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I continue to hope that Twitter, the One True Ring and Arbiter of All That Is Culturally Relevant, is metaphorically thrown into the lava. No one entity should

I continue to hope that Twitter, the One True Ring and Arbiter of All That Is Culturally Relevant, is metaphorically thrown into the lava. No one entity should have this level of power. Whatever takes its place will likely be a shadow of Twitter’s size, and risks being confined to smaller demographics. These are all features, not bugs. We will one day look back at this time and see how insane it is to take a website with a freeform, limited size text input field so seriously.

s5300 5y ago
> No one entity should have this level of power. Who’s agreeing that it has such power in the first place? > take a website with a freeform, limited size text input field so seriously. Who takes Twitter so seriously? Does it really need 4chan level of disclaimer saying “don’t take this so seriously” ?
- judge2020 5y ago
  > Who’s agreeing that it has such power in the first place? In support of this, Twitter has a metric "monetizable daily active users". So while, in the United States, they have 68 million monthly active users, the amount of mDAUs is 38 million. While 1/10th of the United States is certainly no small feat, Facebook is probably the real issue with >250 million monthly active users in the United States[1] (I couldn't find a similar daily metric). 0: https://www.statista.com/statistics/970911/monetizable-daily-active-twitter-users-in-the-united-states/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/970911/monetizable-daily... 1: https://www.statista.com/statistics/247614/number-of-monthly-active-facebook-users-worldwide/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/247614/number-of-monthly...
- ufmace 5y ago
  > Who’s agreeing that it has such power in the first place? > Who takes Twitter so seriously? All of the people flipping their lid about it being bought out. If it truly has no power, why would anybody care who owned it?
rchaud 5y ago
From an episode of Parks and Recreation about a city councilor election debate (2011): "And now, we have a question from Twitter, which is apparently something that happens now". They had no idea.

s5300 5y ago

> No one entity should have this level of power. Who’s agreeing that it has such power in the first place? > take a website with a freeform, limited size text input field so seriously. Who takes Twitter so seriously? Does it really need 4chan level of disclaimer saying “don’t take this so seriously” ?

judge2020 5y ago
> Who’s agreeing that it has such power in the first place? In support of this, Twitter has a metric "monetizable daily active users". So while, in the United States, they have 68 million monthly active users, the amount of mDAUs is 38 million. While 1/10th of the United States is certainly no small feat, Facebook is probably the real issue with >250 million monthly active users in the United States[1] (I couldn't find a similar daily metric). 0: https://www.statista.com/statistics/970911/monetizable-daily-active-twitter-users-in-the-united-states/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/970911/monetizable-daily... 1: https://www.statista.com/statistics/247614/number-of-monthly-active-facebook-users-worldwide/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/247614/number-of-monthly...
ufmace 5y ago
> Who’s agreeing that it has such power in the first place? > Who takes Twitter so seriously? All of the people flipping their lid about it being bought out. If it truly has no power, why would anybody care who owned it?

rchaud 5y ago

From an episode of Parks and Recreation about a city councilor election debate (2011): "And now, we have a question from Twitter, which is apparently something that happens now". They had no idea.