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Reply | Original | Permalink | Tweeta favorite quote: the difference between an ordeal and adventure is your attitude.
this was illustrated amply one evening flying into LA during bad weather. The plane was bouncing around like a wild roller-coaster, most everyone around me was grim, white-knuckled, and/or praying. I was thinking “I’d have to pay fifty bucks for this ride atSix Flags” and enjoying it!. I think I even said “Wheee!” out loud a couple of times. There was absolutely nothing I could do about the situation except change my perspective: from terror to thrill-ride!
Reply | Original | Permalink | Tweetinteresting back-story; congratulations on the funding - but what, exactly, are you funding? there is still no plan for monetization, and without that twitter will die. You could always ask for donations…but that would cheapen the entire image.
i suggest that instead of resorting to donations or ad support or automatic affiliate linking (as others have suggested) that you arrange for a kickback from SMS companies [no 'discount'/kickback, use another SMS service], and charge a monthly fee for users with more than (say) two tweets per day. This should help defray costs without impacting service, and also help combat the growing spam-tweet problems without manual intervention.
Twitter is a great idea and a great service, but it cannot remain free/unprofitable forever. Best of luck!