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Old 03-06-2009, 07:54 AM
 
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Uh Oh, White House Seeks Economic Advice From Twitter

Twitter cofounder and CEO Ev Williams is headed to the White House today.

The administration invited him to join a “young business leaders" summit to discuss the economic crises.

As Ev himself puts it -- in a Twitter message, of course -- "[this] must mean they're *really* out of ideas."

A reminder: With 6 million members and 700% plus growth, Twitter makes no money in the US. (It sells some ads in Japan)
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Old 03-06-2009, 07:58 AM
 
Location: Iowa, Heartland of Murica
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Great! How about seeking advice from the guys who started Facebook?. I am sure they are some of the best economists out there.
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Old 03-06-2009, 08:07 AM
 
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Great! How about seeking advice from the guys who started Facebook?. I am sure they are some of the best economists out there.

What do you expect.... This is typical Obama Style over substance...


I'm sure they're just trying to incorporate twitter to the democratic indoctrination machine...
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Old 03-06-2009, 08:10 AM
 
Location: NJ/NY
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They're asking the advice of one of the most successful websites out there right now. A website that keeps growing despite the economy.

And of course they don't make any money yet, that's how it goes in this industry - the owner is going to come out with a pretty penny in the end.
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Old 03-06-2009, 08:13 AM
 
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They're asking the advice of one of the most successful websites out there right now. A website that keeps growing despite the economy.

And of course they don't make any money yet, that's how it goes in this industry - the owner is going to come out with a pretty penny in the end.

Twitter is not a website.. I don't know if you're one of those who defends the Obama no matter what or if you just really don't know what twitter is...
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Old 03-06-2009, 08:16 AM
 
Location: NJ/NY
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Twitter is not a website.. I don't know if you're one of those who defends the Obama no matter what or if you just really don't know what twitter is...
Haha - are you serious? Twitter is a website. It's not just used on mobile phones. Do you know what Twitter is? I own an ecommerce/social networking business. Web 2.0. I'm very familiar with this, our company is thriving right now in this crappy economy.
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Old 03-06-2009, 08:22 AM
 
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Haha - are you serious? Twitter is a website. It's not just used on mobile phones. Do you know what Twitter is? I own an ecommerce/social networking business. Web 2.0. I'm very familiar with this, our company is thriving right now in this crappy economy.

Umm... Obviously your understanding of this is a bit simplistic... I know this going to hurt, but I'd rather you be informed that continue to spout off as if you know it all, making yourself look a bit silly....

Twitter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Twitter is a social networking and micro-blogging service. It enables its users to send and read other users' updates (known as tweets), which are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length.


Your oversimplification would be as if we were to simplify something like Socialized Medicine by calling it simply, Health Care Reform...
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Old 03-06-2009, 08:25 AM
 
Location: NJ/NY
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Umm... Obviously your understanding of this is a bit simplistic... I know this going to hurt, but I'd rather you be informed that continue to spout off as if you know it all, making yourself look a bit silly....

Twitter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Twitter is a social networking and micro-blogging service. It enables its users to send and read other users' updates (known as tweets), which are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length.


Your oversimplification would be as if we were to simplify something like Socialized Medicine by calling it simply, Health Care Reform...
Wow. Go to the website yourself. Again, this is what I do for a living. I use twitter. I work twitter into my sites, actually. It's an add on 2.0 service we offer.

Twitter: What are you doing?

I don't think you actually have ever used Twitter. Would you say Myspace or Facebook is not a website?
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Old 03-06-2009, 08:30 AM
 
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It's clear Barry is in over his head.
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Old 03-06-2009, 08:31 AM
 
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They're asking the advice of one of the most successful websites out there right now. A website that keeps growing despite the economy.
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." A. Einstein

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