And why the hell should they ? In the preceding three months , President Trump ’s pet social connection has grown by zero ( 0 ) users , according to Twitter’slatest lucre report . That ’s 66 million few new user than Facebook add in the same fourth dimension period , and 9 million fewer than Twitter itself contribute during the first fourth of the year .
If you ’re worried about Twitter suddenly shutting down , however , do n’t . The company pulled in a lot of money ( $ 574 million ) selling ads last quarter , and while it still has n’t really image out how to turn its endless cloudburst of user depicted object into real winnings , the service is n’t quite tearing at the seams . thing are n’t Blue Apron bad .
According to Twitter ’s Word of God , about 2 million people in the US had enough last one-quarter and instantly stop using it . About 70 million people in the US , around 22 percent of the population , used Twitter during the first quarter of the class . During the second fourth , however , that turn fell to 68 million . That ’s a bountiful great deal — Twitter has n’t take in a drop like that in the US in years , if ever ( the books only show such granular item from2015 onward ) .
Meanwhile , internationally , Twitter grow by a modest 1 million user ( to about 260 million ) , all of whom I can only take are unlimited masochists taking supreme joy in America ’s public meltdown . And why join otherwise ? Twitter really ca n’t make a compelling case . Itsays it ’s made headwayin combat widespread molestation problems , but it stillhasn’t kick the habitof shrugging off blazing violators of its own policy , include , you might argue , President Trump .
As the hellishness of ( and noise on ) Twitter has increase in recent years , it seems that just about everyone else on the satellite with a smartphone has decided there ’s no reason to join . Twitter say it ’s focused on “ making Twitter the good place to see and share what ’s happening , where you’re able to see every side and perspective . ” But maybe the society has tapped out the universe of man who are willing to submit themselves to this experience in real time . Why bother ? you’re able to just get debriefed on the best and worst tweets elsewhere , like cable news .
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