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Re:Saudi prince invests $300 million in Twitter by cperciva on Monday December 19, 2011 @05:53AM (#3369232)
Hearing news like this, I can't help wondering what will happen to twitter if/when the Arab Spring spreads to Saudi Arabia.
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Re:Saudi prince invests $300 million in Twitter by zerostar07 on Monday December 19, 2011 @09:34AM (#3369693)
Presumably users would switch to alternatives in case of intervention, which would be a big hit to this prince's investment.
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Re:Saudi prince invests $300 million in Twitter by rmc on Monday December 19, 2011 @08:20AM (#3369508)
I doubt there'll be cases (like during the last Iranian Presidental election) where Twitter postpones upgrades to help the protesters.
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Re:Saudi prince invests $300 million in Twitter by Ctech237 on Monday December 19, 2011 @07:13AM (#3369392)
Exactly!
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