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April 28, 2016

Maybe Twitter should get used to being small

  • In spite of its difficult interface and specific lingo Twitter has become a cultural force in the last 10 years, but maybe it just isn't meant to be huge.
    • By BARBARA ORTUTAY
    AP Technology Writer

    NEW YORK — Twitter gets lots of grief from investors because it hasn't taken over the world the way Facebook did, at least in terms of amassing users.

    But maybe it's destined to stay small, serving a vital, if limited, role for the public. Maybe Twitter just isn't meant to be an all-encompassing social utility. Maybe stock price is not the only lens through which a company can be valued. Twitter, perhaps even in spite of its difficult interface and site-specific lingo, has become a cultural force since its 2006 founding.


     
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