[hockley]

If they went back to their roots as a messaging API for other apps, they would not have to build new apps. Become the messaging backbone for the Internet. That's plenty of scale to go after.

[untog]

> Become the messaging backbone for the Internet. That's plenty of scale to go after.

Where's the money in that, though?

[sjg007]

In the data. Advertising, etc..

[scrollaway]

I hope they don't. The last thing we need is a proprietary solution for "the messaging backbone for the internet". =/

[nailer]

Pretty sure that's the basis of removing the 140 char limit for DMs. Some people are way more likely to use Twitter than an 'SMS' type messenger that wants phone numbers that they don't know.

[hkmurakami]

Precisely the reason why LINE is so popular in Asia particularly between people who just met.