An Open Letter To Biz Stone & Evan Williams
Dearest Biz & Evan,
How’s everything going with the Twitter? I hope it’s all just ducky. From my perspective as another pioneer in the social networking realm and the founder of a rich and engaging platform myself, your Twitter idea really seems to be catching on. Congratulations.
The reason I’m writing today is to offer a bit of an olive branch. Recent tensions between us stemming from your clear and obvious envy of the BFA social network and your clear and obvious fear of our stealing your userbase have left me feeling bad. And I want to clear the air a bit and make you guys feel a bit better.
First, I want to ease your mind a bit by looking at the simplest of simple facts here: You have hundreds of billions of addicted, loyal users. We have just over one thousand. That’s a pretty big difference, guys. You’re still in the lead. By FAR! So next time you feel threatened by us at BFA, just go back to that fact. And breathe easy. You’re still winning. So relax already.
In case that isn’t enough to calm your nerves and worry, another thing to focus on the next time you’re up fretting about us stealing the limelight is this: You guys don’t have to worry about being limited by the F word in your name. Last time I checked, “Twitter” isn’t forbidden on air or in publication, and kids can say it without fear of their parents or guardians washing their mouths out with soap. Whereas we at Be Fucking Awesome are somewhat saddled with this. And thereby a little bit more limited for engagements on Conan’s show or Good Morning America or whatever. Think about it. Who is Matt Lauer or Oprah going to call the next time they want to do a feature on a social network? The fellas at “Be Fucking Awesome”? Or you gentlemen at “Twitter”? Sure, they may prefer to have us on their show over you, but our name makes it all just so sticky and awkward. Think of how problematic it would be. “So tell us about Be BLEEPing Awesome, Evan” asks Matt. And then I try to answer, but Matt is all distracted cuz just off camera his producer is throwing a shit fit about Matt’s F-Bomb and them having to hit the bleep button before it was broadcast LIVE to millions of watchers as they tie their shoes and crap before heading out to work. Pro.Blem.At.ICK.
So hopefully those two little tidbits can help you guys feel a little less threatened by us.
We really hope so. Because we can’t possibly work together if you’re insecure like this. We know what you’re thinking now. “Work together?” Well, yes. See, Evan and Biz, we have a great idea of how we can join forces. Where we can band together and allow the integration of BFA #fadeeds into everyone’s Twitter world, and allow them to send their Awesome Points that amass with their Fucking Awesome Deeds to contribute to various charities. Now that’s radically oversimplified so you guys won’t steal the idea or anything funky, but you’re both pretty smart so we think you can probably get the jist. And suffice it to say, it could be HUGE. Why? Think about it guys. You two are still without monetization. And we’re worried. So this idea to integrate into Twitter an Awesome Score or Awesome Quotient that can thereby allow users to send their Awesome Points to a given charity could really open up business for you. If you don’t quite see what we mean, just give us a call and we’ll spell it out for you. But the other thing to think about is that if we worked together you could benefit from an instant hit of over ONE THOUSAND NEW USERS ON TWITTER! Think of it!
Now we have a lot of other thoughts too. There’s a lot lot more where that came from. But we think we’ll stop there for now. Because first things first. Let’s bury the hatchet, get you guys relaxed that we aren’t out to steal your thunder or shut you down, and then open ourselves up to the potential of working together very soon.
We’d really like to see where this could go. Wouldn’t you?
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