ActivityPub, the secret weapon of the Fediverse

Re:ActivityPub, the secret weapon of the Fediverse by lowdose on Saturday February 15, 2020 @04:50AM (#22334302)

Exactly for their notorious reputation. A lot of developers are going to change their mind about Twitter. To survive Twitter needs to innovate and become more open.

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Re:ActivityPub, the secret weapon of the Fediverse by jsilence on Saturday February 15, 2020 @05:22AM (#22334408)

The fact that Twitter has never made any profit and lacks a viable business model and yet is backed by "rich dudes" makes me assume that it is this vitriol inducing hate speech factory on purpose. There is no sane discourse possible on this platform and that is for a reason and not by accident.

Thus I would rather see Twitter die or fade away than see it succeed.

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Re:ActivityPub, the secret weapon of the Fediverse by skinnymuch on Saturday February 15, 2020 @06:14PM (#22338707)

Twitter has made up all their losses from 2010-2017 in just 2018 and 2019. They’re on pace to possibly hit $2B in profit in 2021. They are a pretty healthy, profitable company right now. Their PE ratio isn’t high for a tech company.

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Re:ActivityPub, the secret weapon of the Fediverse by majewsky on Saturday February 15, 2020 @01:46PM (#22337055)

> Twitter has never made any profit

Twitter's operating income in 2019 was +453 million $, with net income at +1.47 billion $.

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Re:ActivityPub, the secret weapon of the Fediverse by jsilence on Sunday February 16, 2020 @07:14AM (#22341201)

I stand corrected.

What is the business model?

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Re:ActivityPub, the secret weapon of the Fediverse by majewsky on Monday February 17, 2020 @06:22AM (#22346902)

Same as everyone else. Targeted ads.

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