3 ms·
> 1. Twitter is the greatest social platform ever built. Period. This is like saying "Imma let you finish, but Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time.
by volaski 11y ago
> 1. Twitter is the greatest social platform ever built. Period.
This is like saying "Imma let you finish, but Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time. because she had one of the best videos of all time. Period."
> 2. No other platform gives me a chance to talk to people like Marc Andreessen, Chris Sacca, Tim O'Reilly etc. Twitter empowers us all. Think about how much 1:1 time you can get with influencers on platforms like Facebook or Snapchat. These people won’t take the time out to send you a snap.
Welcome to 2016. This guy apparently hasn't used Snapchat before. I can already see a lot of celebrities using Snapchat Stories to interact with their fans in much more intimate ways than Twitter can ever facilitate.
3. Facebook is not a fair comparison. But I quit Facebook because it made me unhappy and dissatisfied. Twitter makes me smart.
The reason Twitter is having hard time is because of all the competing products that have surpassed it, not just Facebook. There are hard numbers that tell us Twitter is losing people's attention. One person's denial won't change that.
- notahacker 11y ago"Celebrities use it" was the reason MySpace was here to stay too. If that's the reason why it's not going to fail, period, you might as well short their stock. I assume this mini-rant only made it to the front page for comedy value.
- volaski 11y agoI agree. Celebrities only look at these networks as nothing more than distribution channels, and they're the worst people to target when you're building a social app even though in the short term it may look as though you're succeeding
- karangoeluw 11y ago> This guy apparently hasn't used Snapchat before I have, and I quit. For the same reason that I quit FB for. It wasn't adding anything meaningful to my life. > There are hard numbers that tell us Twitter is losing people's attention Can you point me to some, please?
- volaski 11y ago> I have, and I quit. For the same reason that I quit FB for. It wasn't adding anything meaningful to my life. What is the point of this comment? It doesn't add value to the thread. My point was that it's not just Twitter that lets celebrities interact with their fans anymore. Your opinion is really irrelevant here. > Can you point me to some, please? If you've been living under the rocks, there are now messaging apps with more active users than twitter, and some almost catching up. If you're curious just do some google search. 5 years ago "social" basically meant Twitter or Facebook. It is not true anymore.