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Twitter Reports Weak Earnings and the Stock Is Crashing

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Re: Twitter Reports Weak Earnings and the Stock Is Crashing

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> “It calls into question why they didn’t see this coming,” said Victor Anthony, an analyst at Axiom Capital Management, who has a buy rating on Twitter’s stock. “I don’t think anyone ever questioned their ability to generate revenues.”

Hmm, I thought everybody did? I guess wall street really does have a clear view of this whole tech scene.

Re: Twitter Reports Weak Earnings and the Stock Is Crashing

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post #3

> “It calls into question why they didn’t see this coming,” said Victor Anthony, an analyst at Axiom Capital Management, who has a buy rating on Twitter’s stock. “I don’t think anyone ever questioned their ability to generate revenues.” Hmm, I thought everybody did? I guess wall street really does have a clear view of this whole tech scene.

> Victor Anthony, an analyst at Axiom Capital Management, who has a buy rating on Twitter’s stock

What's that quote about getting someone to understand something that their job depends on them not understanding?

Re: Twitter Reports Weak Earnings and the Stock Is Crashing

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post #3

> “It calls into question why they didn’t see this coming,” said Victor Anthony, an analyst at Axiom Capital Management, who has a buy rating on Twitter’s stock. “I don’t think anyone ever questioned their ability to generate revenues.” Hmm, I thought everybody did? I guess wall street really does have a clear view of this whole tech scene.

They have been able to generate revenue for a while. I found this writeup a very interesting read: https://medium.com/backchannel/how-twitter-found-its-money-m...

Re: Twitter Reports Weak Earnings and the Stock Is Crashing

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Random question: How do I stop videos from auto starting on Bloomberg? I'm running Safari with no Flash, and have Ad-block on. Video doesn't start, but audio does. Super Annoying.

Related, it would be great for HN to be able to tag stories as having auto-playing audio, a paywall, modal ads, and other undesirable elements of a posted story's site.

Re: Twitter Reports Weak Earnings and the Stock Is Crashing

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This probably shouldn't be surprising news but it has some shock value. Twitter is very close to what some would consider a model civic communications platform. I remember hearing one tech pundit refer to it as "citizen's band radio for the 21st century." The idea that such an effective tool needs to generate revenue a la Facebook seems odd, even though I understand that it operates like any other business entity.

Re: Twitter Reports Weak Earnings and the Stock Is Crashing

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https://twitter.com/Selerity/status/593136296236752896 "Today’s $TWTR earnings release was sourced from Twitter’s Investor Relations website https://investor.twitterinc.com . No leak. No hack." Looks like someone found a draft post. Yeesh.

Even better is that NASDAQ runs Twitter's IR site...
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