Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and Al Gore Tried to Buy Twitter

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CNN - Former Vice President of the USA has admitted to Bloomberg Television on Thursday that he and Joel Hyatt (former Current TV co-founder) once tried to buy Twitter.

Al Gore’s interest in owning Twitter was first reported by Nick Bilton in his newly released book “Hatching Twitter”, where he recounts a drunken scene at the St. Regis hotel, San Francisco (2009). He writes that Al Gore met with Twitter co-founders Evan Williams and Biz Stone, where he pumped them with as much wine and tequila as he could.

Alas, Twitter remained in the hands of its original owners.

Bilton also reports that Facebook has also made moves on Twitter, and reports an instant when Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg personally met with the Twitter excos.

Still, Twitter remains independent.

Twitter has however recently filed for an IPO of its stocks, and it is reported that although Twitter’s user base and ad sales continue to grow, it is not yet profitable.