He messed up the one thing that twitter folks can’t forgive or forget - he cut off their supply. People can’t do the one thing they needed twitter to do.
Reddit did the same thing. I could trust my supplier not to taint my shit. If I buy from the official source they cut it with all sorts of crap I don’t like.
His solution was also to cut down their usage, which is basically the opposite of what you want your users to do when you’re running a social media network.
Fewer users means that there are fewer people watching the ads, which means less income. It also makes it harder to justify subscribing to their premium service if you’re on the site less.
He messed up the one thing that twitter folks can’t forgive or forget - he cut off their supply. People can’t do the one thing they needed twitter to do.
Reddit did the same thing. I could trust my supplier not to taint my shit. If I buy from the official source they cut it with all sorts of crap I don’t like.
His solution was also to cut down their usage, which is basically the opposite of what you want your users to do when you’re running a social media network.
Fewer users means that there are fewer people watching the ads, which means less income. It also makes it harder to justify subscribing to their premium service if you’re on the site less.