Twitter’s Chief Operating Officer Steps Down
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Twitter’s Chief Operating Officer Steps Down
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#2Thank goodness Twitter is failing. They've turned their backs on developers using their API.
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#3>Twitter had 255 million monthly users in March, a 5 percent increase from the previous quarter. It was the second quarter of disappointing growth for the service, and Wall Street was hoping for an increase in the double digits.
Growing at a rate of 12.5 million users per quarter is slow?
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#4>Twitter had 255 million monthly users in March, a 5 percent increase from the previous quarter. It was the second quarter of disappointing growth for the service, and Wall Street was hoping for an increase in the double digits. Growing at a rate of 12.5 million users per quarter is slow?
Slower than they'd like.
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#5Reminds me of Forstall who dumped all his Apple stock months before being fired.
Why should they dump their stock before being fired? Is there a reason not to wait a little bit? It just looks plenty passive-aggressive.
Unless, of course they believe the stock will take a nosedive shortly after (which never happens).
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#6Reminds me of Forstall who dumped all his Apple stock months before being fired. Why should they dump their stock before being fired? Is there a reason not to wait a little bit? It just looks plenty passive-aggressive. Unless, of course they believe the stock will take a nosedive shortly after (which never happens).
absolve ties?
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#7I adore Twitter but I am afraid the company is executing poorly. Here are a few examples:
1. I receive daily emails on my main account urging me to advertise. Or more properly I don't see them because I've marked them as spam.
2. Created an account for an event that never got used. Receive two emails every single day trying to get me to engage. You would think after over a year that they'd get the message I wasn't going to use the account but the emails still come every single day.
3. Clicked on Twitter's own ad to find out more information about promoted accounts. The ad promises more information but instead an ad console loads slowly, very slowly. Is there any information as to cost? None, so I go to Google. The top link which is a blog says it will cost me $4 for each follower I gain. I click on the Twitter company link which is lower down the page and it tells me it will cost me as low as 30 cents a follower. Anyone at Twitter HQ noticing that their funnel is badly broken? I'm guessing very few small businesses are using this successfully and signing up.
Since Twitter went public the most innovative single thing on the platform was by an independent developer and that's Dave Winer's Little Pork Chop.
I am still hoping that Twitter turns itself around but the clock is ticking.
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#8>Twitter had 255 million monthly users in March, a 5 percent increase from the previous quarter. It was the second quarter of disappointing growth for the service, and Wall Street was hoping for an increase in the double digits. Growing at a rate of 12.5 million users per quarter is slow?
When you're valued at $20b+ with less than $1b in revenues, good/decent growth isn't good enough.
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#9Reminds me of Forstall who dumped all his Apple stock months before being fired. Why should they dump their stock before being fired? Is there a reason not to wait a little bit? It just looks plenty passive-aggressive. Unless, of course they believe the stock will take a nosedive shortly after (which never happens).
How long does it take to sell stock when you're an insider? Isn't there some kind of planning/disclosure process that has to occur? If so, I wonder how long this has been in the works, and how long the Board knew about it.
Re: Twitter’s Chief Operating Officer Steps Down
#10Reminds me of Forstall who dumped all his Apple stock months before being fired. Why should they dump their stock before being fired? Is there a reason not to wait a little bit? It just looks plenty passive-aggressive. Unless, of course they believe the stock will take a nosedive shortly after (which never happens).
Spite, no longer believing in the company, not wanting a large chunk of their wealth tied up in something they no longer have much of a hand in, or just wanting their money so they can buy a bright new FU sports car and blow some cash on whatever their next idea is?