I suppose it was inevitable, but Twitter is bringing advertising to a tweet near you. The newly introduced feature, designed to peel the twenties from your very pockets, will go under the moniker, "Promoted Tweets." So far, Best Buy, Sony, Starbucks, Red Bull, Bravo and Virgin America have signed on to inject their corporate pitches into your brain.While Twitter's initial social networking business model has taken the world by storm, it certainly hasn't been a profitable venture. Now they can add a little coin in their pockets, and from what it sounds like, do so without being too intrusive.
According to the plan, these sponsored tweets will show up at the top of Twitter search pages, and will be clearly distinguishable from your regular, run-of-the-mill Joe-schmo tweet.
As a long-time user of Twitter, I'm actually not turned off by this at all. It's better than, say, an obviously fake Stephen Colbert account that spurns out tweets like this in the middle of my freaking timeline. Repeating the same tired message. Reminding me that I already follow the real Stephen Colbert, but I just forgot to unfollow the impostor.
Stay out of my timeline, Twitter, and we'll get along just fine!
And, ahem, it would please me if you, the reader -- yes you! -- would take a moment to click on the harmless and unobtrusive ads scattered around the blog. Once, twice, thrice, even. Be daring!
Actually, joke. I don't care.
Ahem.
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