Twitter officially became a publicly traded company as it opened Thursday at $45.10 per share. As the social network's IPO is analyzed, compared and contrasted to other major IPOs, including Facebook's, we asked for your thoughts, hopes and expectations for the future of Twitter as a public company.
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Below are some of the responses we've collected. If you'd like to contribute your thoughts, tweet them using the hashtag #twitterfuture.
 
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