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Any thoughts on why he'd choose to do this when he is focusing on Square? Could it be that he disagrees with what's happening with Twitter and wants to steer it
by citricsquid 16y ago
Any thoughts on why he'd choose to do this when he is focusing on Square? Could it be that he disagrees with what's happening with Twitter and wants to steer it in the direction he wants it to go?
- jgilliam 16y agoMy guess is that he just really loves the product, and now that Ev and Biz are AWOL, he can actually do what he wants with it. It's also a great PR response to the #dickbar.
- ryanhuff 16y agoWho knows what motivates a person, but strictly from an opportunity perspective, Twitter is a more certain outcome than Square. If NFC on the phone takes off, then Square technology may soon become antiquated. This move certainly doesn't bode well for Square, though.
- dotBen 16y agoNot wanting to go off-topic but we're a long way away from NFC taking off in any time you could reasonably describe as "soon". It's available on one semi-beta phone and that's it.
- 18pfsmt 16y agoIt's important to note that most of what Square brings to the table is not hardware. It acquires merchant transactions and manages payment risk. Square can simply support other hardware technology, but their focus is on the merchant side.
- brown9-2 16y agoIs it a great PR response? It seems to me that a move like this helps solidify the #dickbar as a failure, and shows the company acknowledges it needs to fix the direction (which they have not been willing to state thus far).
- rmobin 16y agoI haven't been able to find the answer to this: why are Ev and Biz AWOL? What are they doing now?
- rokhayakebe 16y agoBiz is apparently sitting on AOL's board.
- Gibbon 16y agoI think he just loves the product. Based on some of his recent interviews, Twitter is something he's been thinking about a long time and is based on things he's worked on his whole life (dispatch, maps, cities, networks etc.)
- radicaldreamer 16y agoMaybe because Twitter is currently orders of magnitude bigger than Square and he thinks he can still contribute to it and make a difference.