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What does Twitter even get out of this? There's no unique technology. It's not a competitor. And there are easier ways to hire people. Is it the data?
by rdiddly 5y ago
What does Twitter even get out of this? There's no unique technology. It's not a competitor. And there are easier ways to hire people. Is it the data?
- feifan 5y agoPresumably, people who understand messaging
- backoncemore 5y agoWhich Twitter needs because they're chat absolutely blows.
- paxys 5y ago> And there are easier ways to hire people Nope, there really aren't. Picking up an entire established team that has a hierarchy, works well with each other and are subject matter experts is easily worth the savings in recruiting time and money.
- rdiddly 5y agoYeah I guess that sounds about right. So it's almost a pure acqui-hire.