Twitter may get formal bid

[nevets88]

May be a big fat rumor, but fun to speculate. I'm not so sure I'd be comfortable w/Google owning Twitter though.

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/09/23/twitter-may-receive-formal-bid-shortly-suitors-said-to-include-salesforce-and-google.html

 

 

[mchepp]

The issue with Twitter has always been how to does the mothership make money from it. They are starting now with "Promoted" tweets, but the question of revenue still exists. Their value now is the community. How many users they have. Nice to have, but need to monetize that.

[kpaulhus]

I own just over 1000 shares of TWTR. This is very welcomed news. Like @mchepp pointed out, I am looking to dump it on big news for a  nice profit. It seems overvalued per the revenue aspect. Take the money and run.

[newtogolf]

2 hours ago, kpaulhus said:

I own just over 1000 shares of TWTR. This is very welcomed news. Like @mchepp pointed out, I am looking to dump it on big news for a  nice profit. It seems overvalued per the revenue aspect. Take the money and run.

I own 1000 shares of TWTR too (bought them as a hedge to some options trades I was doing). TWTR as @mchepp stated has been unable to monetize their advertising properly.  They have also had problems with attracting new users and maintaining users due to questionable moderation policies.  

[iacas]

6 hours ago, newtogolf said:

due to questionable moderation policies.  

Like what?

I see it more as Twitter is not often as multimedia rich, and people are moving more toward SnapChat and Instagram. Even though 140 characters is not a lot, it's still more "work" or effort than a picture with a two-word caption.

[newtogolf]

48 minutes ago, iacas said:

Like what?

I see it more as Twitter is not often as multimedia rich, and people are moving more toward SnapChat and Instagram. Even though 140 characters is not a lot, it's still more "work" or effort than a picture with a two-word caption.

I was referring to some of the recent stories where celebrities were closing their Twitter accounts due to harassment.  

Twitter is trying to move more towards video and images but it's losing the battle against Instagram and SnapChat which seem to be the platforms teens have now adopted and left their parents behind on Twitter and Facebook.  

[Valleygolfer]

On 9/23/2016 at 4:21 PM, newtogolf said:

I own 1000 shares of TWTR too (bought them as a hedge to some options trades I was doing). TWTR as @mchepp stated has been unable to monetize their advertising properly.  They have also had problems with attracting new users and maintaining users due to questionable moderation policies.  

I really don't understand why people would want to spend their time on twitter. Seems like it is mostly a sea of comments which are largely ignored. Maybe it's just not for me but I really think it would be a complete waste for google to buy it. However, google is much smarter than I am about this and if they are considering this, I am sure the plan is far greater than the current twitter and have determined an avenue to use it for better advertising.

[iacas]

14 hours ago, Valleygolfer said:

I really don't understand why people would want to spend their time on twitter. Seems like it is mostly a sea of comments which are largely ignored. Maybe it's just not for me but I really think it would be a complete waste for google to buy it. However, google is much smarter than I am about this and if they are considering this, I am sure the plan is far greater than the current twitter and have determined an avenue to use it for better advertising.

If that's what you think Twitter is, then you're not using it properly.

I have had many, many important, far-reaching conversations on Twitter. And some fun ones, too.

[Valleygolfer]

32 minutes ago, iacas said:

If that's what you think Twitter is, then you're not using it properly.

I have had many, many important, far-reaching conversations on Twitter. And some fun ones, too.

Apparently not. I'm not that invested in it.

[nevets88]

8 hours ago, iacas said:

If that's what you think Twitter is, then you're not using it properly.

I have had many, many important, far-reaching conversations on Twitter. And some fun ones, too.

And since they're public, you learn a thing or two from threads that go long. If you're good at curating, you'll find a lot of good info and interesting conversations. And because of the 140 limit, people get to the point.

You get breaking news faster. It's also useful for learning languages, especially "living" language - you see slang you would not otherwise in a classroom setting.

[imsys0042]

I'm not sure it's worth anyone except Google to purchase it.   Google Plus was a great social network for the 23 people who signed up for it, so Google could use some help there.   Twitter does have a horrible trolling problem and too many people jump on band wagons to harass people.

Now it is a unique service and can be used very effectively.  I don't use it that much, but it's possible to do some really good things with it.   But to me it's the least of the social networks.  

[kpaulhus]

So glad I sold my shares of TWTR on Friday for a profit. Google confirmed they are not placing a bid and it dropped 20% today.

[newtogolf]

3 hours ago, kpaulhus said:

So glad I sold my shares of TWTR on Friday for a profit. Google confirmed they are not placing a bid and it dropped 20% today.

Smart move, I think Google is getting nervous about anti-trust given their internal initiatives and the anti-trust allegations Salesforce.com made regarding Microsoft acquiring LinkedIn

[Golfaddict247]

Yeah, Twitter is a dangerous investment .... I would be very careful with Twitter stock....