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aexm bluechoochoo Yeah, but in retrospect there was a degree of infrastructure cost to the 2011 push-out of 3rd party tools, but also...Permalink On twitter.com
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aexm bluechoochoo ...some of it was just strategic assholery. I think it was a mistake for them to do so (better to add ads to the stream)Permalink On twitter.com
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aexm bluechoochoo The problem was they ran ads like a media company instead of a platform, but no one really runs ads like a platform atm.Permalink On twitter.com
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aexm bluechoochoo If there had been real strategic thinking IMO Twitter would have realized, open the API, but put ads into the responses.Permalink On twitter.com
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aexm bluechoochoo But VCs don't like new things and the pressure was on, so the solution they implemented was a common one, not innovativePermalink On twitter.com
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aexm bluechoochoo *new things in this context being untested strategies to monetize.On twitter.com
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