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Split of the moment thought : How long did it take Twitter to become profitable or even sustainable anyway ?
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Almost 12 years ! First profitable Q was Q4 of 2018. And here I was having the shadow-thought that everyone would lose their account if the thing goes under anyway.Wednesday, 02-Oct-19 22:54:31 UTC from web-
@drinkingpony Huh, I didn't realize it had ever turned a profit. Hell, I still can't understand why the world, or at least the English speaking part, decided to make it the official unofficial New Roman Forum.
Thursday, 03-Oct-19 00:51:37 UTC from web-
@scribus Isn't modern comminucation way too decentralized and chaotic to ever be considdered a Forum Romanum in any form ?
Reddit vs 4chan.
Twitter vs Gab.
YouTube vs kiwiute.
I could probably go on but I just think I realized something as I put those 6 names down. One side seems really authoritarian compared to the other which is more rebellious and screams 'free speech'. Hmm. If only there was a chapter about that in "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" series of books. Oh wait, there is.
History is scary.Thursday, 03-Oct-19 01:40:15 UTC from web-
@drinkingpony Oh wow I just realized there was a female dog hiding in the chute for bits.
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@drinkingpony That's actually kind of my point. For as many, and as diverse, options as there are, Twitter seems to have an outsized importance in the world's affairs.
Thursday, 03-Oct-19 02:49:54 UTC from web-
@scribus I have to imagine it’s because, unlike Reddit and 4chan and in some ways unlike tumblr and Facebook, Twitter is a single ecosystem. There are no groups, there’s no structural division, they don’t have a separate directory for anything... it’s like writing o a very, very, very big wall, and everyone else in the world is writing on the same wall.
Thursday, 03-Oct-19 03:43:28 UTC from web -
@scribus I think I kinda see what you mean, but in the same breath it was not Twitter that got scrutinized after a certain madman besmirched one of my favourite Initial D songs somewhere over in New Zealand. Those were 8Chan, Kiwifarms, Facebook, Discord and 9gag.
Actually Discord is having a really double reason there.
Not to mention that there are enough people around that hate the Twitter Verified Blue Checkmark ( http://rainbowdash.net/url/875246 ) seeing it as a "blue pill" or "Loony Lefty approved club"
It is actually that specific part where I think you are wrong when you say "Twitter is a single ecosystem. There are no groups," ( @mrmattimation @notice/5464941) . But you are right in that it's like a cocktail party with everyone, there is no structural division. Just a battle over who has the most trending hashtag. Unless if you want to count popularism and realize that if you are a nobody with the greatest thing to say, you will still be ignored.Thursday, 03-Oct-19 11:00:34 UTC from web
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