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What’s best about rumors? Anyone can create and have people wandering/asking what if this happens? Analysts (self proclaimed specially) begin writing numbers on the consequences if a rumor turns to be real, which usually never happens. But if it does, you have got a winner, both the person who broke the news out and the one who came out with closest numbers, analysis on it. Twitter is one such place, where a rumor can get quite an air due to the massive number of people using the service. lately there have been rumors about Google in a mood to acquire Twitter and just when they were proven wrong, there is another one, this time Apple showing interest to buy the service.

Let’s just assume for a second if it has the least bit of truth in it, I just find the idea totally absurd. Why? Apple, Twitter…. just doesn’t make sense to me at all and it would be so much against Apple’s own reputation of being picky about everything. While if Twitter shows any interest in being acquired by any one of these giants (including Microsoft), one thing is for sure, it will have a pay plan sooner than anyone would anticipate. Am I being pessimistic? No, it’s a plain fact, the idea to run such a service without charging would be way to generous on the part of giants like Microsoft, Apple, etc and if Twitter were to have a payment model, I can bet there will be a far lesser number of people using the service. I believe firmly that one of the major reasons why Twitter has seen a population explosion is because it provides instant connectivity, a free marketing tool, a platform for citizen journalism and God knows what else without charging a penny. Put a price to the same service and I am sure the feedback Twitter will get won’t be very encouraging. The best Twitter can do is to continue building up all by itself and when that becomes just impossible to do any more, it should go for some sort of deal.