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Re:Twitter acquires Quill by rdiddly on Tuesday December 07, 2021 @11:24AM (#29474374)
What does Twitter even get out of this? There's no unique technology. It's not a competitor. And there are easier ways to hire people. Is it the data?
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Re:Twitter acquires Quill by paxys on Tuesday December 07, 2021 @01:04PM (#29475983)
> And there are easier ways to hire people

Nope, there really aren't. Picking up an entire established team that has a hierarchy, works well with each other and are subject matter experts is easily worth the savings in recruiting time and money.

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Re:Twitter acquires Quill by rdiddly on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @10:09PM (#29493342)
Yeah I guess that sounds about right. So it's almost a pure acqui-hire.
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Re:Twitter acquires Quill by feifan on Tuesday December 07, 2021 @11:27AM (#29474417)
Presumably, people who understand messaging
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Re:Twitter acquires Quill by backoncemore on Tuesday December 07, 2021 @01:38PM (#29476432)
Which Twitter needs because they're chat absolutely blows.
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