If the value it offers to others can't be recouped then its meaningless in terms of investment. Twitter, as it stands, is very useful to people in the media wh

If the value it offers to others can't be recouped then its meaningless in terms of investment. Twitter, as it stands, is very useful to people in the media who use it as a free sentiment analysis and polling service during election cycles, and a free firehouse for unqualified reports that they can follow up on. However, Twitter doesn't receive remuneration on any of this value.