Social Media Minute: LinkedIn Opens To Developers, Twitter Gets a Revenue Model

Social Media Minute: LinkedIn Opens To Developers, Twitter Gets a Revenue Model

What we do not understand is why Twitter does not adopt an ad policy whereby each Twitter tweet has a content-based ad attached to it - or is this not possible with current technology?

We have the same problem with Wikipedia. You have to pay the bills. So, allow ads. Who cares.
Ads for products are a part of modern commerce. Modern life would be very different without advertising. How else would we find out what is going on in the world of goods and services, which we all enjoy?