Comments on: Forget Apple, Amazon Should Buy Twitter. Why Not?

By: Twitter nears 50M visitors: Will a buyer jump into the mix? | Erik Bowman

Twitter nears 50M visitors: Will a buyer jump into the mix? | Erik Bowman — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:13:12 +0000

[...] been plenty of rumor and speculation over the past few months that one of the tech titans — Amazon, Apple, Google or Microsoft — will buy Twitter before it gets any bigger. (Click on each link [...]

By: GeekStats

GeekStats — Thu, 21 May 2009 17:54:19 +0000

Twitter should go at it alone for as long as possible. There’s enough brain power and traction in that venture to make it all work. Not to mention that acquisitions in web tech hardly ever work out for anyone other than the founders, and I think these guys are in it for the long haul, not the flip. -Sarah

By: The Twitter Derby « seed change

The Twitter Derby « seed change — Tue, 12 May 2009 15:11:30 +0000

[...] Amazon idea making the rounds makes much less sense. Like Apple, Amazon could conceivably integrate Twitter [...]

By: tericee

tericee — Mon, 11 May 2009 11:31:28 +0000

“Twitter is still very local.”

Based on what? Last I checked there were Twitter users all over the world. In my “following” list alone, I have representatives from Germany, Canada, Thailand, Japan, UK, Switzerland, Sweden, Portugal, Israel, and more.

In fact, I think I follow people in every country in which Amazon has an International presence. (http://www.amaz...mp;docId=487250) Except maybe China, but I’m guessing the managers of the Great Firewall aren’t all that keen on Twitter.

By: Another Use for Twitter

Another Use for Twitter — Sun, 10 May 2009 14:34:56 +0000

[...] Ashton Kutcher’s fan base is, not a reflection of Twitter’s inherent utility. If, for example, Amazon should buy Twitter and use it for a payment platform to rival PayPal, watch how quickly Twitter’s retention rate [...]

By: Sunny

Sunny — Sun, 10 May 2009 09:56:26 +0000

I don’t understand why any one of MS, Google or Amazon would drown anymore than a few million dollars in Twitter. My reasons -

1. None of these companies should care about twitter as a brand.
2. None of these companies should care if Ashton Kutcher tweets and he has a million followers.
3. The only things they would be interested in will be the IP and the traffic that twitter-acquisition can provide. Now, this cannot surely be valued as high as $700 mn.

For once, if any of these companies are looking to build something like twitter (only more robust and scalable), it should not take them more than a few months. They have all the building blocks with them.

By: Opiniones ¿Quién comprará a Twitter? ¡Hagan sus apuestas! | Valoraciones y Críticas

Fri, 08 May 2009 15:10:36 +0000

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By: links for 2009-05-08 | stuart henshall

links for 2009-05-08 | stuart henshall — Fri, 08 May 2009 08:02:47 +0000

[...] Forget Apple, Amazon Should Buy Twitter. Why Not? — Good payments insights. iTunes is a better… I had to look for some why buy twitter posts after writing my latest little mini scenario. The payment relationship insights in this post are useful for thinking forward. Not so sure about the advertising suggestionst (tags: twitter amazon apple) [...]

By: Geek Musing |

Geek Musing | — Thu, 07 May 2009 20:04:45 +0000

[...] Business Insider – Gawker Media – TechCrunch [...]

By: Medellín Digital » Archivo del weblog » Twitter para las empresas, la “crisis” de google y los de Pirate Bay a la cárcel

Thu, 07 May 2009 15:28:21 +0000

[...] Forget Apple, Amazon Should Buy Twittter. Why Not? (techcrunch.com) [...]

By: Twitter Search: Local relevance for global search « An Inquiring Thought

Twitter Search: Local relevance for global search « An Inquiring Thought — Thu, 07 May 2009 11:21:26 +0000

[...] For this reason the reason article on Techcrunch provides a greater challenge to the Adwords hegemony on Google – it explores what would happen if Twitter was bought by Amazon: [...]

By: 5 reasons why Apple won’t buy Twitter :: Jamie Riddell

5 reasons why Apple won’t buy Twitter :: Jamie Riddell — Thu, 07 May 2009 08:29:19 +0000

[...] Forget Apple, Amazon Should Buy Twittter. Why Not? (techcrunch.com) [...]

By: Nadie debería comprar Twitter | Loogic.com

Nadie debería comprar Twitter | Loogic.com — Thu, 07 May 2009 06:55:15 +0000

[...] cuando digo nadie me refiero a ninguna empresa, ni Google, ni Amazon, ni Apple. Aunque alguien ya compró Twitter, los avispados inversores que decidieron apostar por [...]

By: James Raider

James Raider — Thu, 07 May 2009 00:49:51 +0000

As much as the rumor mill is pushing the Twitter acquisition story, it flies in the face of common sense.

http://pacificg...ot-twitter.html

Apple is NOT eBay.

By: Why we talk about a Twitter acquisition | Blogging

Why we talk about a Twitter acquisition | Blogging — Wed, 06 May 2009 17:00:14 +0000

[...] Alley Insider insists that Microsoft should buy Twitter, MyStoreCredit’s CEO suggests that Amazon.com should, while Valleywag’s noncommittal declaration is that Apple “could” buy [...]

By: bob wong

bob wong — Wed, 06 May 2009 16:45:04 +0000

Is:
Twitter (poor performance) vs. Facebook (stellar performance)

…just:
Rails vs. PHP

…writ large?

Is Rails a relgion, but PHP tool to build both ugly & beautiful stuff with? Just askin’.

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Wed, 06 May 2009 14:25:00 +0000

Best Comment Ever.

“…there’s no way I can read another tech entry in google reader without killing myself”

I feel like that all the time.

By: Paul A Houle

Wed, 06 May 2009 14:13:25 +0000

I have dreams at night where I’m using Twitter on a television, and I don’t even own a television.

When I visit friends who have cable, it seems that cable TV is talking about Twitter as much as TechCrunch. Time-Warner has a serious crush on Twitter: Twitter really is what CNN Headline News wants to be.

I expect Twitter to be acquired by a television conglomerate, for it to be integrated heavily with devices (cable boxes) and for it to play a large role in programming people’s media experiences.

By: Tweeterism

Tweeterism — Wed, 06 May 2009 14:10:16 +0000

How many more ‘why xxx corporate giant should buy twitter’ posts should we expect before the week is done?

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Ebay Vancouver Facility Close | World News — Wed, 06 May 2009 12:17:15 +0000

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By: Manu

Manu — Wed, 06 May 2009 11:48:51 +0000

Absolutely!

By: Louis

Louis — Wed, 06 May 2009 10:19:29 +0000

I like some of the thinking in this post but I do have some concerns:

1. Giving how open Twitter is and how many Twitter Apps out their have tons of Twitter users’ login credentials, would people really be comfortable using their Twitter IDs for payments?
2. Security aside, would Amazon really need to buy Twitter in order to enable people to login to Amazon Payments with their Twitter IDs? I may be wrong but isn’t this what OAuth, OpenID etc are about? I don’t pay much attention to this topic so I may be completely wrong here.
3. Finally, for the recommendations part, couldn’t Amazon just create a Twitter app, set up a Twitter account, and have people log in once with their Twitter and Amazon logins to follow “Amazon Recommends” and get regular recommendations in the form of Tweets? Would cost a heck of a lot less than 700 million I imagine.

By: Engago team

Engago team — Wed, 06 May 2009 10:02:52 +0000

- Amazon is a world wide company with a brand name.
- Twitter is still very local (of course the Bay Area is the world) and no big brand name.

A payment service and the Fail Whale go very well together: you would complain immediately.

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 06 May 2009 09:18:44 +0000

Thanks for the article – I enjoyed reading this guest post. Some thought provoking ideas on monetization. Very unlikely a deal like this would go ahead, but interesting all the same.

By: AndreaF

AndreaF — Wed, 06 May 2009 09:13:29 +0000

It would make sense for Amazon to buy a strategic stake in Twitter at a reasonable price and give them a cut of the revenues it generates through the service.