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Re:Square files for IPO by cft on Wednesday October 14, 2015 @04:48PM (#10389384)
That buyer would have to be insane. Other than a pivot (Periscope?), there is no 17bn dollar business there, only a circle jerk and bot traffic.
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Re:Square files for IPO by mkorfmann on Thursday October 15, 2015 @05:17AM (#10392132)
So, it's like HN?.

On a more serious note:

Twitter has a large following of powerful/smart people who don't leave over night. Sure, over time these people could leave, but why would they? What would a twitter competitor offer that twitter can't offer?

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