Since Twitter fired so much developers, started to price its APIs and monetize its blue marks there are two different reactions: - The Venture Capitalists see

Since Twitter fired so much developers, started to price its APIs and monetize its blue marks there are two different reactions: - The Venture Capitalists see these moves as the best thing that ever happened. A way top put employees (mostly the software developers) and users (that get things for free) in their place. - The consumers and employees see that the value that Twitter provided is disappearing fast as much as employer as a platform. Many VC backed companies, and other that do not, seem to be following Twitter trends. Let's see if they are right and they can lower salaries to employees and increase prices for consumers, or if they overestimated their capability to do so. Reddit is just another example of this trend.