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How Powerful is Twitter? Well, Shaq Just Tweeted His Retirement

Dick Costolo just spent 45 minutes on stage at D9 talking about the power of Twitter. But I think Shaquille O’Neal just made a better argument for Twitter’s power in just two words.

“im retiring,” the NBA star tweeted Wednesday, linking to a video.

Most recently with the Celtics, Shaq spent nearly two decades in the pros as a center for the Lakers, Cavaliers and Suns, after starting his career with the Orlando Magic.


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I think going public today is almost like a Bataan death march. I think Wall Street — this will insult many people — but I think in many ways it bears a resemblance to organized crime. It is legal today what they do, but what they do is manifestly unfair.

— Roger McNamee of Elevation Partners, in conversation with Bloomberg Television’s Margaret Brennan