Evan Williams on Facebook's Attempt to Buy Twitter

Two weeks ago, details emerged about Facebook’s failed attempts over recent weeks to acquire communication service Twitter. As we wrote at the time, Facebook thinks very highly of Twitter and its potential to play a big role as a communication platform in the future.

Today, Twitter’s CEO Evan Williams offered some of the first public comments on Facebook’s acquisition attempt. Williams told Claire Cain Miller of the NY Times,

“We explored it, as we should. We took it seriously,” Mr.

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