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None. The power of Twitter is the people there. The huge network effects. If people leave Twitter, they’re not all going to go to the same place. They’ll go to

by MBCook 4y ago

None. The power of Twitter is the people there. The huge network effects. If people leave Twitter, they’re not all going to go to the same place. They’ll go to different places or give up on the concept all together. It’s irreplaceable. It’s an artifact of a very different time. I don’t think it can ever be recreated.

x86hacker1010 4y ago
Let’s revisit this comment in 5 years.
- IG_Semmelweiss 4y ago
  I think OP and you can both be right. Twitter may shrink and even disappear in 5 years. But that doesn't mean it will be ever be replaced by any 1 thing.
- mayankkaizen 4y ago
  Twitter might be dead in few years. But it doesn't mean some other Twitter clone would have replaced Twitter. People like novelty. People would migrate to other venues which will be novel rather than to Twitter clones. In current scenario, nothing is going to 'replace' Twitter. Think about TikTok. It is sort of killing FB. But is it FB replacement? No.
  - capeterson 4y ago
    Conversely, maybe some Twitter clone does replace Twitter! Using TikTok as your example, it killed Triller which was (and still is) moderately popular. Even further, Triller was mostly just an iteration of Vine. Vine was definitely the first of line though, I can't think of any earlier mobile-first video sharing social media platforms.
- MBCook 4y ago
  I wanted to add a note since I see my comment didn’t mention something. I think Twitter is a dead man walking. Maybe 6 months. Maybe 3 years. I don’t think it will survive. Wanted to add that clarification.
AnimalMuppet 4y ago
Maybe it could be - by something else that already has a large network. Facebook, say, could add a "tweet-like" feature.
- lupire 4y ago
  FB already has tweets: posts, reshares, likes, and embedded images.
- MBCook 4y ago
  But that’s feature. The problem is it’s Facebook. It’s not built/centered around the feature as the core of the platform the way Twitter is. Something like Mastodon is closer, but I don’t think it will replace twitter for a number of reasons (including the scattering of the Twitter diaspora to the winds as it dies).
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by MBCook 4y ago

x86hacker1010 4y ago

Let’s revisit this comment in 5 years.

IG_Semmelweiss 4y ago
I think OP and you can both be right. Twitter may shrink and even disappear in 5 years. But that doesn't mean it will be ever be replaced by any 1 thing.
mayankkaizen 4y ago
Twitter might be dead in few years. But it doesn't mean some other Twitter clone would have replaced Twitter. People like novelty. People would migrate to other venues which will be novel rather than to Twitter clones. In current scenario, nothing is going to 'replace' Twitter. Think about TikTok. It is sort of killing FB. But is it FB replacement? No.
- capeterson 4y ago
  Conversely, maybe some Twitter clone does replace Twitter! Using TikTok as your example, it killed Triller which was (and still is) moderately popular. Even further, Triller was mostly just an iteration of Vine. Vine was definitely the first of line though, I can't think of any earlier mobile-first video sharing social media platforms.
MBCook 4y ago
I wanted to add a note since I see my comment didn’t mention something. I think Twitter is a dead man walking. Maybe 6 months. Maybe 3 years. I don’t think it will survive. Wanted to add that clarification.

AnimalMuppet 4y ago

Maybe it could be - by something else that already has a large network. Facebook, say, could add a "tweet-like" feature.

lupire 4y ago
FB already has tweets: posts, reshares, likes, and embedded images.
MBCook 4y ago
But that’s feature. The problem is it’s Facebook. It’s not built/centered around the feature as the core of the platform the way Twitter is. Something like Mastodon is closer, but I don’t think it will replace twitter for a number of reasons (including the scattering of the Twitter diaspora to the winds as it dies).

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