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No, but Twitter does have a built-in picture sharing service. That's part of the reason that Twitpic is doing so poorly.
by traek 12y ago
No, but Twitter does have a built-in picture sharing service. That's part of the reason that Twitpic is doing so poorly.
- scholia 12y agoCorrect. It does now, but it didn't when Twitpic started.
- IgorPartola 12y ago(Not a Twitter user). Isn't it in Twitter's best interest to keep Twitpic around? From a strictly business point of view, why don't they squeeze them, then buy them for pennies an integrate them into their own service? Edit: or just scrape all the images, put them into their own service, then cut them out?
- scholia 12y agoI already commented below https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8338481 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8338481 My opinion is that you're right but it's Twitter's money and it knows lots of things (how many Twitpics, how much traffic etc) that the rest of us don't...
- ljk 12y ago> Twitpic is doing so poorly who would want to buy them if that's true?
- dysfunction 12y agoCould be a talent acquisition (not saying that's likely to be the case, just an example of why someone would buy them even with a poor business model).