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Three companies have ways to make money from the company that's not making money.

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by fugawe April 1, 2009 8:05 PM PDT
It seems obvious how Twitter can make money: charge these other companies to use its APIs. Obviously, a small number of hits would be free, to help encourage and support development. But if you've got 1000s of users then you pay Twitter. Twitter could also give priority to paying customers (tiered Twitter, anyone?)
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by MrCanuck April 1, 2009 8:36 PM PDT
The owners of Twitter should sell to google and retire for the rest of their lives.
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by sujamthe April 1, 2009 9:42 PM PDT
Rafe, thanks for your review of tmeet. Glad you find it useful :)
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