Was pondering this for another business and it seems relevant here. How many people would be required to run "the core" of twitter (basic microblogs)? Seems li

Was pondering this for another business and it seems relevant here. How many people would be required to run "the core" of twitter (basic microblogs)? Seems like that could be very lean...simple UI. A feed. A huge database. For web and apps for the two major mobile O/S. Now go one step out. Running ads on that feed. Core sales team (those with paying accts) and administrative team. Need a revenue source. Add them back. Now....what does everyone else do and is it generating cash? My suspicion is: - First two groups are lean & covered by revenue - Most of the rest of the team is "strategic" yet not revenue generating - The rest is support and will scale up/down with headcount Standalone twitter + ads feels like a business you can make ramen profitable.