I thought that required asserts that could be stripped. Does Twitter have any assets in that category? Compute doesn't retain value, user retention is fickle, and there exists open source clones of the service.
The user base/social graph of Twitter is a thing of value, but given the changes over the past week, it's also in a tenuous position. How many newsmakers want to be in a place that gives any airtime to a community without standards?
