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Twitter was dying since it began ... remember it's very difficult growth after inception ... and that it can't seem to make money no matter what it does? I bel

• mattbierner 8y ago
  Twitter is like 12 years old and has somewhere over 300 million users. It has been public for five years. Whatever it may be, it is not pets.com
  • User23 8y ago
    To be fair, selling food and toys to childless yuppies was at least a facially rational business model. I have to admit I'm impressed Twitter has managed to find greater fools to fund their shenanigans. I guess being the President of the United States's favorite social network is bankable.
  • lmm 8y ago
    > Twitter is like 12 years old and has somewhere over 300 million users. It has been public for five years. And has never shown a profit. > Whatever it may be, it is not pets.com What if the runways are just longer this time around?
    • spinchange 8y ago
      It's the go-to personal broadcast platform of the President of the United States of America.
    • HappySweeney 8y ago
      > And has never shown a profit. Twitter has had profitable quarters. https://www.recode.net/2018/2/8/16989834/twitter-q4-2018-earnings-revenue-jack-dorsey https://www.recode.net/2018/2/8/16989834/twitter-q4-2018-ear... https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/27/twitter-posts-record-100m-profit-but-loses-1m-users/ https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/27/twitter-posts-record-100m-...
• maxerickson 8y ago
  The classic "You can't make money with a social network." example?
• mannykannot 8y ago
  Like it or not, twitter's social consequences mean that it cannot be dismissed as just another pets.com.