A Eulogy for Twitter
August 29, 2014 2:26 PM Subscribe
"We've been trying to figure out the moment Twitter turned, retracing tweets to see whether there was something specific that soured the platform. [...] Twitter is entering its twilight." A reaction piece: Ten thoughts about why twitter is on the decline.
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I read the articles. I disagree with them. Maybe it's a Canadian thing, but in my community, Twitter is the number-one way people share information in real time. If I want to learn about traffic, I check out the hashtag for my city. Or figure out where there are sirens in my neighbourhood. Or what that weird sound is. It's all on Twitter.
There's a teachers strike right now, and school is supposed to start next week. I check out the hashtag for politics to see what's going on with negotiations. There was a massive mine tailings spill a couple of weeks ago. Twitter was the best way to keep up-to-date on what's happening.
I basically use Twitter as a real-time news feed, especially about NE Asia, in which I have an interest, but all of the Middle East correspondents are on it. Or that volcano that erupted this morning on New Britain in PNG. Real-time photos!
Twitter is pretty amazing, really. It's far from dead.
posted by Nevin at 2:32 PM on August 29, 2014 [2 favorites]
There's a teachers strike right now, and school is supposed to start next week. I check out the hashtag for politics to see what's going on with negotiations. There was a massive mine tailings spill a couple of weeks ago. Twitter was the best way to keep up-to-date on what's happening.
I basically use Twitter as a real-time news feed, especially about NE Asia, in which I have an interest, but all of the Middle East correspondents are on it. Or that volcano that erupted this morning on New Britain in PNG. Real-time photos!
Twitter is pretty amazing, really. It's far from dead.
posted by Nevin at 2:32 PM on August 29, 2014 [2 favorites]
Double (I got about halfway into that excruciating bit about how 2012 Twitter compared to 2013 Twitter and knew it seemed familiar)
posted by Copronymus at 2:33 PM on August 29, 2014
posted by Copronymus at 2:33 PM on August 29, 2014
TwitterDeathWatch on Tumblr (
Funny to consider that Twitter and Tumblr were both launched at the same time, yet one of them still feels like an undiscovered startup...
posted by Nevin at 2:33 PM on August 29, 2014
Funny to consider that Twitter and Tumblr were both launched at the same time, yet one of them still feels like an undiscovered startup...
posted by Nevin at 2:33 PM on August 29, 2014
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