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Aaron O'Leary

Do you think Twitter will survive?

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If you didn't see, last night, a lot of Twitter employees chose resignation over committing to Twitter 2.0, Musk's grand vision for a brand new Twitter. Some have started saying Twitter will last maybe a week and there are reports that the offices have been abruptly closed. Do you think Twitter can survive? Personally, I think it will, it will be buggy for a while and the World Cup is going to be wild on it, but ultimately I see it lasting.
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Ryan Hoover
Such drama! Twitter's not going anywhere.
Aaron O'Leary
@rrhoover Exactly what I think, although I'd be lying if I said I don't love the chaos on my TL and I might spur it on for the fun
Michael Silber
@rrhoover It’s telling that the only good place to talk about Twitter is Twitter. They’ll be hurting for a while, but it’ll be fine long term
Alex@epsifund
@rrhoover don’t we love a good drama 😂
Tariq Waseem
Elon Musk is a big drama, a greedy person. He is doing all this to maximize his return on investment. Now Twitter stock price will decline and he will buy a lot, then will increase stock price and will earn huge amount.
Badal Surana
@tariq_waseem1 It's a private company now. There is no stock.
Usama Ejaz
Twitter will definitely survive. It might be a little rocky for a while, but it will eventually stabilize. It's not going anywhere at all.
Aaron O'Leary
@usamaejaz Agree entirely! I could see maybe some data leaks and thus some fines in the worst case as some services start crashing but it will survive and get through a very weird period
Giovanni Ghigliotti
Yes, it will survive. Will get to discover how Mr. Musk is going to play with this platform and make it standout. 🙌
Software Guy (Aarvy)
@giovanni_ghigliotti2 Yeah, may be he'll add some mars theme to the twitter also 😂- this was my fist thought when I got to know about him buying Twitter.🥴 Quite weird I know,.
Apollon Latsoudis
I agree with your assessment. Twitter is simply too large to "disappear". Numerous influencers, communities and key players have established ties and amassed influence which can not be easily replaced by migrating on another app. Perhaps its value will be further diminished in the immediate future, but in the long run, I see twitter surviving this
Bertha Kgokong
Twitter will survive because everyone is using it
braxton
Anybody interested in building a Twitter alternative?
Michaël Lebeau
@3raxton man, you're like 5 years too late, Mastodon.
braxton
@michael_lebeau nah, a Mastodon alternative can survive
Michaël Lebeau
@3raxton you sure will have to add a ton of value then
Simon
@michael_lebeau horrible name but....
Parker Revers
Our phones should encourage real, human connection. Regular people in day-to-day places (ex: coffee, class, gym, and work) backbone life. So, I think you'll notice social media become increasingly local. Intentionality drives user-user interaction. Facebook feels like dark waters, Instagram is Narcissus, and Twitter dreams of itself as a town hall. I'll be watching whether Twitter becomes (i) more transactional in nature (i.e. pay-to-win), then (ii) whether this dampens its open, social prerogatives.
Jason Kinte
Besides being racist and fascistic and offensive...Elon lacks the humility needed in a situation like this. People at a company got promoted for a reason so firing the people who got promoted to high positions before even understanding why and what they do, is a recipe for disaster. Even if its a good idea, unless he is doing it all by himself its like building another ship while the Titanic is sinking...it doesn't matter how good the plans are....its not the right time....the smart people will jump ship....the only people left will be the people who don't realize its sinking...eventually he will or he'll drown too...cars don't swim...
Satish Kumar Veluri
This is the objective for all this drama...Everyone talking about it...I would say "Narrative well made and executed"😂
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