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Twitter Answers Q&A Question With Fluther Buy

Question: What tiny startup did Twitter just acquire? Answer: question and answer site Fluther. Per the deal, Fluther.com will remain intact, while its four core developers -- and single designer -- will now focus their collective energy on Twitter. Why Fluther? "Twitter has often repeated that it is more than just a site for those who want to produce content, it is a destination for content consumption," notes ReadWriteWeb.

"This acquisition could do well to move Twitter further in this direction and help to rise appropriate content to the top of users' streams." Said Twitter: "When the Fluther team joins us they will focus on helping users discover the most relevant content on Twitter." The members of the Fluther team that will be moving over to Twitter are Ben Finkel, Andrew McClain, Tim Trueman, Richard Henry and Cameron Dutro. According to ReadWriteWeb, "Facebook's value has been in surfacing the best content from across the river of news from friends' content." As such, "Twitter would do well to enable users to more easily discover the best content from across its more open social graph and site."

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