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    Sheeeeeeit-ClayDavisHamilton Nolan
    10/11/13 10:52am

    Has twitter explained how they have monetized their service yet? Until there is a clear understanding of their financial value, the IPO purchasers are rolling the dice.

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      pit_fiendSheeeeeeit-ClayDavis
      10/11/13 11:01am

      The plan is to get idiots to invest millions of dollars, then spend those millions of dollars on huge salaries, bonuses and other nice things. It's win-win. No conceivable downside!

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      cheerful_exgirlfriendpit_fiend
      10/11/13 11:06am

      Don't forget the plan to spend it on expensive but not filling lunches for the worker bees.
      Here's the Insane Lamb-Chop-and-Oyster Lunch Twitter Employees Eat Here's the Insane Lamb-Chop-and-Oyster Lunch Twitter Employees Eat Here's the Insane Lamb-Chop-and-Oyster Lunch…

      Has your boss ever bought everyone pizza, as a special favor? That must have been cool! Twitter… Read more Read more

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    cheerful_exgirlfriendHamilton Nolan
    10/11/13 11:02am

    My friend was a producer at an SF news station and she got one of these talking puppets as swag and I coveted that thing so hard, which was and is pretty stupid, but there you have it.

    ETF stupidity.

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      woorijipcheerful_exgirlfriend
      10/11/13 11:06am

      Check eBay and make sure to get the talking version. He was sort of "gay" in one of the commercials I saw back in the day. Also, he had a run in with the insult dog.

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      cheerful_exgirlfriendwoorijip
      10/11/13 11:12am

      I couldn't find any on eBay, and besides I wanted her to just give it to me, she has so much swag, it seemed fair. I didn't know it was Michael Ian Black as the voice did you?

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    Elsewhere1010Hamilton Nolan
    10/11/13 10:56am

    In earlier years the boom-and-bust cycle took a while to play itself out, but here in San Francisco we've decided to ride this train twice in less time than you generally count a complete generation. Its as though everyone's memory has been wiped clean of the years 1999 to 2001.

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      raincoasterElsewhere1010
      10/11/13 10:59am

      Never better expressed.

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    burlivesleftnutHamilton Nolan
    10/11/13 10:52am

    That "Pet of the Day" looks like a god damn murderer.

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      raincoasterburlivesleftnut
      10/11/13 10:58am

      HAIL CTHULHU!

      No shame, okay? I'm just being pragmatic.

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    thuggyBearHamilton Nolan
    10/13/13 4:09am

    Funny, when it talks about getting a sock puppet, I assumed this meant they were going to get Pando to write a glowing article on them.

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      Madame-OvaryHamilton Nolan
      10/11/13 11:59am

      HamNo...you know what else those two years had in common? Margin debt was at an all time high...

      http://blogs.marketwatch.com/thetell/2013/1…

      Bubble? What bubble?

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        A. Nonie MeusHamilton Nolan
        10/11/13 4:21pm

        I wonder if a big part of this issue is that this industry is so dominated by the youths. There are a lot of silicon valley CEOs who were 16 when the last bubble burst, and they are certain that what they're doing is way more interesting and important than what was going on in the late 90s.

        The bankers and lawyers certainly should know better, but they get paid no matter what the fuck happens.

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          Madame-OvaryHamilton Nolan
          10/11/13 11:47am

          HamNo...you know what else those years had in common?

          http://blogs.marketwatch.com/thetell/2013/1…

          Margin was at an all time high before the bubble burst.

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            mattgaffneyHamilton Nolan
            10/11/13 12:40pm

            Hamno put your money where your mouth is.

            http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=REW+Bas…

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              nomanousHamilton Nolan
              10/11/13 12:34pm

              "my dog is a girl dog and has a pa'jynnah!" - J-lipz

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