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How Twitter Got Off Course

  • Wired, Friday, June 19, 2015 10:41 AM
As Twitter tries to reinvent itself as a more relevant service for more people, Wired wonders what went wrong. “Twitter has been co-opted by people who saw a global billboard service rather than a messaging tool,” it writes. “It is an inscrutable mix of breaking news, valuable commentary, horrible trolling, and brands saying bae to get you to eat chicken nuggets.” Adds Wired: “Twitter became a victim of what you could call the Reputation Economy.”
 

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