Disagree, a lot. Most people underestimate two things, IMHO. One is obvious: the cost of convincing everyone that Muskitter is the place to go. The second one

Disagree, a lot. Most people underestimate two things, IMHO. One is obvious: the cost of convincing everyone that Muskitter is the place to go. The second one? You could NOT build a twitter equivalent for a billion dollars. I'd be happy to take bets. Corollary to number two: building it means actually two things: one, building it, and two, having a team that can start from the moment of finished building it, and continue developing and bug fixing and supporting the platform from T+1 onwards.