Twitter: It is too late for it to become the giant people expected

Re:Twitter: It is too late for it to become the giant people... by rezashirazian on Friday September 16, 2016 @04:19PM (#12517041)

You're making some broad generalization that are not necessary true.

"Shrinking product" - This is not true. It's important to note that Twitter is not shrinking. It's simply not growing as fast as it used to. Generally this is not too bad for a company this size, considering the massive userbase it already has. Twitter only pales in comparison to Facebook.

"Unhappy users" - People spending less time on Twitter does not mean they are unhappy with the product. Twitter does not lend itself to long and continuous browsing sessions like Facebook. It's just the nature of the product. People open it up, read a few tweets and then close it.

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Re:Twitter: It is too late for it to become the giant people... by VanillaCafe on Saturday September 17, 2016 @12:07AM (#12519067)

Re: Shrinking product, the article says, "Americans who use the service via their smartphones spend around 2.8 minutes on it each day, which is around a third less than they did two years ago ...".

I think that qualifies as a shrinking product: slight increase in the number of users combined with a massive decrease in the time of use per day.

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Re:Twitter: It is too late for it to become the giant people... by fleitz on Friday September 16, 2016 @07:29PM (#12518138)

Twitter is a boat taking on water in a rising tide. Yes, the boat may be rising, but the boat is also taking on enough water that soon it will sink entirely to the bottom.

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Re:Twitter: It is too late for it to become the giant people... by debaserab2 on Friday September 16, 2016 @08:31PM (#12518428)

What does that even mean?

Every journalist worth their salt uses it, and it's essentially the public front for any media facing company. Sure, every day users may be contributing less, but it still seems to be a pretty meaningful megaphone for brands. I don't exactly see that changing: I don't contribute to Twitter, but I do consume the tweets of brands / companies / significant people that publish them.

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Re:Twitter: It is too late for it to become the giant people... by collyw on Saturday September 17, 2016 @04:37AM (#12519699)

To me thats the problem. Its a tool for lazy journalists. The majority of us don't give a shit about twitter storms or whatever else is trending.

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Re:Twitter: It is too late for it to become the giant people... by fleitz on Sunday September 18, 2016 @02:58AM (#12524260)

What good is a megaphone if there's no one listening?

Twitter is dying despite every MSM site being like 'Look we're on twitter' start giving a shit about it even though no one even watches TV anymore.

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