2011-03-21
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quote 16:24:39
“ Rather than generating trends based on the location of a tweet, [Twitter] should instead show trends related to what is happening in my timeline, who I am following and who my followers follow. ”
Justin Williams, in The Real Problem With Dick’s Bar.
I don’t think that’s wrong, but one thing I’ve realised in the year or two I’ve been suggesting that local trends / recommendations from contacts would be more useful than global trends is what a horrific engineering challenge it is.
It’s one thing to roll up the top posts from a few tens of millions of users into one set of top trends. It’s quite another to roll up the top posts from hundreds of users into millions of sets of top trends. Sure, Twitter’s got a lot of engineers now, but that’s still hugely difficult. Much as I’d like to see it, it’s far easier to suggest than to implement.
