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This should have been explored in its prime, not on its downfall.

by overcast 10y ago

DaiPlusPlus 10y ago
When was Twitter's "prime"? And how does it compare to today?
- bluthru 10y ago
  Personally before it enabled inline images which turned it into a firehose of reaction gifs.
  - HeavenBanned 10y ago
    I'm starting to fail to see the difference between 4chan and Twitter at this point. Twitter is just 4chan with avatars.
    - flurdy 10y ago
      Pretty sure POTUS is not on 4chan, but I could be wrong.
    - Angostura 10y ago
      Depends on how you use it. As far as I know, my local police service, train company etc aren't on 4chan
- JamesLeonis 10y ago
  If I were to peg a time, its when they had many 3rd party applications that hooked into your feed. They killed the integrations off in favor of their own app because Advertising.
Nition 10y ago
Yeah, or when they started.
ISL 10y ago
The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The second best time is now.
- overcast 10y ago
  Companies are not trees that grow themselves.
koolba 10y ago
If they tried to make money before the IPO it'd have only demonstrated how impossible it is for them to generate revenue. Them actively searching for monetization strategies now seems to indicate an understanding that the capital well is running dry.
- kogepathic 10y ago
  > Them actively searching for monetization strategies now seems to indicate an understanding that the capital well is running dry Before they IPO'd they still had user growth. So they could get money from VCs by selling the "in 6 months we will have X million more users" story. Now they're public, they don't have a growing user base, and the market expects them to stop losing money. They can't keep losing money forever as the VC option is gone now that they're public.
- nimchimpsky 10y ago
  > demonstrated how impossible it is for them to generate revenue. $2.5 billion in 2016
  - ljk 10y ago
    but they have been losing money? http://money.cnn.com/2016/03/21/technology/twitter-10th-anniversary/ http://money.cnn.com/2016/03/21/technology/twitter-10th-anni...
    - nimchimpsky 10y ago
      ability to get income/revenue should not be questioned though.
    - overcast 10y ago
      They have WAY too many employees. They need to cut half, and become profitable.

This should have been explored in its prime, not on its downfall.

DaiPlusPlus 10y ago

When was Twitter's "prime"? And how does it compare to today?

bluthru 10y ago
Personally before it enabled inline images which turned it into a firehose of reaction gifs.
- HeavenBanned 10y ago
  I'm starting to fail to see the difference between 4chan and Twitter at this point. Twitter is just 4chan with avatars.
  - flurdy 10y ago
    Pretty sure POTUS is not on 4chan, but I could be wrong.
  - Angostura 10y ago
    Depends on how you use it. As far as I know, my local police service, train company etc aren't on 4chan
JamesLeonis 10y ago
If I were to peg a time, its when they had many 3rd party applications that hooked into your feed. They killed the integrations off in favor of their own app because Advertising.

Nition 10y ago

Yeah, or when they started.

ISL 10y ago

The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The second best time is now.

overcast 10y ago
Companies are not trees that grow themselves.

koolba 10y ago

If they tried to make money before the IPO it'd have only demonstrated how impossible it is for them to generate revenue. Them actively searching for monetization strategies now seems to indicate an understanding that the capital well is running dry.

kogepathic 10y ago
> Them actively searching for monetization strategies now seems to indicate an understanding that the capital well is running dry Before they IPO'd they still had user growth. So they could get money from VCs by selling the "in 6 months we will have X million more users" story. Now they're public, they don't have a growing user base, and the market expects them to stop losing money. They can't keep losing money forever as the VC option is gone now that they're public.
nimchimpsky 10y ago
> demonstrated how impossible it is for them to generate revenue. $2.5 billion in 2016
- ljk 10y ago
  but they have been losing money? http://money.cnn.com/2016/03/21/technology/twitter-10th-anniversary/ http://money.cnn.com/2016/03/21/technology/twitter-10th-anni...
  - nimchimpsky 10y ago
    ability to get income/revenue should not be questioned though.
  - overcast 10y ago
    They have WAY too many employees. They need to cut half, and become profitable.