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snowwrestler on July 4, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Threads, an Instagram app

I agree with you in part: Twitter needed its costs slashed even before the acquisition, and the post-acquisition debt load made it into a crisis.

But on top of cutting costs, Musk has also made terrible product and communication decisions that killed significant amounts of revenue and audience.

BasedAnon on July 4, 2023 [–]

Killed audience? Most certainly, but as far as revenue I do think he's making headway. The fact is once you start demanding money for things people leave. The idea that users = money has never been true.

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