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Comments on: Oh, dear, here come the 'Facebook to buy Twitter' rumors

Web 2.0 conference organizer John Battelle decides to mess with everyone's head by suggesting Twitter is "just a feature" and perhaps Facebook could consider acquiring it.

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by aaronmclay November 6, 2008 3:52 PM PST: While this may be just a rumor I would welcome it. Spreading out my social community like this is killing me. However, I wouldn't want to see a loss of what Twitter brings to the new media community. It's the best RSS/news reader out there ;-).; Like this Reply to this comment


by andrew.mager November 6, 2008 4:50 PM PST: I hope it happens.; Like this Reply to this comment


by jumpjetta November 6, 2008 5:12 PM PST: Really, I wouldn't mind if most of *Facebook* went away and became lean like Twitter.; Like this Reply to this comment


by kyleshank November 6, 2008 5:22 PM PST: what if facebook just started making more of their content public? right now, everything is kept behind closed door. present a public page for user updates and you have a twitter bigger than twitter.; Like this Reply to this comment


by LunaticSX November 6, 2008 8:30 PM PST: Better integration would be nice: My Twitter posts update my Facebook status, but then I get replies on both Twitter and Facebook.

I'd rather see Twitter stay separate, though, with just better connections.; Like this Reply to this comment


by rumford November 7, 2008 1:54 AM PST: I wrote about facebook possibly buying twitter a few weeks back. ;)

Cheers!

http://facereviews.com/2008/09/25/facebook-to-buy-twitter-not-likely; Like this Reply to this comment

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CNET News' Caroline McCarthy is a downtown Manhattanite who believes that, despite popular opinion, the Web can actually help your social life. She's happily addicted to fun social-media tools from Twitter to Yelp to Facebook, sends an inordinate number of text messages, and has a tendency to waste time at the office reading restaurant blogs. Here, she explores all facets of the Web's gregarious side, as well as the unique tech culture in her home city of New York. (Don't call it Silicon Alley.)