I thought the article was going to talk more about how Twitter isn’t really used for breaking news as ubiquitously anymore. It used to be the authority on that sort of thing, almost like it was “faster” than other social media.

It’s hard to put a finger on but to me it feels like the changes put together put Twitter in more of a niche landscape, like it’s not that app that everyone uses and everyone references on TV shows anymore. It’s just one of the more mediocre options in a sea of other social media.

There was a time when nothing else really did the same function that Twitter did.

I have to think that Reddit is really taking over the breaking news space that Twitter used to dominate. TikTok and Instagram pull away a lot of the entertainment. Threads is yet another new alternative, along with Mastodon and BlueSky their sliver as well.

This isn’t a company that’s likely to grow its user base or even keep it stable anytime soon.