Twitter is an example of product design by technical limitations, not what people need. Nevertheless, they hit very well, b/c the two were somewhat closely ali

Twitter is an example of product design by technical limitations, not what people need. Nevertheless, they hit very well, b/c the two were somewhat closely aligned for a decade or so. Now that it's being strained, some of its limitations are showing... ...But no matter what, I do not predict its imminent demise... Especially since they are mainly a technical layer, there is still a world of protocols they can implement on top of it to make it more like e.g. IRC, or whatever other comm. network people desire. Then again CB radio rose and fell quite hard without ever completely going away.