[shazow]

I completely agree with everything you've written except your "but here's the thing" should have been an "and here's the thing". We're all on the same page here.

Yes, that's reality. Yes, it's unfortunate and we wish it wasn't so.

I love Twitter the medium. I wish Twitter the company would find a way to monetize without taking this route. I like to think that I would have done something different in their position, but who knows.