Twitter Friday: I can’t be stopped, I can only be contained

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I promised to jump off the Social Media/Twitter bandwagon but can’t. Since I have been writing about these topics, there have been some interesting links sent in:

1. One way for Twitter to get money: Venture Capitalists. Looks like Twitter raised $35 mill from Peter Fenton from Benchmark and Todd Chaffee from Institutional Venture Partners.

2. The Age Breakdown of Social Media: Thanks to @ahawthorne, got this article from minaonline on social media/micro-blogging stats. Some interesting stats:

Median ages on social network sites:

LinkedIn (40)
Twitter (31)
Myspace (27)
Facebook (26)

3. Twitter Revenue Models: After I wrote my latest post with tidbits on how Twitter has no revenue model, someone sent me the Silicon Alley revenue model for Twitter. The winner was an ad agency. Look, even if it doesn’t work, it’s fun…more opinion on it later.

4. Twitter is worth $200-$250 million(allegedly) — Sent by @psogle. Here is the article….

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