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This is a major loss for Twitter. When I lived in NYC the majority of my Twitter usage was to check the MTA. I might browse around but otherwise this was the de
by danielfoster 3y ago
This is a major loss for Twitter. When I lived in NYC the majority of my Twitter usage was to check the MTA. I might browse around but otherwise this was the department store that brought me to the mall.
I wonder how many NYC residents—- especially Gen Z—- only use Twitter to check the MTA? How many new users will be lost? Given its notorious unreliability, it must account for a large share of page views.
Twitter should probably be paying the MTA to stay.
- _zzaw 3y agoMusk has done a lot of stupid things, but I think the absolute stupidest was regarding Twitter users as freeloaders to be milked, mocked, or both. I doubt anybody would argue against finding ways to make Twitter profitable, but Twitter is one of these companies where the users really defined the culture, service, stature, and even their most iconic features (@replies, hashtags). Musk's attitude towards them from the beginning has been one of hostility and resentment, so it's hardly surprising that the company is crumbling. There's certainly discussion to be had about his personality flaws, but from a basic business perspective, he didn't understand the first thing about the company he spent $44 billion on, went in there with no plan to speak of, and has been managing it ever since by trial and error, with a particular focus on the "error" part. Never mind the fact that he's an asshole; that's just bad, lazy business.
- danielfoster 3y agoI think so, too. I wonder how many other organizations will also soon stop using Twitter.
- mgiannopoulos 3y agoThe MTA now has free access again and has resumed posting https://twitter.com/MTA/status/1654213735567835138?s=20 https://twitter.com/MTA/status/1654213735567835138?s=20