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Re:Twitter Names Jack Dorsey Chief Executive by jerrickhoang on Monday October 05, 2015 @01:01PM (#10333127)
> There is no barrier to entry into this space---any competent web developer could make a non-scaling Twitter in an afternoon---except network effects

As a backend engineer, I feel offended by this statement of yours.

Re:Twitter Names Jack Dorsey Chief Executive by niccaluim on Monday October 05, 2015 @01:21PM (#10333275)
They did say "non-scaling." Though that's a bit like saying any competent shipbuilder could build a non-floating boat.