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majewsky on Oct 25, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Twitter Plans Hundreds More Job Cuts as Soon as Th...

And isn't Twitter a simple, single-purpose app, too? (At least before they purchased Vine and Periscope.)

user5994461 on Oct 25, 2016 [–]

Twitter and Wikipedia were created more than 10 years ago. It was way more challenging at the time.

Just think about the infrastructure for example. There was no SoftLayer/AWS to save your ass. You had to handle servers/hardware on your own. That alone could use a (small) company.

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