@steverubel, SVP/Director of Insight, Edelman Digital
Sites with no social interactivity component will soon be at a disadvantage.
Who should Twitter buy? Possible suggestions: FriendFeed, TweetDeck, Seesmic, Hootsuite/CoTweet, 37 Signals, Payment Solution, Bit.ly, Twittercounter. There is also the possibility of partnerships with NGOs, government, and social networks.
Twitter can/may make money on premium apps
There is NO threat to Twitter except
- Facebook (maybe) and
- Scaleability (probably not)
The only possible Twitter acquirers are Google and Microsoft. No one else.
Another important conclusion: Twitter as a sentiment engine.
Resource: awesome future of Twitter mindmap.
