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And why the hell should they? In the past three months, President Trumps favorite social network has grown by zero (0) users, according to Twitters latest earnings report. Thats 66 million fewer new users than Facebook added in the same time period, and 9 million fewer than Twitter itself added during the first quarter of the year.
If youre worried about Twitter suddenly shutting down, however, dont. The company pulled in a lot of money ($574 million) selling ads last quarter, and while it still hasnt really figured out how to turn its endless torrent of user content into real profits, the service isnt quite tearing at the seams. Things arent Blue Apron bad.
According to Twitters books, about 2 million people in the US had enough last quarter and outright stopped using it. About 70 million people in the US, around 22 percent of the population, used Twitter during the first quarter of the year. During the second quarter, however, that number fell to 68 million. Thats a big dealTwitter hasnt seen a drop like that in the US in years, if ever (the books only show such granular detail from 2015 onward).
Meanwhile, internationally, Twitter grew by a modest 1 million users (to about 260 million), all of whom I can only assume are outright masochists taking supreme pleasure in Americas public meltdown. And why join otherwise? Twitter really cant make a compelling case. It says its made headway in combatting widespread harassment problems, but it still hasnt kicked the habit of shrugging off blatant violators of its own policies, including, you might argue, President Trump.
As the hellishness of (and noise on) Twitter has increased in recent years, it seems that just about everyone else on the planet with a smartphone has decided theres no reason to join. Twitter says its focused on making Twitter the best place to see and share whats happening, where you can see every side and perspective. But maybe the company has tapped out the population of humans who are willing to subject themselves to this experience in real time. Why bother? You can just get debriefed on the best and worst tweets elsewhere, like cable news.