http://shawnfarner.disqus.com/enWed, 26 Nov 2008 16:55:21 -0000http://shawnfarner.com/blog/2008/11/26/twitter-fires-sandy-messes-up-big/#comment-4030514The circumstances are a little bit different with the value of n acquisition, though. It would be like Facebook buying up Twitter just so they could add Evan Williams to their team. If they would do that and then shut down and do away with Twitter, the backlash from the Twitter user base would be brutal.shawnfarnerWed, 26 Nov 2008 16:55:21 -0000http://shawnfarner.com/blog/2008/11/26/twitter-fires-sandy-messes-up-big/#comment-4030174And you think Facebook wouldn't have done the same thing if their purchase of Twitter had gone through? <br>Companies think about *their* goals more often than the goals of their userbase. <br>You're absolutely right, in that it was a terrible move on their part. I just think it's less of a surprise (well, the 2 weeks thing sucks) than people are making it.roroweWed, 26 Nov 2008 16:32:08 -0000