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I think FB acquiring Twitter is actually the best end result. Facebook has patience knows how to give independence and allow for the product to evolve. Instagram and WhatsApp are the best examples.

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Those were growing when they were acquired. Twitter is stagnant at best and probably in the decline. Why would Zuck even bother with Twitter, he's clearly won this battle.

Google on the other hand has demonstrated that they have no idea how to compete in social. Buying Twitter gives them a property to play with at a discount.

Aren't self driving cars the next big thing anyway? Who cares what's on Twitter when you can sell ads in the car while I go from point a to point b.

Zuck offered Twitter a lot back in the day, Twitter leadership at time severely disagreed w/ Mark's vision of the merge. Particularly how he wanted to use Twitter to complement FB's goal of logging personal matters and in some cases over-stepping ethical and privacy boundaries. I commend twitter for not giving in at that time

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