To be clear, we are going to work hard to improve our product, add new functionality, make acquisitions when it's in the best interest of users and the whole ecosystem at large. Each one of those things has the potential to upset a company or developer that may have been building in that space and they then have to look for new ways to create value for users.
The message isn't just "don't build apps with similar functionality to twitter.com". The message is "if you build apps that provide value to the ecosystem or the users, we might decide to buy you (at our price) or copy you (and hence crush you) and you'll have to find something else to do."
To be clear, we are going to work hard to improve our product, add new functionality, make acquisitions when it's in the best interest of users and the whole ecosystem at large. Each one of those things has the potential to upset a company or developer that may have been building in that space and they then have to look for new ways to create value for users.
The message isn't just "don't build apps with similar functionality to twitter.com". The message is "if you build apps that provide value to the ecosystem or the users, we might decide to buy you (at our price) or copy you (and hence crush you) and you'll have to find something else to do."