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Twitter Takes Spam-Crushing Bing 'Principal Scientist'
Twitter just poached Bing "Principal Scientist" Alek Kolcz, ReadWriteWeb is reporting. Still,
"Microsoft is a giant pile of people with impressive titles," so, as the tech blog admits, "There appears to be some question about just how unique Kolcz is as Principal Scientist at Bing."
That said, "He appears to have a special affinity for spam crushing, something Twitter must struggle with a whole lot," ReadWriteWeb notes. "As use of the service grows, so too will the importance of its search - especially given the very public nature of Twitter's data." Twitter now has a reported 362 employees on its payroll, while, according to LinkedIn, Kolcz will be the either former Microsoft employee to join the microblogging leader. Ironically, over a year ago, Bing announced that it would include Twitter updates in its search results, in what was seen by some as Twitter's first major money-making deal.
That said, "He appears to have a special affinity for spam crushing, something Twitter must struggle with a whole lot," ReadWriteWeb notes. "As use of the service grows, so too will the importance of its search - especially given the very public nature of Twitter's data." Twitter now has a reported 362 employees on its payroll, while, according to LinkedIn, Kolcz will be the either former Microsoft employee to join the microblogging leader. Ironically, over a year ago, Bing announced that it would include Twitter updates in its search results, in what was seen by some as Twitter's first major money-making deal.
