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fredwilson — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:46:54 -0000

Do you know howard david? If not, you should meet him

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David Pakman — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:41:01 -0000

I love it, Fred. And I think there are several different vertical media companies that can be built atop Twitter. Some additional tools are needed to enable this, and it begs the question about a Yahoo 1.0-like directory of information sources to which I can subscribe ("follow").

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Wallen's — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 06:01:29 -0000

Seems a good idea for real time stock info outside of the small world of traders. I'm just wondering if there are implications on stock volatility or manipulation based on "rumours" spread via StockTwits?

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vishalsood — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:46:47 -0000

thanks ... I did not notice that earlier .. looks good :)

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fredwilson — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:43:26 -0000

That makes me day. Twitter has to make this easier and more obvious

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Soren Macbeth — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:12:28 -0000

Thanks for the love Fred :) Anyone that followed your $GOOG buy on StockTwits last week would be sitting on some extra green right now.

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Tom Hughes — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:36:03 -0000

It also helped me figure out "why twitter?" which I'd been struggling with (he sheepishly admits).

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howard lindzon — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:13:13 -0000

Nick - you totally get it. thanks

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Nick — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:32:20 -0000

Here's the link btw.

http://www.themoneyblogs.co...

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Nick — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:00:34 -0000

Great blog post, it's funny I just found out about this site myself. I've attached the link, hope it does well- it's an idea that's very much in touch with young traders, and simple enough that older ones shouldn't have much trouble catching on to it as well.

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fredwilson — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:41:21 -0000

I think more people are talking about stocks these days because stocks are interesting (and dangerous)

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jeremystein — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:38:00 -0000

ive always been curious what % of twitter is finance talk.

i like to think of twitter as a new kind of people powered radio. theres tons of different channels-- you just need to find the one you like listening to. am i only hearing more finance chatter because i subscribe to the "cnbc" channel, or is it playing a more important role with twitter?

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howard lindzon — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:10:43 -0000

we cretaed a list of recommended tweeters that make a habit of doing that. check them out on the site

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vishalsood — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:54:44 -0000

Yeap, thats how they would do it. I was hoping they actually do it?

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G Mark Borisov — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:42:38 -0000

Great idea! Love the real time nature of it and good, to the point comments. We do kind of similar thing for financial message boards - www.boardcentral.com - providing a vertical search engine and aggregating all the statistical information. Would love to partner with StockTwits!

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howardlindzon — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:12:51 -0000

you mean like CNBC and Wall Street Journal....please...

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howardlindzon — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:12:24 -0000

people just need to add links and use url shortneres. as with any service the early contributors and adopters will give give give and everyone will catch on

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vishalsood — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:43:04 -0000

I really liked stocktwits .. the earlier look-n-feel was not that great but the new site really rocks .. I think with time as more users join in this will be a great tool to get all relevant informatio. It would beat the forums concepts on most financial sites hands-down ... i really like the porfolio features and the way it filters down to just relvant stocks based on your portfolio .. thanks for sharing Fred and good work Howard / Soren

I would love to see some analysts / financial sites publishing reports etc on twitter and then they show up on stocktwits.

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Ilan — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:56:15 -0000

I LOVE this idea, but what about the legal implications in the long term of such a service? Insider dealings et al?

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marketfolly — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 09:43:24 -0000

yup agree. been using it since the beginning and can only see more and more people jumping in

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infoarbitrage — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 08:42:48 -0000

fred, clearly i agree. soren and howard have struck a chord with those who value real-time insight and commentary in a focused domain, specifically stocks. and the lightweight approach they've taken just highlights the power of delivering vertical value to a horizontal community, where both constituencies share a common passion: the desire to consume and share real-time information. thanks also for sharing your insights with the stocktwits team. as one of those involved with the project, i know the value you bring to soren and howard's thought process is invaluable.

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NinoT — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 08:18:31 -0000

Agreed. Is there anything like that out there? i could use something like that for my web site

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Gonzalo Arzuaga — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 08:10:43 -0000

StockTwits is a powerful idea. I think it clearly shows the need of a solution to "create your own microblogging community", something like what Ning is to social networking, but to microblogging.