Facebook Acquires Threadsy, Developer Of Social Influence Metric Swaylo
It seems like it's been a while since Facebook acquired a company (the long finalization process of Instagram notwithstanding). That changed Friday when the social network added Threadsy, the parent company of Swaylo, a social influence measuring stick similar to Klout or Kred. A Facebook spokesperson confirmed the deal to AllFacebook, but had no further comment.
It seems like it’s been a while since Facebook acquired a company (the long finalization process of Instagram notwithstanding). That changed Friday when the social network added Threadsy, the parent company of Swaylo, a social influence measuring stick similar to Klout or Kred. A Facebook spokesperson confirmed the deal to AllFacebook, but had no further comment.
While Facebook didn’t have anything to say about the acquisition, Swaylo wrote about it on the company’s blog:
This is incredibly exciting for us! We built Swaylo because we believe Facebook and other social media services are the digital representation of our lives.
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