Twitter bought Posterous which is a direct competitor to tumblr, so this does no... | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

		sambabu9 on Aug 23, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Twitter cuts off “find friends” access to Tumblr Twitter bought Posterous which is a direct competitor to tumblr, so this does not surprise me.

loceng on Aug 23, 2012 [–]

They want to short-form into long-form. They're going for increasing their piece of pie size. It makes sense, though I wonder if it'll hurt them in the future.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact