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The article highlights Twitter's decline and its ability to persist due to its niche appeal to influential users, while also pointing out that the platform never fully comprehended its success.
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- Twitter's decline over the past year can be attributed to its failure to fully understand why it worked for some users.
- Twitter's unique product-market fit and advertising dynamics played a crucial role in its rise and success.
- The platform's slow feature development and complex but stable structure evolved through user interactions and innovations.
- Twitter's attempt to replace the core feature of following someone with an algorithmic feed was influenced by TikTok's success.
- Twitter's algorithm has blind spots, leading to a disconnected timeline and misinterpreted interests.
- Elon Musk's presence on Twitter has had a significant impact on the platform and its conversations.
- Testing social media platforms is precarious as their failure may result in users not returning.
- The internet has its own set of rituals that people take for granted, and Twitter plays a unique role in the social media landscape.
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This article discusses Twitter's decline and suggests that the platform's niche appeal to influential users has allowed it to persist. However, the author believes that Twitter never fully understood why it worked for some.
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Twitter's decline over the past year is discussed in this article. The platform's niche appeal to influential users has allowed it to persist, but the author believes Twitter never fully understood why it worked for some. Its rise and success can be attributed to its
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In this article, the author discusses the decline of Twitter over the past year. They mention that Twitter was able to persist due to its niche appeal to a few influential users. However, the author believes that Twitter never fully understood why it worked for some
Twitter's rise and success can be attributed to its unique product-market fit, with its user base and advertising dynamics playing crucial roles. While many users have abandoned the platform, those who remain are deeply committed to its unique experience. Twitter's slow feature development
Twitter had a complex but stable structure that evolved through user interactions and innovations. The topology of its graph and the timeline algorithm were crucial in establishing the boundaries of the platform. Machine learning algorithms played a significant role in scaling social media feeds. The new management
Twitter's attempt to replace the core feature of following someone with its algorithmic feed "For You" was influenced by TikTok. TikTok's success challenged the traditional social media incumbents by offering an interest-based network instead of a social graph. Twitter
Twitter's algorithm has serious blind spots, leading to a timeline that feels disconnected from friends and misinterprets interests. Western social networks have misunderstood the lessons of TikTok, resulting in poor attempts to apply its format to different platforms. TikTok's strength
Elon Musk's presence on Twitter has had a significant impact, attracting some users back to the platform while causing others to leave. His influence has transformed Twitter's conversations and brand trajectory. Leaving Twitter or refusing to pay for verification is now seen as an
Testing social media platforms is more precarious than testing rockets because if a rocket crashes, the users aren't affected, but if a social media platform fails, users may not return. Twitter, in particular, holds a unique position in the social media landscape,
The internet has its own set of rituals that people take for granted, such as how information is consumed and how interactions occur. These rituals can be compared to religious practices that have been globalized through missionary work and political power. Twitter, with its compress