But what is the point of this entire exercise? Was he actually asking for React help? Is he actually hiring an intern team? Did he just want to engage the community by presenting a technical challenge? Is he signaling that Twitter is going to open itself up and invite greater developer interaction? It's all very strange.

> All this is going to do is discourage him and others from being transparent and building in public.

He's a celebrity hacker, he's used to it. He is not fragile, judging by his public persona.