Comments on: Samwers bankrolled Facebook clone, now Twitter clone

By: The German start-up scene: Copycats, but getting smarter » VentureBeat

The German start-up scene: Copycats, but getting smarter » VentureBeat — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:02:45 +0000

[...] Samwer brothers are the most notorious copycats — aside from Facebook, they also cloned Twitter. There are plenty of other copycats, [...]

By: Kameir

Kameir — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:51:37 +0000

Social plays are not about technology but execution.

By: Chinese local review site Dianping: A lot more than a “Yelp for China” » VentureBeat

Mon, 26 May 2008 17:21:57 +0000

[...] web companies, like those in Germany and other countries, sometimes get accused of ripping off successful U.S. ones, sometimes rightly [...]

By: jansegers

jansegers — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 09:44:37 +0000

I’ve just joined twoggle.com ; thanks for mentionning it !

I’m going to promote this article and the comments throughout the blogosphere…

By: Ben Kingsley

Ben Kingsley — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 23:48:42 +0000

Hi there…Thanks for the nice read, keep up the interesting posts..what a nice Thursday

By: Los hermanos Samwer invierten en Facebook o no

Los hermanos Samwer invierten en Facebook o no — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:34:38 +0000

[...] lo que han hecho ha sido invertir un clon de Facebook, algo que ya han hecho anteriormente al invertir en Frazr un clon de [...]

By: Other Investors Put Money in Facebook - The Unofficial Facebook Blog

Other Investors Put Money in Facebook - The Unofficial Facebook Blog — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:33:28 +0000

[...] the rumored amount is $60 million but doesn’t have a source. Coincidentally, Venturebeat is commenting on another Samwer brothers investment today, a Twitter clone for Germany and France. I had never [...]

By: Phoenomi - Surfing the Longtail » Blog Archive » International Web 2.0 clones

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:52:44 +0000

[...] five months, 4.5 million more profiles than Geni). German copycats are nothing new as you can read here and here. There are at least two lessons to learn from this article: genealogy on the web is [...]

By: VentureBeat » Roundup: Rumors of Valueclick purchase, MochiAds, and more

VentureBeat » Roundup: Rumors of Valueclick purchase, MochiAds, and more — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:38:01 +0000

[...] Facebook-clone investors back again — The Samwer Brothers, famed for their propensity to back German companies that copy American models, have invested in Jimdo, the website creation tool. Not surprisingly, Jimdo’s tool (coverage [...]

By: 出家如初，成佛有余 » 关于web2.0开源项目的汇总帖子

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 14:47:04 +0000

[...] to the concept in positive ways for users (read our review). Some copycat sites, on the other hand, are more shameless in their [...]

By: Gert

Gert — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 14:02:41 +0000

another (but BETTER) clone of twitter:
http://twoggle.com

By: John

John — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 21:05:04 +0000

Please add this
http://twoggle.com

By: VentureBeat » Jimdo lets you create a website, or clone someone else’s

Wed, 15 Aug 2007 19:16:14 +0000

[...] German, and Chinese. Some might want to throw Jimdo into the “German clone” bucket with Verwandt, Frazr, and the like, but its look and feel are differentiated enough to avoid that label. It has raised only a small [...]

By: Frazr la copie européenne de Twitter illustre la nécessité de développer rapidement votre concept à l’étranger by e5k

Mon, 21 May 2007 10:08:08 +0000

[...] Matt Marshall le constate le site a été copié jusque dans son message d’accueil (“Everyone wants to know: What are [...]

By: Tiny Url

Tiny Url — Sat, 19 May 2007 03:03:37 +0000

Seems twitter.com better internationalize quickly.