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Comment by wyclif | Hacker News Reader

> RIP Twitter

Reports of Twitter's demise are greatly exaggerated by people with "Spaceman Bad" political brainworms.

Unfortunately it takes a lot, and I mean a lot, to overcome network effects when something like Twitter is involved. The only way it goes under is if they are losing revenue and they actually go bankrupt at some point.

Elon has already been muzzled quite a bit and I haven't seen much out of him recently, so I imagine as long as that keeps being the case going forward we're going to see Twitter do just fine.

>I haven't seen much out of him recently

Ever heard of Space X, Tesla, and the Boring Company?

"much out of him" is a relative qualifier. At the least his tweets haven't been making news unlike the week where he was taking polls whether he should step down and unban journalists.

By recently I mean the last few weeks and by much out of him I mean stupid tweets.

To be clear, I meant "RIP Twitter" for me personally. I wouldn't bet on Twitter failing. I think he'll make it work one way another.

> The only way it goes under is if they are losing revenue and they actually go bankrupt at some point.

That said,

> According to press reports, Twitter requires more than a billion dollars a year just to maintain its debt service and anything that endangers loan repayment or workforce security could endanger the business.

it won't be easy.

I find it hilarious when people say stuff like this. Every day, Twitter shambles ever closer to the distant, cobweb-laden corridors in which you can find Myspace, LiveJournal, or DeviantArt. Yeah, they're still out there, technically operating, but with not even a fraction of the social/cultural relevance they once held.

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