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Re:Testing a way for you to make purchases on Twitter by pbreit on Monday September 08, 2014 @01:21PM (#8285968)
That's a terrible comparison. Amazon is a retailer, Twitter is not. Amazon provides a massive amount of helpful information to buyers. Twitter provides almost none. For starters.
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Re:Testing a way for you to make purchases on Twitter by wisty on Monday September 08, 2014 @02:25PM (#8286352)
For people with significant followings, Twitter is a marketing platform. This might enable an affiliate (or self publication) model to work well on Twitter.
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