Twitter’s CEO Dick Costolo Is Stepping Down

Post by istvan__ » Thu, Jun 11, 2015, 9:13 PM UTC

wyclif wrote: post #37

austenallred wrote: post #3

Having a founder and product visionary (Jack) in the driver's seat at Twitter is absolutely the right move. Sure, Jack has his quirks, and seems a little bit crazy and minimalistic, but that's exactly what makes him the right person for the job. Twitter is executing on its vision now just fine, but that's just the problem: There hasn't been any vision left in the company. No truly big moves have been made, and the pr…

The problem with this, as an early Twitter user (summer 2006), is that I don't really want Twitter to significantly change. The minimalism is a feature. It was SMS on the web. I always wanted Twitter to be more like a public utility, but that's impossible now because it's been "monetized."

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jun 11, 2015, 9:14 PM UTC

myth_buster wrote: post #56

Glassdoor: 88% CEO approval rating from 220 ratings. It's interesting that there is such a disconnect between employees and stakeholders. On a related note Chris Sacca wrote this blog [0] titled "What twitter can be" last week. [0]: http://lowercasecapital.com/2015/06/03/what-twitter-can-be-2...

Post by rebelidealist » Thu, Jun 11, 2015, 9:16 PM UTC

acchow wrote: post #40

rebelidealist wrote: post #17

I think Dorsey is too minimalistic. It was the reason why Twitter is losing traffic to IG and Medium (ironic). Vine lost to IG video because you couldn't follow Vine accounts via the Twitter website at the beginning. Take Square for example, it had a huge head start, but no business other than small coffee shops and food trucks can use it. https://medium.com/@hungrycharles/3-things-twitter-can-do-to...

> Take Square for example, it had a huge head start, but no business other than small coffee shops and food trucks can use it. Uniqlo? Whole Foods?

Post by jgalt212 » Thu, Jun 11, 2015, 9:18 PM UTC

Post by hellbanner » Thu, Jun 11, 2015, 9:19 PM UTC

Kalium wrote: post #59

pyre wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I always wanted Twitter to be more like a public utility Twitter is a business, how were you expecting this to work? For the USG to aqui-hire them?

Sometimes, I think it would be for the best if the USG had a way to acqui-hire companies that are best suited to be public services.