How Twitter Became Home to the Teen Status Update

This article feels out of touch, as if it was written 7 years ago. I even looked for a published date to verify, but to my surprise, it was published this month! Instagram and snapchat have already dethroned Twiter for the de-facto social platforms of teens. Twitter continues to be a thriving community of activists (on either side of the spectrum) and media types.

Edit: I also recognize that my comment may also already be out of date, with a new platform having dethroned insta/snap.

My favorite thing about human interest articles like this is that they only exist because journalists spend so much time on Twitter. The whole take is a meta commentary on communications bubbles without realizing it.

Maybe I misread the article, but I only see tweets commenting on (read: making fun of) local Twitter. I don't actually see any examples of it besides two or three quotes from people who are allegedly "on local Twitter." And there's no indication of the size of this audience, or that it's larger than a similar audience on Facebook or Instagram, which I'd imagine to be more popular.

What an odd article.