Techcrunch has published some of the internal documents from Twitter they received. As they put it, Twitter isn’t exactly happy about this, but they’ve put this info out there with their approval.

Lots of great info there about their relationships with Google, Facebook and Microsoft. I’ve only had a chance to skim over it so far, but one statement definitely stuck out to me…

RSS is the enemy.

Also, they don’t see as much value in Diddy as he sees in himself. I think they pretty much speak for all of us with that sentiment.Similar Posts:

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From TechCrunch:

Would Google pay more than $1 billion for Twitter? No idea. But there’s no way Microsoft lets a deal be negotiated without putting its bid in, too. And if these two giants see Twitter as the future of search, $1 billion is peanuts.

It seems to me that “user driven” search (search by recommendation) is definitely the future, but is Twitter the best option? Maybe so, for now. Twitter’s still relatively “authentic”, although that’s changing daily.

I understand Twitter’s posturing to get a high bid by saying they want to  “build a profitable, independent company“, but let’s get real. You can only be the “latest-and-greatest-next-big-thing” for so long. Then something later, greater, bigger, and nexter will replace your buzz.

If I’ve got a stake in Twitter, I’m spending this weekend looking for medium sized tropical islands I can buy while real estate prices are low.Similar Posts:

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Has Twitter found a way to make money?

It looks like Twitter is slowly developing a way to make money, based upon its popularity and usage : ExecTweets. ExecTweets is a Twitter powered page that pulls in a collection of posts, or “tweets,” written by corporate executives, and features branding from Microsoft. ExecTweets is operated by John Battelle’s online advertising firm Federated Media.

I noticed on Twitter today that the definition of the day is ExecTweets.

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