I&#x27;m just asking what one of these companies would get out of buying Twitter?<p>The problem is, think about how badly the userbase is reacting to this essentially-minor change.  If they wake up one morning and Twitter says &quot;redirecting you to Facebook!&quot; they&#x27;re going to be outraged.  So you wouldn&#x27;t be buying the users, you&#x27;d be buying a shitstorm.