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Why did Twitter turn down Facebook?

CrimsonRedMk   on 04 December 2008 - 12:48 · 4 comments & 2410 views

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For now, a marriage between Twitter and Facebook is not meant to be, but the courtship between the two Web 2.0 companies could be rekindled in the future. That was one message from Evan Williams, the chief executive and co-founder of Twitter, in a talk at the Churchill Club in San Francisco Tuesday night.

Serious talks between the Facebook social network and the Twitter microblogging service started soon after Mr. Williams took over as chief executive on Oct. 16. Twitter reportedly rejected Facebook's $500 million, mostly stock offer several weeks ago.

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(1 reply) #1 PureLegend on 04 Dec 2008 - 18:37
Twitter could really use that. With Facebook offering similar functionality, how much longer can it last for Twitter?
#1.1 excalpius on 10 Dec 2008 - 03:49
Precisely. Twitter seems quite easy to duplicate by anyone who wants to do so. They should have sold.
(1 reply) #2 LTD on 04 Dec 2008 - 18:56
Testing the waters in terms of their value, Twitter might be playing hard to get, attempting to drive up offers from perhaps elsewhere.

Then again, have you seen how Facebook turned out?? Ugh.


#2.1 thealexweb on 05 Dec 2008 - 08:08
LTD said,
Then again, have you seen how Facebook turned out?? Ugh.


I love the new interface it's so much better than the old crummy one.

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