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> Twitter I find it really funny when Twitter is lumped in with the rest of these countries. It is almost like an order or magnitude smaller than all the other
by madeofpalk 6y ago
> Twitter
I find it really funny when Twitter is lumped in with the rest of these countries. It is almost like an order or magnitude smaller than all the others, and makes considerably less money.
Twitter is a small niche social network with people who control the news, which vastly overstates it's size.
- DavidSJ 6y agoI thought about that point when constructing that list, but despite Twitter's small size as a business, it has outsized power in the media environment. For complementary reasons, I excluded Microsoft, despite its large size. I'm sure one could debate the exact composition of that list, but it's not too important to the larger point.
- DrAwdeOccarim 6y agoInteresting take, but Twitter is where all biotech news breaks and discussions with KOLs occur.
- dharma1 6y agoWhich biotech Twitter accounts are worth following?
- cobbzilla 6y agoPerhaps it's more about power and influence than money. Twitter has political power, therefore it gets included. How big is the newspaper industry relative to its influence?
- polytely 6y agoTwitter has a lot of journalists on it which in turn influences the news. Twitter can be used to influence how the people that make the news view reality