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This is a bit odd to me as an acquisition. It's unlikely to be a talent acquisition given the userbase/brand of posterous, but the two product doesn't seem to m

by iag 15y ago

This is a bit odd to me as an acquisition. It's unlikely to be a talent acquisition given the userbase/brand of posterous, but the two product doesn't seem to mesh at all IMO. Does anyone have a theory as to what's the synergy behind these two companies that could justify an acquisition?

HardyLeung 15y ago
Perhaps Twitter wants to own all things micro-blogging (that's the term Twitter's Chinese competitor uses), whatever that means.
- sbierwagen 15y ago
  Posterous isn't really micro-blogging. It's regular blogging. Macro-blogging.
  - jemfinch 15y ago
    Until Steve Yegge's using the platform, it doesn't qualify for the term "macro-blogging".
- rhizome 15y ago
  To be sure, Twitter's non-tweet features need a lot of improvement.
petegrif 15y ago
good question - I don't get it either.
bdz 15y ago
what about video sharing? as the twitter for iphone app always had the option to upload to posterous. twitter successfully launched the photo uploading, now is the time for videos