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It was of benefit to Twitter because they got to find out whether or not there was a market for the "enhancements and cleaned up API niceities" that DataSift (a
by jackgavigan 12y ago
It was of benefit to Twitter because they got to find out whether or not there was a market for the "enhancements and cleaned up API niceities" that DataSift (and Gnip) offered, without needing to invest in it themselves.
It's like MVP by proxy.