Facebook says "Twitter is in the rear-view mirror"


	Facebook says "Twitter is in the rear-view mirror"

egoldstein

9-18-2009 3:40 PM

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chamath, facebook, twitter

egoldstein says:

I guess when you're the size of Facebook and still growing like a weed, you've got a right to pound your chest. By putting themselves in the same class as Google it seems to me that Facebook is positioning itself for a major IPO.

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