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Or - this is just a thought here - he just doesn't care?

Is he responsible for ensuring Twitter has a financial future? No. Are you? No.

He's more interested in the social interaction aspect of the site, if he wanted to talk about revenue I'm sure he would have.

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I doubt it, given how weak his argument that twitter is going to die based on perceived reasons like "its like high school" and "people just collect followers" make me wonder if this guy really knows what he's talking about or is he just going for a shock title. I just think if we're writing articles called "twitter is going to die" and giving reasons to support that based on the social interaction aspects of the site (like you stated), then better reasons should be stated. Contrary to his argument, i'm sure twitter is not like "high school" to millions of users, and people are not just "making" or "collecting" friends but rather tapping into their interests and networks to stay updated on things in real time. I've seen similar arguments made for myspace, but twitter is a fundamentally different type of social site, so the "collecting followers" argument dosn't hold up as well here.

I rarely know what I'm talking about. Thanks for the insights. ;-)

I couldn't have said it better myself.

Twitter's issues surrounding its revenue model are a discussion that I didn't want to touch at this time. (It's a long enough post as is.)

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