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Twitter Proves "Innovation" Is Alive And Well By Copying FaceBook's "Like", Replaces "Star" With "Heart"
Who says innovation is dying in the US tech sector.
Moments ago troubled social media network Twitter, which has seen its stock get pummeled time and again after failing to grow on par with Wall Street expectations, showed what truly innovation really means as it scrambles to expand it user base, when it unveiled its latest creation: replacing the "star" button with, drumroll, a "heart".
To wit:
You can say a lot with a heart. Introducing a new way to show how you feel on Twitter: https://t.co/WKBEmORXNW pic.twitter.com/G4ZGe0rDTP
— Twitter (@twitter) November 3, 2015
And... TWTR stock hearts it.
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I can't take much more of this.
Apple had a "big announcement" last week, too. Turns out the big announcement was that hey were adding more emoticons to their texting app.
Yeah, that'll fix it.
Is it too late to sign up for that one way trip to Mars?
I'm surprised Google didnt spike 10% on it's recent font change
Green Google Shoots
Green Twitter-Heart Shoots
American Spring!
I thought that the heart was a way of expressing that you thought that tweet was gay.
That's the rainbow thingy.
You guys remember when ZH had no up/down arrows?
and the junk button.
Innovation at this level of amazement corresponds to discovery penicillin and transistor inventing!
Signal of economy rebounding - America is back! Hello world!
The greatest innovation in the last 20 years is google's blank search screen. Over $5 billion invested and 100,000 hard-working indian software engineers brought you that white screen with a single text box. Brilliant!
Imitation is the greatest form of flattery. So therefore Twitter must really "like" Facebook.
I see what you did there...very clever.
fix what?
being in the same economic environment as everyone else?
they, and everyone wearing similar shoes, must be praying for helicopter yuan.
Crack open a Brawndo, you'll be fine.
SiliCON Valley cartel makes us all idiots. As planned.
Stop buying their products. That's the only way out of their hell.
Does the word "revenue" EVER come up in their management meetings?
I believe this is the meeting you are reffering to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKorP55Aqvg
ASCII art for the win: ( ° )
Pucker up baby: ( * )
"Hudson! This little girl survived longer than that with no weapons and no training."
"Why don't you put her in charge?"
Twatter to FB.. "you ever been mistaken for a real company"
FB to Twatters.. " No, have you"?
I know, kinda dumb.
No, that's fucking fantastic.
Kind of like CIA-ISIS and AL-CIA-DUH, or republicans and democrats. All the same bullshit.
The Twatters to da moon!!!! Pretty sad actually resorting to bullshit gimmiks to save their sorry asses. Cant compete with a cia created "website"
This country is so gay.
We coulda done so much more, but our pussy hurt.
I'm filing a complaint with Tyler because you hurt my sensibilities with your vulgar demeaning language.
Well, you hurt my feelings by not liking my comment and that's a micro-aggression.
Men men! DEMOTIVATE you'll be just fine...
Yeah, be a buddy, Doc, not a bully!
(Jezuz, I gotta stop talking like this- I'm starting to get comfortable with it)
Who loves ya baby?
P.S. I hope I didn't offend you by calling you baby. It was a term of affection, I wasn't calling you a real baby, because you're very mature for your age... not that I'm calling you old.
Fuck it! I give up.
Just don't touch me. Not even in a supportive or consoling way or we're going to have a problem. A big problem.
Tyler bring back the "junk" button!
ZH is as close to an anti-social network as we can get mother fuckers.
Dr Engali and NoDebt. You two are causing me to experience a trauma trigger, and I would respectfully request that you cease this needless harmful banter. I cant guarantee that I won't have an episode of Emotional Dysregulation which I may noy be able to control. Thanking you in advance for considering my sensitive needs.
The fact that you used the word 'Dysregulation', and forced me to traumatize myself finding it's meaning by Googling it has caused me great distress. I have forwarded a copy of your comment to my lawyers and you'll be hearing from them promptly.
I didn't know what that word meant which made me feel stupid and marginalized- even discriminated against for not having the opportunity for education that you unfairly were given and I was not. I need somebody to give me more self esteem so I can feel empowered.
Don't feel bad, I [heart] you...
Something about this made me literally laugh out loud.
Probably because of how true it is unfortunately
Its even worse than that Dr...
Maybe it could have done Facebook one better. It could have used two hearts for a like. And patented it like Apple patented rounded edges on iPhone
Twitter needs to add a "Hook-up" feature for gay Democrats to use when trying to "Meet and make a friend" at their local forest preserve parking lot. Add that and the stock will soar, baby! The "button" should be two pigs humping while wearing their turbans.
We need the screw icon!
So how long before Zuckerberg hauls their posteriors into court for IP infringement?
+1
We need a social network with "hate".
#jiveassturkeyaintgotnogamenohow
See folks, now THAT'S! productivity in 2015!...Should add a quarter point or more to the ( BS ) GDP number.
Innovation has run its current course. Not much left to wring out of technology that can be transferred to the consumer for profit. There will be other (elect auto, batteries, drugs) stuff coming online but that is years and budgets away.
People will still need content for their stuff. Content is becoming a consumer staple and profitable.
Call me when the roll out an Eat Shit And Die button
Just wait until Instagram Likes can be redeemed for dollars.
"Instagram Like"-backed dollars would be worth more than the currrent US fiat currency
But just look at the increase in market cap!
How long until facebook/twitter buy up properties like tinder or seeking arrangement to increase their relevance to the 60+ market share?
Tumblr has become quite the ameteur porn site, btw, I see potential!
Bring on the apocalypse.
This is stone-cold proof that, as a species, we don't deserve to exist anymore.
who gave you the right to speak for the whole species? or to apply a belief that is quite unknown to most of the species?
oddly enough, one of your uncles.
Bit of a silly chap.
Loves to tickle.
this new stampede of unicorns is going to make the original Dot.com bust seem quaint in comparison. Pets.com, the doomed poster child of the dot.com era, was valued at $147 million at the peak. When creamsoda.com (the URL not a company) sold for $1 million, people shook their heads. Twitter, snapchat, fliboard and all these other unicorpses will be in some special Hall of Shame when this is all over.
Data is horrible. Stocks are up. Gold is down. WWIII on the horizon.
Then put your little hand in mine
There ain't no hill or mountain we can't climb
Babe
I got you babe
They seriously need to bulldoze Silicon Valley when this bubble bursts. The land was better used as orchards and farmland.
Standard Disclaimer: SUN Microsystems/AMD/Qualcomm - microprocessor verification/test/product/sustaining engineering. And Twitter comes up with a "heart". This is insanity.
I blame the investment managers.
Oh, and the Tea Party.
The Limerick King @TheLimerickKingTwitter has fallen so far
The price of their stock is sub-par
They're on the wrong track For gaining it back
A heart is replacing their star
8:23 AM - 3 Nov 2015https://twitter.com/TheLimerickKing/status/661579475709206528
i liked the word favorites better
bugs me they replaced it with likes
geesh
“Damn, why didn’t I think of that”, said Marissa Mayer.
How will this affect the market in dick-pics?
140 characters or less to say how I feel about Twitter and Facebook, it's easy, even without smileys, hearts, emoticons etc.
*ahem*
"Are you totally fucking retarded?"
In the land of idiocracy kindergarten innovation is perceived as genius.