I'm actually pretty upset about Sandy/Stikkit. I hope Twitter decides to relaunch the service, instead of just killing it (which is what I'm expecting them to do).
If not, I'd like to see the source released so someone can spice it up and relaunch a new service.
...but if it's a free service with no revenue model and you tell everyone about it, doesn't that speed its demise by increasing costs?
But then if they have a large user base that really cares for the service, it should not be that hard to monetize it.
People might even be willing to pay for the service than to see it shut down.
Monetizing a large user base is proving to be more difficult than some had assumed.
You do need to actually ask for money, or put a price on it. Until then, the difficulty of monetizing is largely undefined.
"They paved paradise.com; put up a parking page" :(
I feel worse for the users of stikipad.com. There were paying users and the service just shut down without notice. People didn't even get a chance to transfer their data.
I think this speaks to the power of online reviews and the confidence they can build, online you can do things that would make you feel like a "shill" in the real world.
Why would Twitter buy the company then shutdown its services? I assume iwantsandy.com was a paid service?