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Twitter says it could turn first-ever profit

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Re: Twitter says it could turn first-ever profit

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Post by vacri »

samcheng wrote: post #5

It's not mentioned in the article, but I really think President Trump has been a savior for Twitter. Without those controversial tweets, Twitter would rarely be in much of the public's mind, and the company would have continued its slow slide into irrelevance. As it is, barely a day goes by without "Twitter" being mentioned in national news.

> As it is, barely a day goes by without "Twitter" being mentioned in national news.

What are you talking about? Before Trump was a thing, Twitter was routinely mentioned in the news. It was the lazy source of react quotes: "Today, X tragedy happened in town Y. 'UnrelatedPerson' on twitter said 'what a tragedy'".

The name is more prominent now, sure, but it already was routinely reported in the news.

Re: Twitter says it could turn first-ever profit

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Post by odammit »

lucas_maximus83 wrote: post #148
vesak wrote: post #139

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, "Make America great again" seems essentially like a nazi expression, based on the fact that Hitler and his crowd used the same for Germany. I don't know what it needs to make somebody a nazi -- not a single phrase certainly, but I reckon that brings them closer at least.

Ronald Reagan used the same campaign slogan in the 80s get a fucking grip. It is a short memorable slogan and it is simply good marketing. Hitler was a vegetarian and liked dogs. According to your logic that makes you a nazi. Also you probably don't remember, but everyone called George W Bush a nazi when he was elected. It is complete fucking bullshit and tbh I think it is pretty disgusting to demean the real meaning…

People called Obama one too.

I think the difference is the subtle embrace of white supremacy via the inability to dismiss or criticize those “good people” on both sides.

Re: Twitter says it could turn first-ever profit

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Post by ProAm »

hobofan wrote: post #115
ProAm wrote: post #63

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But Im not wrong. Twitter was in dire straits a year ago. Saved by a reality show presidential candidate and might have their first profitable moment after 10 years of existence. Twitter is easily overstaffed by looking at what they have produced over the years. Even if you shaved the bottom 25% of employees they could still be operational and extremely profitable. They are a public company, growth is stagnant, and e…

"Let's force ourselves to be profitable right now, regardless of the fact that it will destroy our future profitability" Soundcloud just had a similar shock happen, and after all the people they had to fire, I would not be surprised if that will kill the company in the mid-term, even with their new investment. If you have no ability to innovate due to missing staff, there is a good chance that your competitors will e…

10+ years of losing money.

Re: Twitter says it could turn first-ever profit

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Post by austinl »

BinaryIdiot wrote: post #29
samcheng wrote: post #5

It's not mentioned in the article, but I really think President Trump has been a savior for Twitter. Without those controversial tweets, Twitter would rarely be in much of the public's mind, and the company would have continued its slow slide into irrelevance. As it is, barely a day goes by without "Twitter" being mentioned in national news.

I can't find the article but an economist was estimating Trump's worth to Twitter at almost $2 billion. So I can't say I'm surprised; he is the single best thing that has happened for their company in YEARS.

Worth noting that $2B is roughly 13% of Twitter's market cap. Fascinating to think how one person simply using your service is worth that much.

Re: Twitter says it could turn first-ever profit

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Post by ProAm »

BartSaM wrote: post #160
ProAm wrote: post #152

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I would agree, but I think their sales is doing a terrible job if they have that many and are not bringing the appropriate amount of money.

I would blame management/top more, than sales. Sales can work only with products they were given. AFAIK Twitter was pretty aggressively hiring 2-3 years ago sales reps across the globe and they were stealing top employees from FB and co. I would assume that it is the lack of products/top commitment that causes poor sales.

I agree again, I think there is a lot of blame to go around in Twitter, also another reason why I think they could have a healthy purge and move forward with some fresh vigor.

Re: Twitter says it could turn first-ever profit

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Post by overcast »

ceejayoz wrote: post #6
ProAm wrote: post #3

They would be profitable in an instant if they'd get rid of half their employees? Im not sure why they need SO many people for Twitter. I believe they have over 4000, they could easily get by with 1000

I'd fully expect many of those 4,000 to be sales staff, each of whom presumably brings in more than their salary in revenue to remain employed.

How's that been working out for them? All the sales staff in the world hasn't made them ANY profit.

Re: Twitter says it could turn first-ever profit

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Post by ferdbold »

datavirtue wrote: post #131

Twitter, like FaceBook, should be an open, distributed platform. They are too valuable to remain under the control of a person or small group of people. They are communities and their value slides, and danger to society increases, when they are under centralized control.

That's precisely what Mastodon is going for, but I feel like the added complexity (i.e. choosing your instance) is a showstopper for the masses

Re: Twitter says it could turn first-ever profit

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Post by trumpownsyou420 »

bazoiks wrote: post #113
TazeTSchnitzel wrote: post #76

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And thus why he will never have violated the ToS. He could openly threaten to murder someone and Twitter would not suspend him. (Though in fairness they rarely suspend anyone else either.)

Didn't they suspend Milo for suggesting a female actress was ugly?

probaably, they are faggots.

Re: Twitter says it could turn first-ever profit

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Post by [deleted] »

bazoiks wrote: post #113
TazeTSchnitzel wrote: post #76

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And thus why he will never have violated the ToS. He could openly threaten to murder someone and Twitter would not suspend him. (Though in fairness they rarely suspend anyone else either.)

Didn't they suspend Milo for suggesting a female actress was ugly?

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Re: Twitter says it could turn first-ever profit

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Post by groby_b »

TazeTSchnitzel wrote: post #76
samcheng wrote: post #5

It's not mentioned in the article, but I really think President Trump has been a savior for Twitter. Without those controversial tweets, Twitter would rarely be in much of the public's mind, and the company would have continued its slow slide into irrelevance. As it is, barely a day goes by without "Twitter" being mentioned in national news.

And thus why he will never have violated the ToS. He could openly threaten to murder someone and Twitter would not suspend him. (Though in fairness they rarely suspend anyone else either.)

They mostly suspend minorities who are pissed enough to not politely say "no, thank you" to Trolls & Nazis sending them death threats.

It'd be funny if it weren't so sad.

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