Yes, Twitter absolutely is and will continue to be (for the near future) a very important part of the online ecosystem. But. With every change to put more ads

Yes, Twitter absolutely is and will continue to be (for the near future) a very important part of the online ecosystem. But. With every change to put more ads in the faces of users, every change to control the feed and get rid of the real-time nature of it, Twitter is killing itself. Once Twitter moves to a fully-controlled feed model, Mr. Wilson will no longer see those tweets from LeBron and DeMar and Kristaps in real-time, because his feed will be showing him stuff from an hour ago that is "hot" or that is sponsored or otherwise generates money for Twitter. Something with autoplaying video from a "sponsored submitter". Something without clickable links so it won't take you out of the Twitter sandbox. There's a stench of death about Twitter. It's not dead, definitely not. But its owners are clearly intent on killing it. That aroma is real and it's only getting stronger.