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BoomTown Decodes the Twitter-Is-Really-Serious-Folks-About-Not-Making-$$ Memo

in News on February 11, 2009 at 12:00 am PT

In a blog post that comes as the polar opposite of a complete surprise, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone clarified a comment he made to a U.K. magazine that sounded like Twitter might actually charge for something. Leaving aside the delicious irony of the name “Biz”–given Twitter lack o’ business model–fear not, Web 2.0 Bubblistas! Because Twitter remains true to its nonrevenue principles, according to Stone in a post yesterday titled “Nothing To Report Just Yet,” stressing that the start-up-de-jour microblogging service would not squeeze companies for existing services. Here’s my translation.