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		jQueryIsAwesome on March 12, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Posterous acquired by Twitter Yeah, just like Facebook; I don't know if you have heard of it.

harryh on March 12, 2012 [–]

It's not successful companies like Facebook that get acqui-hired. It's the unsuccessful ones (like Posterous).

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