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Why Twitter is underhyped and is probably worth five to 10 billion dollars

on scobleizer's posterous from as recent as 3 minutes ago

• Underhyped? It's overhyped and due to that business and people don't give it a chance, listening at the opinions of others. It certainly has major potential, because it fits the hyperconnective and responsive society we live in. Best regards, [...] —agoramedia
• Robert...You must have been listening to "Party like its 1999" when you wrote this one. BD —Bob DeMarco
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Why Twitter is underhyped and is probably worth five to 10 billion dollars

on Startup News from as recent as 34 minutes ago

• He is Michael Arrington's best buddy, so its only fitting that he sensationalize things and pull numbers out of his ass. —pavs
• "The experiences I'm having with business owners in every city makes me understand some things:.... 2. Twitter is underhyped. I'm now convinced that Twitter has locked up a whole raft of businesses and that Twitter is actually worth five to 10 [...] —nsfx
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Why Don’t Teens Tweet? We Asked Over 10,000 of Them.

on Techcrunch from as recent as 1 hour ago

• According to Quantcast, 13-17 year olds make up 21% of Facebook’s users but just 8% of Twitter’s. This sounds more plausible than the numbers you quote. The fact is Twitter is neither useful nor fun, especially for first timers. —jd
• I’m a teen, just like those surveyed here, and I agree with Spencer. My main purpose in creating a Twitter account was to engage in conversations with people who have similar interests as mine, like technology. I reserve facebook to engage in [...] —Rahul Krishnakumar
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Why Twitter is underhyped and is probably worth five to 10 billion dollars

on FriendFeed from as recent as 1 hour ago

• Hey Robert, it seems there's a clone of you :P http://www.motogp.com/en/photos/2009/Valentino+Rossi+for+the+first+ever+HD+3D+filming+of+a+MotoGP+event+at+Laguna —Massimo MaxKava Cavazzini
• Facebook got a jewel with the FriendFeed acquisition. The ability to create publicly available informaiton and track the social web is there for the taking, if they pursue it. —Hutch Carpenter
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Why Twitter is underhyped and is probably worth five to 10 billion dollars (via feedly)

on FriendFeed from as recent as 2 hours ago

• this from the guy who's been ranting for a year about how FriendFeed was going to take over the world... —Jason Brown

Why Twitter is underhyped and is probably worth five to 10 billion dollars (via feedly)

on FriendFeed from as recent as 4 hours ago

• Then note writing during class time was worth fifty two trillion dollars. —Richard A.
• Yeah, like Facebook was worth 15 billion. Until it wasn't. Like I keep telling my son, potential only counts once it's realized. —Dawn

Twitter Isn’t Over-Hyped; It’s Just Misunderstood

on Mark Evans Tech: A Canadian Take on the Web and Technology from as recent as 7 hours ago

• I think, in time, the hype surrounding Twitter is dissipate, and that it will become another tool used by companies and individuals to communicate, market, sell, etc. —markevans
• hey mark - another thought provoking post. would you say that twitter is simply doing what all technologies do (and have done), and that it is to continue its movement across the gartner hype cycle? if this hype cycle is a constant, isn't the real [...] —ed lee

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