Comments on: Twitter finally gets its new round of funding; “very strong” valuation

By: SoCal earthquake a powerful reminder of Twitter’s potential » VentureBeat

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:22:13 +0000

[...] people only like to talk about Twitter’s monetization strategy or when it will hit “mainstream” usage. Throughout all of this the most important fact [...]

By: Twitter CEO Dorsey sees embeds, mobile in Twitter’s future » VentureBeat

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:35:27 +0000

[...] wouldn’t put a number on the Twitter/Summize deal or on Twitter’s valuation after its latest funding round, but when Francisco asked “$100 million valuation?,” Dorsey just smiled and said, [...]

By: Is the road to Twitter search paved with Summize? » VentureBeat

Is the road to Twitter search paved with Summize? » VentureBeat — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:59:22 +0000

[...] Amid its troubles, I’ve questioned why Twitter wouldn’t simply buy Summize numerous times. After all, it has quite a bit of money now following the closing of its latest funding round. [...]

By: Twitter refugees find a new home (at least for this week): Identi.ca » VentureBeat

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:19:18 +0000

[...] That is why I’ve said in the past that the only thing that can kill Twitter is Twitter itself. If the service keeps failing to work, people will leave not out of choice, but out of necessity. I don’t think that is going to happen because I think Twitter will right its ship before we get to that point. [...]

By: Twitter or FriendFeed? There can be more than one. » VentureBeat

Twitter or FriendFeed? There can be more than one. » VentureBeat — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 07:27:22 +0000

[...] That’s not to say that Twitter can’t kill itself. It can if it continues to simply not work. The same would be true of any service. When a service doesn’t work, users can’t use it. If it has no users using it, it’s dead. It’s that simple. But we’re not there yet for Twitter, and despite my dozens of posts complaining about the site’s issues, I don’t think we’re going to get there. Twitter will turn things around. [...]

By: Twitter or FriendFeed? There can be more than one. » VentureBeat

Twitter or FriendFeed? There can be more than one. » VentureBeat — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:40:26 +0000

[...] That’s not to say that Twitter can’t kill itself. It can if it continues to simply not work. The same would be true of any service. When a service doesn’t work, users can’t use it. If it has no users using it, it’s dead. It’s that simple. But we’re not there yet for Twitter and despite my dozens of posts complaining about the site’s issues, I don’t think we’re going to get there. Twitter will turn things around. [...]

By: Twitter: Adding employees, losing features » VentureBeat

Twitter: Adding employees, losing features » VentureBeat — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:49:55 +0000

[...] problematic IM functionality has experienced periods of actual uptime. When it finally announced its new round of funding yesterday and added another new member to the team this morning, things were looking very [...]