Predicting the Shilling for shillings on Twitter

A while ago we opined that Twitter could make (a lot of) money by selling the slots where it recommends people to follow for Newbies when they sign up. We had observed that the Grauniad Tech had a spot and was growing like topsy, whereas the BBC did not, and wondered what drove the choice of one ove t'other.

Took those smart Americans a little while, but they've sussed it too now

Jason Calacanis wants to pay $250k for a 2 year deal, as Techcrunch notes:

Mahalo CEO Jason Calacanis, who is no Twitter slouch himself with 61,266 hard-earned followers, thinks that being one of the top 20 on the suggested list will be worth as much as a Superbowl ad within five years. He is offering Twitter $250,000 to lock in a spot on the suggested list for two years, or $120,000 for one year.

And in other news, Dave WIner opines that its Time to Break Out from Twitter, and we predicted that one too....

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