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Twitter Finds Itself Between A Facebook And A Google
- Andrex 16y agoIt'd be neat if Google bought Twitter, but I have a reason they'd put a kibosh on Buzz if that happened... Like Google Video after they bought YouTube. =( I mean I like and use Twitter, it's just that Buzz is a lot better.
- wh-uws 16y agoFacebook no longer needs Twitter (although I remember the stories of Zuck being enamored of it and seeking to buy it a few years ago) and Twitter would never sell to Google for the same reason Evan Williams and co left in the first place. They don't get social. First they missed it entirely... (wait that isn't true I almost forgot about Orkut) Flat out year over year Google proves they just can't do it right and don't get it.
- train_robber 16y agoThe didn't miss it (as you have pointed out). The just did Orkut really bad - and wasted the opportunity and the first-mover advantage.
- andrewl-hn-ncp 16y agoCan Microsoft be a good buyer? E.g. getting Twitter data as an exclusive for realtime search on Bing might be a way to get ahead of Google. I'm not sure whether it worths the price though.
- pg2 16y agoTwitter is worth more than $50 billion.
- nakkiel 16y agoThat's a hell of a catchy title. How about "Twitter Finds Itself Between A Facebook And A Google, Deserves A Microsoft Fate But Will Finally Become Stronger Like Apple Did Or Face A Buyout Like Palm Has Been"?