Comments on: Twitpay brings micropayments to Twitter

An experimental app lets you shoot money over to your friends through Twitter messages. It's not perfect, but something Twitter could use to make a buck or two.

[mycbrad]

If they could have the receiver transfer the money back to paypal, this could be a viable business model. Send money to friends by cell phone FTW!

[sythara]

Its called mobile banking and already exists.

[innonate]

Silicon Alley Insider didn't say it was a billion dollar business, Nate f'in Westheimer said it was a billion dollar business.

[humanssssss]

People are not dumb. Amazon gift certificate?!? That's like telling me I need to buy from Amazon when I put my money in. No thanks!

[sythara]

People are dumber than you think. This is why gift certificates (which are like real money but with major limitations) are so popular as gifts.