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A comment on Twitter: It is too late for it to become the giant people expected. Parent comment

Re:Twitter: It is too late for it to become the giant people... by gdulli on Friday September 16, 2016 @03:42PM (#12516712)
> Twitter is forever judged by Facebook's bar, using Facebook's KPIs

> Twitter isn't allowed to be considered a success as a medium-sized company that punches way above its weight among influencers

I feel like it was Twitter, not the press, that decided to get rid of the things that made it unique and decided to be a forever 2nd-place Facebook clone. Twitter lost me when it got rid of the chronological feed and decided it was better than I am at deciding what I want to see and whether others should see what I post.

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Re:Twitter: It is too late for it to become the giant people... by arkadiyt on Saturday September 17, 2016 @04:25AM (#12519668)
FWIW the timeline is only ranked when you were away for an extended period of time - when you haven't been away you get regular, chronological tweets. You can also opt out of the ranking and be fully chronological.
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Re:Twitter: It is too late for it to become the giant people... by curried_haskell on Monday September 19, 2016 @09:18AM (#12531175)
With 3,800 employees Twitter is a medium-sized company?
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