At that point Ev had received more offers to buy Twitter than he could count. Yahoo!, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, a former vice president, celebrities, and rappers had all made overtures toward Twitter, and each time Ev had said no.
But it wasn’t about the money for Ev, it was about protecting the sanctity of Twitter and giving a voice to the people who used it.
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