At some point in my social circle, Twitter transitioned from "a live feed of what your friends are doing", to a tool people used to read the news and keep tabs

At some point in my social circle, Twitter transitioned from "a live feed of what your friends are doing", to a tool people used to read the news and keep tabs on celebrities. In my experience, SnapChat's My Story feature has completley supplanted the "live social feed of your friends" aspect. IMO, SnapChat's effect on Twitter's is comparable to EverQuest's effect on text-based MMO's. One platform mercilessly dominated the other because of visual stimulation, and all the fun micro-features that go with that.