Note that per Forbes [1], Brian Acton was Yahoo employee #44. So it's not like Facebook (or Twitter) was overlooking a diamond-in-the-rough. More likely, it wa

Note that per Forbes [1], Brian Acton was Yahoo employee #44. So it's not like Facebook (or Twitter) was overlooking a diamond-in-the-rough. More likely, it was some other key-role/compensation/fit mismatch. [1] http://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2014/02/19/exclusive-inside-story-how-jan-koum-built-whatsapp-into-facebooks-new-19-billion-baby/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2014/02/19/exclusive-...