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Re: Twitter had been in talks to buy FriendFeed too, co-founder Stone says

TheReason — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:16:40 -0000

Yeah, I was considering buying FriendFeed too.. but then I realized I don't have $50 million dollars.

Re: Twitter had been in talks to buy FriendFeed too, co-founder Stone says

Avatar X — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:27:54 -0000

Damn. that would have been cool yet at the same time a social aggregator / social messenger start up like friendfeed was still a best match for Facebook. Twitter should acquire plurk as its second option.... :D

Re: Twitter had been in talks to buy FriendFeed too, co-founder Stone says

Bradley Davis — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:05:22 -0000

In your opinion, who would prefer have bought FF?

Re: Twitter had been in talks to buy FriendFeed too, co-founder Stone says

dave — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:49:12 -0000

OIC -- self-aggrandizing. Not paranoid. BillG loved chasing tail lights. More money in it probably.

Re: Twitter had been in talks to buy FriendFeed too, co-founder Stone says

kfury — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:19:11 -0000

It's significant because Eric was talking about the competition being in the rear view mirror even when Google was much smaller, because the sentiment was that Google should be forging its own path, not reacting to companies that were making moves which in turn were reactions to them.

Re: Twitter had been in talks to buy FriendFeed too, co-founder Stone says

obscurelyfamous — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:06:25 -0000

I think it's funny because he was boldly implying that they would be in front. :)

Re: Twitter had been in talks to buy FriendFeed too, co-founder Stone says

dave — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:04:36 -0000

What's so funny about rearview? Is that some kind of butt joke? :-)