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No, twitter is run by a bunch of geeks that have seen countless companies like youtube get bought out for hundreds of millions, or in the case of youtube, ~$1.6
by blhack 17y ago
No, twitter is run by a bunch of geeks that have seen countless companies like youtube get bought out for hundreds of millions, or in the case of youtube, ~$1.6 billion, and are hoping to cash in the same way.
They're trying to let somebody else come up with a way of monetizing it, and probably hoping for google.
- henning 17y agoBy countless do you mean a handful?
- blhack 17y agoIt is considerably more than a handful http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_acquisitions_by_Google http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_acquisitions_by_Google http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_acquisitions_by_Yahoo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_acquisitions_by_Yahoo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_acquisitions_by_Microsoft http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_acquisitions_by_Microso...
- netsp 17y agoEven bigger: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=URI&num=100&ei=QcNCSt6SLYyYkQXhysj7CA&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=site%3Aen.wikipedia.org/+list+of+acquisitions+by&spell=1 http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&client=f... *If we had 'list of companies not acquired by anyone', or 'list of companies quietly making a reasonable profit', we could compare.
- jasonlbaptiste 17y agoYou mean one company- blogger, right? Even that alone is enough justification.