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"The whole world is watching Twitter. While we may not be currently meeting everyone’s growth expectations, there is one thing that continues to grow and outpac
by taytus 10y ago
"The whole world is watching Twitter. While we may not be currently meeting everyone’s growth expectations, there is one thing that continues to grow and outpace our peers: Twitter’s influence and impact."
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I honestly don't see how they are growing in influence and impact. I'd say that if it weren't for POTUS tweets, most people wouldn't even notice any change on Twitter's impact.
- rtpg 10y agoBeyond POTUS, I've noticed a definite uptick in usage almost solely from politics. Lots more politicians engaging in this, and people realising they can talk politics through this medium. I don't know how you take advantage of that to pay your bazillion engineers though
- minimaxir 10y agoOn the flip slide, politicians have been using Facebook increasingly (especially Facebook Live) for the same reasons, which isn't good for Twitter.
- denzil_correa 10y agoFacebook Live is not good for Twitter in terms of Periscope - Twitter's acquisition in 2015. Otherwise, Facebook still rules the roost for short real-time fast status updates.
- rtpg 10y agoHey, it's not a zero sum game, right? More social media usage across the board, even if some goes to a competitor (and even then, I subscribe to Twitter != FB so I don't think it's an issue)
- paulpauper 10y agospeaks volumes about their hubris
- EdiX 10y agoUses medium.com instead of a tweet storm...
- brianbreslin 10y agomedium is a better tool for this type of communication. it was also founded by twitter cofounder ev williams.
- argonaut 10y agoI mean, that's exactly what they're talking about. You can't just exclude one of the most impactful topics of global discussion (US politics). The fact of the matter is Twitter has a tremendously disproportionate impact on US politics and US journalism, and by extension world affairs.
- taytus 10y agoLet's say that for some reason POTUS decides to start using facebook instead. Then what? Yes, I'm not denying the impact of those tweets, all I'm saying is that is just only ONE user driving the impact.
- argonaut 10y agoNot just POTUS. You'd also need Congressmen/women, non-profits, journalists, etc.