TwitPic has pretty much become the defacto standard for attaching photos to Twitter. It, and Twitter have become almost part of each other. They can't survive without each other. - Jesse Stay

And rename it TweetPic? - Mohamed J

i have never used this service once - my prediction is twitter buys whatever betawoks makes - Allen Stern

Allen what is betawoks? - Jesse Stay

people who make bitly, etc - Allen Stern

And what about flickr new service? do you see people posting the pics twice in 2 different services? - Avi Joseph

Interesting - didn't realize that was all the same shop. They made Summize, too (now Twitter Search). Dave Winer is involved with them. - Jesse Stay

Avi, I see Flickr being for Flickr users. TwitPic is for Twitter users. Yes, you can Tweet from Flickr, but people will still continue to associate TwitPic with Twitter. - Jesse Stay

i dont think he is involved with them anymore - yes, they have investments in a large bunch of apps - Allen Stern

Twitter wants to be more than just status messages - this will give them that added advantage very quickly. - Jesse Stay

Allen he's still vested I'm sure - he helped code bit.ly - Jesse Stay

do a search, i think he ended his bitly relationship - i could be wrong - Allen Stern

Jesse +1 TwitPic for twitter users and added advantage. It's seamless with Twhirl (but does anyone use it but me anymore?) - randulo

i think it's either a good move or the right move... you pick - Chris Heath

I think Flickr is a better product, but TwitPic has a synergy with Twitter because of the commenting. - Peter Warnock