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Twitter's product is broken in more ways than I care to recount. End users and developers are constantly complaining about it - and they're the power users who

Twitter's product is broken in more ways than I care to recount. End users and developers are constantly complaining about it - and they're the power users who see the value in it! Everybody else is "meh" about Twitter despite the potential. Add Jack in to that mix, a guy who who has a lot of passion and intelligence but is split across Square and Walt Disney and I have to say the answer is 'no', betting on him to single handedly save Twitter is a bad bet. Twitter is doomed. I get that shareholders want to see the value they were promised but short of a miracle I don't see a resurgence. All the trendy people have already moved off of Twitter to FB, Insta or SnapChat (and I'm sure there are others I'm not cool enough to use). This Google Trend graph tells the story in pictures: https://www.google.co.uk/trends/explore#q=%2Fm%2F0b2334%2C%20%2Fm%2F0289n8t%2C%20%2Fm%2F0glpjll%2C%20%2Fm%2F0nbtf_n&cmpt=q&tz=Etc%2FGMT-1 https://www.google.co.uk/trends/explore#q=%2Fm%2F0b2334%2C%2... Note that I had to leave FB out because it has ridiculous numbers that make the other values in the chart almost meaningless. Edit: Square not Stripe

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imron 10y ago
Interestingly, when you do put Facebook in as a term, it also starts to trend downwards at about the same time Twitter does.
wslh 10y ago
In my microcosmos I am also being followed by a lot of bots and cyborgs (those ones who have ten of thousands of followers and are following other ten of thousands). This makes me think this ecosystem is not working properly, more, because I post original content. On the other hand, I am followed by a top VC who only follows a few people but is followed by 1/2 million and this "karma" doesn't make any noticeable effect on my twitter account.
- simonswords82 10y ago
  Totally agree, the weightings on follower/following ratios are non-existent. Would be nice if quality of following/followers could be valued over quantity. There's also far too many bots on Twitter now. Feels like Twitter is going to be a shit load of bots talking to one another when all the real humans leave.
bennettfeely 10y ago
To further your argument I would imagine the search volumes of Instagram (and in particular Snapchat) are lower than the actual popularity of their apps because those services aren't as "Google searchable" as actual websites Twitter, Reddit, and Facebook.
wyclif 10y ago
All the trendy people have already moved off of Twitter to FB Wait, the trendy people moved to Facebook??? Facebook is the most uncool social media destination I can think of. Are we talking about the same group of people here? It sounds like you have a very unique, shall we say, definition of 'trendy.' When I think trendy, I see people with lumberjack beards, nerd glasses, quiff hairstyles, sleeve tattoos, and fixies. (Though I'd concede that you could be right about migration to SnapChat).

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imron 10y ago

Interestingly, when you do put Facebook in as a term, it also starts to trend downwards at about the same time Twitter does.

wslh 10y ago

In my microcosmos I am also being followed by a lot of bots and cyborgs (those ones who have ten of thousands of followers and are following other ten of thousands). This makes me think this ecosystem is not working properly, more, because I post original content. On the other hand, I am followed by a top VC who only follows a few people but is followed by 1/2 million and this "karma" doesn't make any noticeable effect on my twitter account.

simonswords82 10y ago
Totally agree, the weightings on follower/following ratios are non-existent. Would be nice if quality of following/followers could be valued over quantity. There's also far too many bots on Twitter now. Feels like Twitter is going to be a shit load of bots talking to one another when all the real humans leave.

bennettfeely 10y ago

To further your argument I would imagine the search volumes of Instagram (and in particular Snapchat) are lower than the actual popularity of their apps because those services aren't as "Google searchable" as actual websites Twitter, Reddit, and Facebook.

wyclif 10y ago

All the trendy people have already moved off of Twitter to FB Wait, the trendy people moved to Facebook??? Facebook is the most uncool social media destination I can think of. Are we talking about the same group of people here? It sounds like you have a very unique, shall we say, definition of 'trendy.' When I think trendy, I see people with lumberjack beards, nerd glasses, quiff hairstyles, sleeve tattoos, and fixies. (Though I'd concede that you could be right about migration to SnapChat).