Twitter Backlash Continues
Silicon Alley Insider conference highlights ongoing skepticism
Fortune isn't the only one picking on Twitter. The magazine's recent unflattering take on Twitter's growing pains seems to have unleashed a wave of anti-Twitter venom in the tech world.
"Most companies don't get murdered; they commit suicide," said Esther Dyson of EDventure, during a panel discussion at Silicon Alley Insider's Startup 2011 conference. Gilt Groupe CEO Kevin Ryan chimed in, saying the company hasn't proven it can execute.
Even Fred Wilson, whose firm, Union Square Ventures, is an early investor in Twitter, isn't exactly cheerleading.
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