[meatysnapper]

What if Twitter was going to be packaged up for sale, or already was, and there was a buyer lined up for a sale within 3-6 months?

[cft]

That buyer would have to be insane. Other than a pivot (Periscope?), there is no 17bn dollar business there, only a circle jerk and bot traffic.

[mkorfmann]

So, it's like HN?.

On a more serious note:

Twitter has a large following of powerful/smart people who don't leave over night. Sure, over time these people could leave, but why would they? What would a twitter competitor offer that twitter can't offer?