Recently tweeted by The Next Web and other news services, the popular social micro-blogging site Twitter has acquired Fluther, a question and answer service which links those who want to know with those that do know.<br /> Based upon the wording of the announcement, the acquisition is a more of a talent grab than anything else and does not include changes to Fluther.com.<br /> In Twitter?s own words,<br /> ?During our conversations with Fluther?s team, we were continually impressed by their technical talent, entrepreneurial spirit, and much of the thinking behind the question-and-answer product they?ve spent the last couple of years building.?<br /> The acquisition of new talent grows Twitter to three times the size it was last year, with the addition of four engineers and a designer. The new employees will be focussing on assisting Twitter users to discover content that is most relevant to them.<br /> For those who are fans of Fluther.com, the good news is that the site will continue as is; working as a separate project from Twitter.<br /> Fluther.com consists of two main sections, General and Social, which operate under different guidelines. In General, questions are addressed in a way that ensures the asker gets the answer he/she is looking for; in the Social part of the site, along with information, answerers can also provide opinion or add a bit of humour to their responses. There is also a Meta section where first-time users can ask questions about Fluther itself.<br /> As for the site?s name, the word Fluther is the aquatic term for a group of jellyfish (like gaggle, herd, or run).