Jack Dorsey didn’t invent a thing. Twitter wasn’t innovative since the start.
Microblogging not only was a thing before Twitter, it’s better version, blogging was the prevalent way of people having a presence on the web and interact with each other.
Blogs had comments, which are way better than likes.
One thing I’ve noticed along the years of learning & witnessing the development of web technologies is that their own creators barely use the things they build for the public knowing the monetization incentives they build into their platforms. Where’s @Jack pro-activity on Twitter? Where’s Mark constant engagement on Facebook? Why does Andy Rubin just left Android to Google’s oversight. They all seem to end up abandoning their creations when they become ad tracking networks with addictive features because most of the engagement turns out to come from outrage, cry-tizism and that ends the party for everyone. I wish that in the next decade web technologies turn into services of value instead of low quality engagement systems.
