Twitter is working on various ways to make money from its fast-growing microblogging service, but advertising is an option that is not currently being considered.
…But Stone dismissed the notion of selling advertisements on the popular
service at this time, even though ad revenue is the main way most Web
start-ups manage to stay in business while keeping their service free for
consumers.“There are a few reasons why we’re not pursuing advertising — one is it’s
just not quite as interesting to us,” Stone told the Reuters Global
Technology Summit in New York via videolink from San Francisco.Stone said serving up ads alongside Twitter messages could also annoy users.
And he said Twitter doesn’t have, and isn’t seeking to hire, the staff to
create an advertising-based business.“There are no people at Twitter who know anything about advertising or work in
advertising. So we don’t have anyone there to make or take those calls,”
said the executive, whose real name is Christopher Isaac Stone. He acquired
the Biz title based on a childhood mispronunciation of his name….
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Twitter sees tools, not ads, as revenue
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