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> Twitter is a private company that wants to sell advertisements by enabling people to have happy conversations. No, Twitter's mission statement is "to give ev
by oska 4y ago
> Twitter is a private company that wants to sell advertisements by enabling people to have happy conversations.
No, Twitter's mission statement is "to give everyone the power to create and share ideas and information instantly without barriers" [1]
Nothing in there about 'happy conversations' and, while selling advertising has been and may continue to be a means to fund this mission, it is not part of their mission. Means are not ends. Companies must run at a profit to survive but they must also work towards and for the mission they serve and the reason they were formed. The Twitter Files have shown that they were failing at this mission (especially the 'without barriers' part), either because they lost focus or were corrupted, or both.
[1] https://mission-statement.com/twitter/ https://mission-statement.com/twitter/
- quadrifoliate 4y agoEnron's company values were "Respect, Integrity, Communication and Excellence". https://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/19/opinion/enron-s-vision-and-values-thing.html https://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/19/opinion/enron-s-vision-an...
- oska 4y agoSo what's your point? That Twitter's mission statement has always been purely empty PR?
- rvz 4y agoYour previous comments are also correct. This has been the case with YouTube's empty 'mission statement': > Our mission is to give everyone a voice and show them the world. > We believe that everyone deserves to have a voice, and that the world is a better place when we listen, share and build community through our stories. Despite their ridiculous bans to those that never broke their ToS and YouTube never explaining what ToS did they break. [0] https://about.youtube https://about.youtube