesting thing here is that all of the top countries, with the notable exception of Brazil, are English-speaking countries. This should probably not come as a surprise since to get the most out of Twitter and its existing user base, English is a must.

On the other hand, it’s probably just a matter of time before other languages take off on Twitter.

We wish we knew what Twitter’s secret sauce was.

Does anyone dare to make a prediction of what will happen to Twitter in 2010?

A note on the data: These numbers from Google are normalized, i.e. they show the regional interest relative to the number of internet users in each country (or searches made in each country, we’re not sure what method Google uses). In other words, they don’t necessarily correspond to where Twitter has the most users, but where it is garnering the most interest. That’s how smaller countries like New Zealand can rank relatively high on the list, because a large part of their population (regardless of population size) search for information about Twitter. ]]> http://xwxy.zzspy.com/2009/09/27/451/feed/ 0 http://xwxy.zzspy.com/2009/09/27/444/ http://xwxy.zzspy.com/2009/09/27/444/#comments Sun, 27 Sep 2009 06:26:18 +0000 jacobxx http://xwxy.zzspy.com/?p=444

上一周，Twitter发表宣告更改服务条款声明用户拥有自己的Tweets版权，并且Twitter可在用户的Tweets内容旁边放置广告。更为重要的是，Twitter开始打击垃圾信息、 bots以及其他不良行为。

新修改的Twitter规则是新的服务条款的一部分，根据新的规则，很多不同原因都可能造成你的Twitter账户被终结。任何不适当的内容、蹲位霸占行为以及出售用户名都可能成为你被踢出Twitter的理由。

仔细研究了下Twitter规则，我们总结出Twitter大体会向以下10种类型的用户将关闭大门。

1. 冒充者

你通过使用名人名或者大品牌的身份来创建Twitter 账户，希望借此名气来帮助你赢得Twitter的人气，现在你没有这么好的运气了。 Twitter规则明确指出“你不允许通过Twitter服务，以某种方式冒充来误导、混淆或欺骗他人。”

当然，禁止冒充才刚开始还有很长的路要走，不过多亏了Tony LaRussa 诉讼案， 促使Twitter启动了验证账户，这样才能确保我们在Twitter上follow的名人是真正的名人，品牌才是真正的品牌。

2. 机器人
由于Twitter现在拥有的强大权力，机器人Twitter账户也将活在死亡的恐惧中。如果你的Twitter不是通过人工发布而是通过Twitter content 或则RSS feed设置来自动tweet、回复以及retweet，恐怕你的账户也很危险。

新的规则明确表明了Twitter更新时偏爱用户亲手写出Twitter更新，声明说“如果你的Twitter更新主要是由链接组成并且不是个人亲自更新的话，那么，你违反了用户服务条款，我们有权终止你的账户。”

这方面，可能会遭到Twitterer的驳回，因为有些人是出于实用的目的使用bot的，IMDb’s Twitter 账户的使用者就超过了45000名，而这样的行为却有bot的嫌疑，它利用电影资料库直接自动发布更新、自动答复以及唧唧喳喳的咨询，但是它显然还是很受大家的追捧。我们希望Twitter能够慎重考虑这一点，并能够正确地区分好的bots和坏的bots。

3. 色情图片使用者

虽然Twitter不准备管制或者审查tweet内容是否属于成人内容， Twitter将要打击所有的不合适头像或者Twitter背景中使用的不良图片。关于情色内容，Twitter的规则是这么说的，“您不得使用任何淫秽 色情图片作为个人资料中的图片或者任何背景图片。”

道德准则:在上传图片作为Twitter头像或者背景图像时请一定注意了，不要再 发裸照了。

4. 滥用者

我们应该都见过那些拼命给超过三万用户回帖，但却只有寥寥几人跟随他们的用户。因此，有人就开通了大量的Twitter账户给他们自己的故事留言， 来抢话题的风头。 这些行为是非常靠不住的，很容易被识穿的，很容易被认定为滥发信息者，而且现在也有了Twitter的救援。

连号账户将被禁止，“您不允许以破坏或滥用为目的创建大量的账户。创建大量的账户会导致所有的账户被停止使用。”连号账户的行为也会给你带来很多麻烦，因此，请避免以下行为:

• 在很短的时间内follow大量用户。
• 在很短的时间内，特别是通过自动化方法(aggressive follower churn)来follow大量用户。
• 不管是为了建立大量的followers或者是希望你的个人资料能获得更多的关注，重复follow Twitter用户的行为。
• 与被你follow的人数相比，follow你的人数非常小。
• 有大量的投诉指控你发垃圾信息。
• 你通过多个账户发布相同的内容或者一个账户发布多个相同内容的更新。
• 你在回复中发送了大量的重复内容。
• 你发送了大量的垃圾信息试图搞毁一个服务或链接。

5. 蹲位者

域名抢注已不新鲜，抢注一个相当好的域名之后，希望此后靠此大赚一笔的人不少。考虑到一个好的Twitter名字也有不少的价值，微博客的抢注也就 一点都不为奇了。 不过这在Twitter上将很快就行不通了，已经明确表态不再支持名字抢注了。 “您不得抢注名字却不使用Twitter账户，一旦你的账户超过6个月都没动静，你的账户就会被删除，恕不通知。”

Twitter将通过以下行为判定:

• 创建的账户数量。
• 创建账户的目的是以阻止他人使用此账户名。
• 创建账户的目的是出售账户。
• 通过使用第三方的内容feed，以第三方的名义来更新、维护账户。

6. 招人厌的推销员

我们知道你有可能就是其中一员，你认为你可以熟练操作Twitter，让它变为你赚钱的场所。 但是如果你认为你可以向Twitter的跟随者兜售，还是请你认真考虑好。 “如果你尝试向跟随者“兜售”特别是通过被认定为过激的follow工具来销售，” 你会被列入Twitter的黑名单上。 难道这还不值得你停止冒险赌博 的行为吗（你不怕丢失你的用户群吗）？

7. “热门标签”的垃圾信息发布者

由于热门话题很受欢迎，因此有一些投机取巧的Twitter用户发现如果在他们的Tweets中使用热门标签会吸引更多的眼球。这类行为，我们把它叫做热门标签垃圾信息，不幸的是，这类信息还相当常见，通常都是不相关的，可以看看 Habitat的垃圾信息策略了解大概。

不过，高兴的是，这些“发布多个与话题不相关的Tweets，”的用户，你们的日子屈指可数了。

8. 剽窃者

下一次当你叽歪别人已经说过或写过的内容或者没有声明它的归属，那么你要三思而后行了。关于内容的所有权，现在Twitter已经有了标准，因此，“如果你转其他用户的帖却没有指明所属”你的账户可能就要遭殃了。

这个政策还是有点意思的，剽窃或者说没有指出内容的归属，应该说是大氛围就是如此。我们不期望看到Twitter上执行此政策。当然我们都知道所有权的重要性(即使只是在RT形式出现), 只是我们觉得这要执行起来太难了。

9. 过分透露他人隐私或“人肉”

过分透露私密在Twitter上是比较常见的，想想也知道 40%的tweets都是无意义的唠叨。但是很可能在某个时间某个地点你在这个公开的Twitter上与大家分享的内容却会对别人造成伤害，如果出现这样的情形，Twitter将会果断地采取相应的行为介入。

对于他人隐私内容的界定是这么说的，“您不得未经他人授权或同意发布他人的隐私或秘密信息， 如，信用卡卡号或者街道地址、社会福利以及身份证号码。”
一般来讲大家都不愿意被别人揭露隐私，做起来也相对容易，同时大家也不容忍“威胁、恐吓”的行为。“您不得发布直接或间接对他人造成具体暴力威胁的行为。”
希望，Twitter将成为一个安全的网上场所。

10. 骗子

由于Twitter授权验证账户的勋章复制起来挺方便的，骗子可通过一些PS技巧给他们自己授权。 Twitter上冒充名人是一回事，谎称自己有一个已验证账户却跟这个完全是两码事，是更严重的一种行为，这也是为什么对伪造验证的处罚是永久封号的原因。

新的规则明确指出, “除非由Twitter提供，否则您不得使用验证账户徽章。任何使用伪造的徽章作为个人资料图片、背景图片的一部分或者其它任何方式的虚假验证，您的账户都将会被永久冻结。”

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10 People You Won’t See on Twitter Anymore

This week Twitter announced changes to its Terms of Service spelling out that you own your Tweets, and that Twitter can place ads next to your content. What’s more, Twitter wants to crack down on spammers, bots and other bad behavior.The refreshed Twitter Rules that are a part of the new Terms of Service spell out a number of different reasons why you may find your TwitterTwitter account terminated. Everything from inappropriate content and squatting to selling usernames could be cause for you to get the boot.

Upon closer look we noticed that Twitter is closing the curtain on at least 10 types of Twitter users we see regularly attempt to game the service. Here are the 10 people we won’t be hearing from anymore:

1. The Impersonator

You know who you are. You create Twitter accounts using celebrity names or big brand identities and you hope to fool unsuspecting Twitterers into following you for your namesake. Good luck with that.

Twitter clearly spells out that “you may not impersonate others through the Twitter service in a manner that does or is intended to mislead, confuse, or deceive others.”

Clearing out impersonators will certainly be an ongoing process, but thankfully the Tony LaRussa lawsuit prompted Twitter to launch Verified Accounts, giving us assurance that those celebrities we follow are who they say they are.

2. The Bot

Robotic Twitter accounts should live in fear of death by the powers that be at Twitter. If you’re not human and you’re configured to automatically tweet, reply, and retweet based on Twitter content or RSS feeds then you could be in danger.

The rules express a clear preference for the human touch when it comes to Twitter updates, stating that you could be in violation of the TOS and subject to termination, “if your updates consist mainly of links, and not personal updates.”

This is an area where there might some push back by Twitterers, as some of us use bots for practical purposes. IMDb’s Twitter account, which has more than 45k followers, is guilty of bot-like behavior, posting auto-updates from the movie database and auto-replying and DMing to Twitter inquiries, but it’s obviously well-received by followers. We’re hoping Twitter will use discretion here to separate out the good bots from the bad ones (like these guys).

3. The Naked Chick

Moral of the story: put some clothes on before you smile bright for your Twitter avatar or background image photo op.

4. The Serial Abuser

We’ve all seen those Twitterers who are following 30,000 users but only have 4 followers in return. Then, there are those that open massive quantities of Twitter accounts to retweet their own replies or stories, seeking the limelight of a Twitter trending topic.

It’s all very fishy, and we’re pretty good at sniffing these users out for what they are — spammers – but we could always use a little extra help. Thankfully, Twitter to the rescue.

Serial accounts will not be tolerated, “You may not create serial accounts for disruptive or abusive purposes. Mass account creation will result in suspension of all accounts.” Serial activity could also get you in to trouble, so you might want to avoid these behaviors:

- If you have followed a large amount of users in a short amount of time
- If you have followed and unfollowed people in a short time period, particularly by automated means (aggressive follower churn)
- If you repeatedly follow and unfollow people, whether to build followers or to garner more attention for your profile;
- If you have a small number of followers compared to the amount of people you are following
- If a number of spam complaints have been filed against you
- If you post duplicate content over multiple accounts or multiple duplicate updates on one account
- If you send large numbers of duplicate @replies
- If you send large numbers of unsolicited @replies in an attempt to spam a service or link

5. The Squatter

Domain name squatting has long been practiced by those looking to make money by snapping up desirable names in the hopes of later flipping them for a profit to interested buyers. Given the value of a good Twitter name, it’s no surprise the practice has rolled to over the micro medium as well.

But Twitter will have none of that. Name squatting is clearly spelled out as a big no-no. “You may not engage in name squatting. Accounts that are inactive for more than 6 months may also be removed without further notice.”

Twitter will get suspicious based on any of these behaviors:

- the number of accounts created
- creating accounts for the purpose of preventing others from using those account names
- creating accounts for the purpose of selling those accounts
- using feeds of third-party content to update and maintain accounts under the names of those third parties

6. The Slimy Salesman

We know you’re out there. You think you can manipulate the Twitter ecosystem and turn Twitter followers into a marketplace for your own profit.

But if you think you can sell Twitter followers and just get away with it, think again. You’re on Twitter’s bad list, “If you have attempted to “sell” followers, particularly through tactics considered aggressive following or follower churn.”

Does that mean you can’t gamble with them either?

7. The Hashtag Spammer

Due to the popularity of trending topics, opportunistic Twitterers have discovered that they can potentially reach more eyeballs if they append a trending hashtag to their tweet. The activity is known as hashtag spam, and it’s unfortunately pretty commonplace and often inappropriate, just look at Habitat’s spam tactics as an example.

Thankfully, for those of you who “post multiple unrelated updates to a topic using #,” or “post multiple unrelated updates to a trending or popular topic,” your days may be numbered.

8. The Plagiarizer

This is quite an interesting policy, as plagiarism and the failure to attribute content when appropriate is certainly an issue for the blogosphere as a whole, but not something we expected to see Twitter try to enforce. Of course we believe attribution to be very important (even if it’s just in RT form), we just think it might be hard to police.

9. The Über Oversharer or Bully

Oversharing is common place on Twitter, especially if you buy into the thinking that 40% of tweets are pointless babble. But there comes a time and place when what you share in the public domain could be detrimental to another individual. Should that be the case, Twitter isn’t afraid to step in and take action.

As spelled out in the section on content boundaries, “You may not publish or post other people’s private and confidential information, such as credit card numbers, street address or Social Security/National Identity numbers, without their express authorization and permission.”

Basically they’re making it easier for themselves to crack down on the bullies of this Twittersphere, especially since threats won’t be tolerated either. “You may not publish or post direct, specific threats of violence against others.”

Hopefully Twitter will be a safer place as a result.

10. The Faker

To impersonate someone on Twitter is one thing, but to fake having a verified account is something different entirely. That’s why the penalty for faking verification is permanent suspension.

The rules clearly state that, “You may not use the Verified Account badge unless it is provided by Twitter. Accounts using the badge as part of profile pictures, background images, or in any way implying false verification will be permanently suspended.”

What bad behavior on Twitter annoys you the most? Let us know in the comments. ]]> http://xwxy.zzspy.com/2009/09/27/444/feed/ 0 http://xwxy.zzspy.com/2009/09/27/439/ http://xwxy.zzspy.com/2009/09/27/439/#comments Sun, 27 Sep 2009 06:18:27 +0000 jacobxx http://xwxy.zzspy.com/?p=439

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随着Twitter的日益增长，过去几个月在许多方面的努力，Twitter决定扩展他们管理Twitter使用的核心准则的服务条款也并不为奇。今天，该公司就此变更在他们的博客上发表宣告。

新的服务条款涵盖的范围远比老版本广，并且更加具体详细，不但提到隐私问题，还包括了所有权、垃圾信息、权利以及链接。该微博客公司称由于他们更好地理解了用户的使用Twitter的方式，更新服务条款也是为了更好地实现用户的需求。

尽管里头有很多变化，Twitter的创始人Biz Stone 强调服务条款的变更主要体现在下面四个方面：

广告 — 在新的条款中，我们打开了广告的大门，就像我们之前说过的一样，我们更愿意保持这个选择权。

所有权（版权）— Twitter可以“使用、复制、改写、改进、调整、修改、发布、传播、展示和分发” 你的tweets的，因为我们的文化就是如此，不过你的tweets仍属于你的。

APIs — Twitter平台上的应用如雨后春笋一般涌现出来，给我们这个平台增添了不少价值。Twitter用户需同意我们通过应用来增强我们的内容，我们也正在准备一些应用的使用指南来帮助Twitter用户。

垃圾信息 — 根据我们这些时间以来经营的规则，滥用垃圾信息的行为和垃圾信息在这些条款中我们也都有谈到。

新的服务条款共有15个部分，其中包括Twitter上潜在的一些问题，如隐私问题以及版权问题。这种变化及此次宣告或许是为避免遭受二月份Facebook服务条款惨败类似的问题，而采取的一个必要的措施，这应该是一大进步。

我们最关心的两个问题应该是广告和对tweets的所有权。这次的服务条款似乎是Twitter平台上广告的一个开始。至少，它也明确表明广告确实已经开放了，这终究是一个重大的潜在收入来源。

关于tweet的所有权: 听到说所有权属于我们的当然很高兴了。

附原文：Twitter Changes TOS, Opens the Door for Ads

With Twitter growing so dramatically and in so many directions over the last few months, it’s probably no surprise that they have decided to expand their Terms of Service – the core rules that govern the use of Twitter. The company announced the changes today in a detailed blog post.The new TOS, which is far more expansive and specific than the old one, not only addresses privacy concerns, but ownership, spam, rights, and links. The microblogging company said that, now that they better understand how users utilize TwitterTwitter, they can update the TOS to match.

While there are many changes, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone highlighted four key areas in where they updated the TOS:

“Advertising—In the Terms, we leave the door open for advertising. We’d like to keep our options open as we’ve said before.

Ownership—Twitter is allowed to “use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt, modify, publish, transmit, display and distribute” your tweets because that’s what we do. However, they are your tweets and they belong to you.

APIs—The apps that have grown around the Twitter platform are flourishing and adding value to the ecosystem. You authorize us to make content available via our APIs. We’re also working on guidelines for use of the API.

SPAM—Abusive behavior and spam is also outlined in these terms according to the rules we’ve been operating under for some time.”

The new TOS has 15 sections which better encompasses potential issues on Twitter like privacy and ownership. This change, as well as the announcement, was probably a necessary move to avoid the Facebook Terms of Service fiasco that occurred back in February.

The two things that strike us though are the discussion of ads and that you own your tweets. This TOS seems to be a starting point for adding advertising to the Twitter platform. At the very least, it clearly says the option is open. It is a major potential source of revenue, after all.

On tweet ownership: we’re glad to hear that they are ours. We worked hard to make all of those witty 140 character remarks, after all.