What was Fluther sold for to Twitter?

Afaik, Fluther was not sold to Twitter.

The founders were hired to work full time at Twitter but Fluther was not a part of it.

Until I hear further, Ben and Andrew created and still own Fluther. They are the decision makers. They don’t have the time to spend on further development like they used to but that’s the main change.

Why would anyone want to buy fluther? Where’s the profit?

@stanleybmanly All of the advertisements rake in money when lots of people view them. You can only see them it you are not a member.

Thanks. I had no idea. That’s an interesting revelation. We function as goldfish or maybe dolphins. We school together oblivious to the fact that we’re on exhibit and (more important) isolated from the receipts.

An apple and a trick in an alley.

Fluther was not sold to Twitter. Bendrew were offered positions at Twitter, which the accepted.

Also, where did you get the $600,000 initial investment figure?

@Dutchess_III From YouTube. The founders speak I don’t have a link you would have to ask Ben or Andrew. Their is a link somewhere on Fluther.

September 2009. Fluther has closed a $600k round of seed funding from some of Silicon Valley’s most notable investors. Included in the round were Ron Conway, Naval Ravikant, Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz, and Dave McClure, via FF Angel. Rounding out the roster are Twitter’s Biz Stone and Leonard Speiser (Bix, Twables founder), who are advisors.

http://techcrunch.com/2009/09/24/fluther-raises-600k-from-top-valley-investors-for-crowd-sourced-answers/

Fluther grew from this investment.

Ben and Andrew joined Twitter 3 years ago. At least a year or two after the $600k investment.

Excellent @jonsblond. And all that goes to support, like, 15 of us? It is now labor of love.