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I propose we officially change "a billion dollars" to "one instagram". As in, "The U.S. National Debt is now 15,727 Instagrams." 4 minutes ago via TweetDeck
"HOW TO PARTY LIKE MILLIONAIRES FOR FREE: San Francisco Startup Hustlers (@tracksby) Show The Way" - read.bi/KQ9AhG #Dominate about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck
ebertchicago @benparr I want to shorten a link, tweet it, and see how many hits and retweets it got. That's it. Bit.ly now makes it an ordeal about 6 hours ago via web in reply to benparr Retweeted by benparr and 1 other
@ebertchicago Bit.ly forgot to take the needs of its core userbase first and design around that. It's the same mistake that took Digg down. about 6 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to ebertchicago
Guess the floor and ceiling of Facebook's stock price for the next 30 days. The people who guess the closest for each gets a present from me about 7 hours ago via TweetDeck
@laureni How low can it go? about 7 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to laureni
@semil Totally agreed. If anybody can figure it out, it's Zuck and Sheryl. If they can't, it's a bad sign for the whole industry. about 7 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to semil
@semil Facebook needs to prove it can do either an off-site advertising network or monetize Facebook Credits off-site. about 7 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to semil
@semil I'm not as confident as you are on that. Google had the revenue model figured out before it IPO'd. about 7 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to semil
semil Again, I'm long $FB & know we're not supposed to analyze markets in real-time, but I'm stunned FB dropped $40b+ in market cap in <14 days. about 7 hours ago via web Retweeted by benparr and 6 others
@semil It's nothing short of jaw dropping. It proves you have to have the revenues to justify the valuations. about 7 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to semil
@nelamee ! about 7 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to nelamee
@ebertchicago Not a fan, huh? about 7 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to ebertchicago
@emilychangtv Ouch. about 7 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to emilychangtv
@mattlanger @laureni That... is an interesting switcharoo. about 8 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to mattlanger
#CarpeDiem #Dominate #Startuping (at Nook) — path.com/p/3rwAZk about 8 hours ago via Path 2.0 from Nob Hill, San Francisco
That's one hell of a headline, Henry. RT @SAI: Why Do People Hate Jews? by @hblodget read.bi/KqiEue about 8 hours ago via TweetDeck
Bit.ly relaunches as a social bookmarking site. Interesting... but content curation is a crowded space: dthin.gs/JSo2lc about 8 hours ago via TweetDeck
With Krystyl at Sugar Café — path.com/p/WrYAa about 24 hours ago via Path 2.0 from Downtown, San Francisco
New trailer for Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. If the movie is half as good as the book, it's gonna be epic: youtu.be/MyGIlUnX5yI 2:53 PM May 28th via TweetDeck

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Name Ben Parr
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Bio Co-Founder of @ThePeepProject, Columnist at CNET. Advisor to startups, formerly @Mashable.