[debacle]

Why do you say that? It is likely their only out at this point.

Sell the network effect, let someone else try and monetize it.

[jonknee]

Probably because they are too big to be bought by anyone but Google and Google has already moved on.

[ceejayoz]

Facebook already has a social network. Google already has a social network. Apple's probably not interested in running one post-Ping. Who else is going to purchase them at a price their investors - who've sunk over a billion in VC $ - wouldn't balk at?

[ImprovedSilence]

Have they really had over a billion in investment capital? I realize they may have had investment rounds valuing the company at 1bil+, that doesn't mean they were given a billion dollars.

[eschutte2]

Crunchbase says 1.16B invested: http://www.crunchbase.com/company/twitter