by Jessica Leber, Technology Review
Branch—a startup created by two Twitter cofounders—hovers in a space between a private, lengthy email thread, a public stream of tweets. Twitter cofounder Evan Williams took less than 140 characters to ask on Monday: “What are the limitations of an invite-only conversation? What do you gain and what do you lose?” The question was followed by a link to a discussion on Branch, a new site that he helped launch in public beta this week that enables this kind of conversation. Billing itself as a “new way to talk to each other,” Branch is a startup launched through Obvious Corp., an incubator started by Williams and fellow Twitter cofounder Biz Stone. Paired with a second Obvious Corp. launch this week, Medium, a publishing tool “built from scratch,” it’s clear the two Web entrepreneurs believe there is still wide room for innovation in online discourse.
http://www.technologyreview.com/news/428924/a-twitter-tweak-or-a-revolution-in-online/
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