Can Twitter Survive?

I don’t know about you but Twitter to me is a classic example of a company who should not have survived with its dismal business plan but for some reason it has due to its innovative ways and the support of its community. But how is Twitter going to survive without making real money. eCommerce Times is running a great story on how Twitter can actually make money. The truth is that Twitter can put limits on the number of twits you can do every day or create premium services that people would pay for. LinkedIn has done some neat things that should give Twitter a lot of ideas how to monetize. But in general, these companies have proved that VCs are ready to throw the classic approach of reviewing viable plans out of the window if the idea catches fire in the community (YouTube is still trying to break even which is crazy really!)