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Twitter may receive formal bid, suitors said to include Salesforce and Google

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Re: Twitter may receive formal bid, suitors said to include Salesforce and Google

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Post by nvk »

overcast wrote: post #10
nvk wrote: post #6

Twitter should be a public utility.

It is a public utility.

it's a "private" utility. But I take your point.

If they remove all the fat making a tweet page 5mb it could be hosted for nearly nothing by some FOSS org.

Re: Twitter may receive formal bid, suitors said to include Salesforce and Google

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Post by MollyR »

calpaterson wrote: post #9
MollyR wrote: post #5

I really can't see salesforce buying twitter. I think a social media giant would gain something from twitter, but not much else.

I think it would be stupid too but the article does contain an executive being fairly direct about wanting it and why.

Yea I read that, but I don't see how it really benefits Salesforce. I can see why the executive likes it.

Re: Twitter may receive formal bid, suitors said to include Salesforce and Google

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Post by wlesieutre »

the_duke wrote: post #3

Unclear is what kind of "deal" they are talking about. A considerable buy in? A full acquisition? And, assuming a full acquisition... what would be the gain? Google has a bad story with attempts at social media, apart from YouTube. (Bought Orkut, killed it, tried Google Plus, went nowhere). Twitter is hard to make profitable without alienating the users with too many ads. For Google, it would probably be an acquisiti…

Bought Orkut, killed it, tried Google Plus, went nowhere

> Don't forget Buzz! That time when they default opted-in Gmail users into publishing a list of frequently contacted users on their google profile. Auto-follow was a terrible terrible idea.

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Post by joobus »

the_duke wrote: post #3

Unclear is what kind of "deal" they are talking about. A considerable buy in? A full acquisition? And, assuming a full acquisition... what would be the gain? Google has a bad story with attempts at social media, apart from YouTube. (Bought Orkut, killed it, tried Google Plus, went nowhere). Twitter is hard to make profitable without alienating the users with too many ads. For Google, it would probably be an acquisiti…

How is a company which "might never be profitable" considered a "significant asset"?!

Re: Twitter may receive formal bid, suitors said to include Salesforce and Google

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Post by gdulli »

andybak wrote: post #7
the_duke wrote: post #3

Unclear is what kind of "deal" they are talking about. A considerable buy in? A full acquisition? And, assuming a full acquisition... what would be the gain? Google has a bad story with attempts at social media, apart from YouTube. (Bought Orkut, killed it, tried Google Plus, went nowhere). Twitter is hard to make profitable without alienating the users with too many ads. For Google, it would probably be an acquisiti…

If it's Google then cue endless jokes about shutting it down. I'm not saying they don't have some issues with their corporate attention span but I do get sick of that one being wheeled out without any real insight or cause.

Google wasn't given that reputation randomly or casually. They earned it through their actions and they deserve the consequences. People who don't know the pattern deserve to be educated about it. I weaned myself from Twitter when they added the algorithmic timeline but if I hadn't, I'd begin doing it now and I would be better off for starting it now at my own pace than later, forced to abruptly.
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