You're seeing this from the wrong angle. Twitter's problem is NOT the lack of "real revenue" or "real profit." This is the sort of thinking that stagnates the

You're seeing this from the wrong angle. Twitter's problem is NOT the lack of "real revenue" or "real profit." This is the sort of thinking that stagnates the platform. Google's original investors were FUMING that the company didn't pursue ads earlier, following with what Yahoo did. In retrospect we now see the insight of that approach. Twitter's problem is one of product. It's not innovating, it hasn't changed it's core formula in many years. Compare that to Google and Facebook which both made many bold improvements to their platforms after booming into success. (Though facebook one could argue has slowed down in its innovation.)